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| Bill | Uniform Collaborative Law Act; created. | Uniform Collaborative Law Act. Creates theUniform Collaborative Law Act, which provides a framework for thepractice of collaborative law, a process entered into voluntarilyby clients for the express purpose of reaching a settlement in afamily or domestic relations law matter, including (i) marriage,divorce, dissolution, annulment, and property distribution; (ii)child custody, visitation, and parenting time; (iii) alimony, spousalsupport, maintenance, and child support; (iv) adoption; (v) parentage;and (vi) negotiation or enforcement of premarital, marital, and separationagreements. The Act governs disclosure of information, privilege against disclosure of communications, and scope of representationby the attorneys in the proceeding. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 1852 | Virginia HB 1852 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 1852 (2021) — Uniform Collaborative Law Act; created.
Uniform Collaborative Law Act. Creates theUniform Collaborative Law Act, which provides a framework for thepractice of collaborative law, a process entered into voluntarilyby clients for the express purpose of reaching a settlement in afamily or domestic relations law matter, including (i) marriage,divorce, dissolution, annulment, and property distribution; (ii)child custody, visitation, and parenting time; (iii) alimony, spousalsupport, maintenance, and child support; (iv) adoption; (v) parentage;and (vi) negotiation or enforcement of premarital, marital, and separationagreements. The Act governs disclosure of information, privilege against disclosure of communications, and scope of representationby the attorneys in the proceeding.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0346 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1852ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100753D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (34-Y 2-N) — 34–2 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100753D
introduction - 2021-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2021-01-14 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2021-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-20 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-21 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-22 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-25 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-26 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-15 Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-17 Passed Senate (34-Y 2-N)
passage - 2021-02-22 Enrolled
- 2021-02-22 Signed by President
- 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 346 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb6ffad5-619a-46af-8d1d-a16f544622bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).