republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1140.md

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Bill	Legal malpractice; estate planning.	Provides that the statute of limitations for legal malpractice related to estate planning is five years if the legal representation was based on a written contract and three years if the legal representation was based on an unwritten contract. The bill provides that the accrual date for such an action is the date of completion of the representation. The bill further provides that a person who is not party to the representation shall have standing to maintain such an action only if there is a written agreement between the individual who is the subject of the estate planning and the defendant that expressly grants standing to such person. This bill is in response to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1140	Virginia SB 1140 (2017)	bill	Wills Trusts and Fiduciaries	enacted	Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.	3	15	5	2017-01-09	2017-02-20	openstates	ocd-bill/a9086f53-d5ed-4d05-8779-45f7724e306a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1140	18acd38ad22e59a2056d66e20c4d6f1fc5308d3b699efaac6333004c922dfbe9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1140 (2017) — Legal malpractice; estate planning.

Provides that the statute of limitations for legal malpractice related to estate planning is five years if the legal representation was based on a written contract and three years if the legal representation was based on an unwritten contract. The bill provides that the accrual date for such an action is the date of completion of the representation. The bill further provides that a person who is not party to the representation shall have standing to maintain such an action only if there is a written agreement between the individual who is the subject of the estate planning and the defendant that expressly grants standing to such person. This bill is in response to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0093) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1140ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102880D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102880D introduction
• 2017-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-13 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-14 Enrolled
• 2017-02-14 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-15 Signed by President
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
• 2017-02-15 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
• 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 93 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9086f53-d5ed-4d05-8779-45f7724e306a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).