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type: "Bill"
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title: "Legal malpractice; estate planning."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1140"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1140 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Wills", "Trusts", "and Fiduciaries"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-09"
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last_action: "2017-02-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9086f53-d5ed-4d05-8779-45f7724e306a"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1140"
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source_hash: "18acd38ad22e59a2056d66e20c4d6f1fc5308d3b699efaac6333004c922dfbe9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1140 (2017) — Legal malpractice; estate planning.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0093)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0093)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1140ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1140ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102880D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1140)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102880D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-13** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-14** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-14** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-15** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-15** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
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- **2017-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
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- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 93 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9086f53-d5ed-4d05-8779-45f7724e306a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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