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2008 SESSION

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HB 1178 Forgery; penalty.

Introduced by: L. Scott Lingamfelter | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

False signatures; penalty. Provides that any person who maliciously affixes a facsimile or likeness of the signature of another person to any writing without the permission of that person and with the intent to create the false impression that the writing was signed by that person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081531600  pdf | impact statement
• 02/04/08  House: Committee substitute printed 080536600-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/06/08  House: Substitute bill reprinted 080536600-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/25/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 081561600-S1  pdf
• 03/04/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1178ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/18/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0595)  pdf

HISTORY

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