---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Directed Trust Act; codifies Act."
description: "Uniform Directed Trust Act. Codifies theUniform Directed Trust Act, which expressly validates terms of a trustthat provide for a trust director, a term that is defined in theAct, and prescribes a set of rules for directed trusts, includingallocation of fiduciary duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1380"
citation: "Virginia HB 1380 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daac305a-b363-4ade-8ce7-1918a1dd064c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1380"
source_hash: "f452deea839e99945812af22511f6decc6511cda9d4c5111a4622119c3edfc8e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1380 (2020) — Uniform Directed Trust Act; codifies Act.

Uniform Directed Trust Act. Codifies theUniform Directed Trust Act, which expressly validates terms of a trustthat provide for a trust director, a term that is defined in theAct, and prescribes a set of rules for directed trusts, includingallocation of fiduciary duties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0768)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0768)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1380ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1380ER)
3. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1380ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1380)

## Votes

- Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) — **35–5** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 3-N 1-A) — **11–3** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102232D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-28** VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-17** Rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 3-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 768 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daac305a-b363-4ade-8ce7-1918a1dd064c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).