HB1178: Forgery; penalty.

Chief Patron

Scott Lingamfelter (R-31)
Woodbridge, VA
Served: 2002–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

03/12/2008: signed by governor

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01/09/2008 Committee
01/09/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081531600
01/09/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/10/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (HB1178)
01/16/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
02/01/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2008 Committee substitute printed 080340600-H1
02/04/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (HB1178H1)
02/04/2008 Committee substitute printed 080536600-H1
02/05/2008 Read first time
02/06/2008 Substitute bill reprinted 080536600-H1
02/06/2008 Passed by for the day
02/07/2008 Read second time
02/07/2008 Passed by temporarily
02/07/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 080536600-H1
02/07/2008 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1178H1
02/08/2008 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/08/2008 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2008 Communicated to Senate
02/11/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed
02/11/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/12/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
02/14/2008 Impact statement from DPB (HB1178H1)
02/25/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/25/2008 Committee substitute printed 081561600-S1
02/26/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/27/2008 Read third time
02/27/2008 Reading of substitute waived
02/27/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 081561600-S1
02/27/2008 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1178S1
02/27/2008 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2008 Placed on Calendar
02/29/2008 Senate substitute agreed to by House 081561600-S1 (97-Y 1-N)
02/29/2008 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (97-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
03/04/2008 Enrolled
03/04/2008 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1178ER)
03/05/2008 Impact statement from DPB (HB1178ER)
03/05/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/06/2008 Signed by President
03/12/2008 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 595 (effective 7/1/08)
03/18/2008 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0595)

Summary

Forgery; penalty. Provides that anyone who affixes a facsimile or likeness of the signature of another person to a writing, with the intent to create the false impression that the writing was signed by that person, is guilty of forgery.

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