Bill Text: VA SB1031 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Law-enforcement officials; to knowingly, with intent to mislead an official, giving false reports.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498) [SB1031 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-SB1031-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §18.2-461 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§18.2-461. Falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials.
It shall be unlawful for any person (i) to knowingly give a
false report as to the commission of any crime to any law-enforcement official
with intent to mislead,; (ii) to knowingly, with the intent to
mislead a law-enforcement agency, cause another to give a false report to any
law-enforcement official by publicly simulating a violation of Chapter 4 (§
18.2-30 et seq.) or Chapter 5 (§18.2-77 et seq.); or (ii) (iii)
without just cause and with intent to interfere with the operations of any
law-enforcement official, to call or summon any law-enforcement official by
telephone or other means, including engagement or activation of an automatic
emergency alarm. Violation of the provisions of this section shall be
punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
