republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-1072.md

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Bill	Guardian or conservator; prohibition against appointing certain persons.	Prohibition against appointing certain persons as guardian or conservator. Prohibits, except for good cause shown, the court from appointing as guardian or conservator for the respondent an attorney who has been engaged by the petitioner to represent the petitioner within three calendar years of the appointment. The bill also applies such prohibition to other attorneys and employees of the law firm with which such attorney is associated. The bill further provides that, in the case of a petitioner that is a medical care facility, the court may, for good cause shown, order that the reasonable costs for the guardian or conservator be paid by the petitioner during the time the respondent is under the care of such medical care facility.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 1072	Virginia SB 1072 (2020)	bill		enacted	T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason	5	32	8	2020-01-17	2020-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/9a65fbe1-6f58-4542-82ed-043d3fc314f6	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1072	6329c49581a3ba3e781a664293a76d7fa3e2f0d8a0c75e9b8432c98e9787a266	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1072 (2020) — Guardian or conservator; prohibition against appointing certain persons.

Prohibition against appointing certain persons as guardian or conservator. Prohibits, except for good cause shown, the court from appointing as guardian or conservator for the respondent an attorney who has been engaged by the petitioner to represent the petitioner within three calendar years of the appointment. The bill also applies such prohibition to other attorneys and employees of the law firm with which such attorney is associated. The bill further provides that, in the case of a petitioner that is a medical care facility, the court may, for good cause shown, order that the reasonable costs for the guardian or conservator be paid by the petitioner during the time the respondent is under the care of such medical care facility.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1072ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1072H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1072S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1072S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 20105628D introduction
• 2020-01-17 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107702D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107702D-S1
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1072S1
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-28 Committee substitute printed 20108895D-H1 substitution
• 2020-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 20108895D-H1
• 2020-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1072H1
• 2020-03-04 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 Title replaced 20108895D-H1
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled
• 2020-03-12 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
• 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 649 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a65fbe1-6f58-4542-82ed-043d3fc314f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).