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HB 5098 - Increases Penalty for Filing a False Police Report - Virginia Key Vote

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Title: Increases Penalty for Filing a False Police Report

Signed by Governor Ralph Northam


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Title: Increases Penalty for Filing a False Police Report

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases the penalty for filing a false police report from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony.

Highlights:

 

  • Increases the penalty for intentionally giving a false report as to the commission of any crime to any law enforcement official, causing another to give a false report to any law enforcement official, or calling or summoning any law-enforcement official against another person because of their race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony (Sec. 1). 

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See How Your Politicians Voted

Title: Increases Penalty for Filing a False Police Report

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases the penalty for filing a false police report from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony.

Highlights:

 

  • Increases the penalty for intentionally giving a false report as to the commission of any crime to any law enforcement official, causing another to give a false report to any law enforcement official, or calling or summoning any law-enforcement official against another person because of their race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or national origin from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony (Sec. 1). 

Full Bill Text

Title: Increases Penalty for Filing a False Police Report

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