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HB 1150 Enacted

Impersonating any local, town, city, or county elected official; penalty.

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Impersonating any local, town, city, or county elected official; penalty. Prohibits any person from willfully and intentionally (i) falsely assuming or exercising the functions, powers, duties, and privileges incident to the office of any local, town, city, or county elected official; (ii) falsely assuming or pretending to be any such elected official with intent to defraud or obtain access, information, service, or thing of value; or (iii) impersonating any such elected official with the intent to make another believe he is such elected official with intent to defraud or obtain access, information, service, or thing of value.

A violation of such prohibition is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Jan 14, 2026
Last action
Apr 8, 2026 — Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452)
Session
2026
Momentum
84 · Very high