HB 5098 - Increases Penalty for Filing a False Police Report - Virginia Key Vote
Jennifer Boysko voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- Oct. 21, 2020
- Senate Bill Passed
- Oct. 1, 2020
- House Bill Passed
- Sept. 4, 2020
- Introduced
- Aug. 20, 2020
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Title: Increases Penalty for Filing a False Police Report
Signed by Governor Ralph Northam
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:
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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).
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:
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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).
Title: Increases Penalty for Filing a False Police Report