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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Uniform Power of Attorney Act; recovery of attorney fees.	Provides that in a judicial proceeding brought under the Uniform Power of Attorney Act commenced on or after July 1, 2019, if the court finds that the agent breached his fiduciary duty, the court may award costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, to be paid by the agent found in violation.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1954	Virginia HB 1954 (2019)	bill	Wills Trusts and Fiduciaries	enacted	Jeffrey L. Campbell	6	23	7	2019-01-06	2019-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/e0480d87-1df9-4010-ab25-d1acaf595290	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1954	76329c8f5d07de0bb48946d50b15cb57905e51aa0f365bcfaa16477b395d3f77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1954 (2019) — Uniform Power of Attorney Act; recovery of attorney fees.

Provides that in a judicial proceeding brought under the Uniform Power of Attorney Act commenced on or after July 1, 2019, if the court finds that the agent breached his fiduciary duty, the court may award costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, to be paid by the agent found in violation.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0520) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1954ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19104514D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103331D (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106751D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106751D-S1 — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103331D introduction
• 2019-01-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-10 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-24 Committee substitute agreed to 19104514D-H1
• 2019-01-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1954H1
• 2019-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-28 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Passed by for the day
• 2019-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-14 Reading of substitute waived
• 2019-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 19106751D-S1
• 2019-02-14 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1954S1
• 2019-02-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-18 Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106751D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled
• 2019-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-21 Signed by President
• 2019-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
• 2019-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 520 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0480d87-1df9-4010-ab25-d1acaf595290. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).