---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia State Bar; repeals sunset provision on Supreme Court's authority to assess members."
description: "Virginia State Bar; Clients' Protection Fund;sunset. Repeals the sunset provision on the Supreme Court's authorityto adopt rules assessing members of the Virginia State Bar an annualfee of up to $25 to be deposited in the Clients' Protection Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1285"
citation: "Virginia HB 1285 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7084d3d-2191-4c05-ba27-96984835812d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1285"
source_hash: "fb14e1f9ffb85d593706e7855d76b959b3c84f9798a89a53ce96e97b7d032aaa"
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 1285 (2022) — Virginia State Bar; repeals sunset provision on Supreme Court's authority to assess members.

Virginia State Bar; Clients' Protection Fund;sunset. Repeals the sunset provision on the Supreme Court's authorityto adopt rules assessing members of the Virginia State Bar an annualfee of up to $25 to be deposited in the Clients' Protection Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0632** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0632)
2. **HB1285ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1285ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 22104415D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1285)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 22104415D `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1285)
- **2022-02-03** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-14** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1285ER)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 632 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7084d3d-2191-4c05-ba27-96984835812d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).