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| Bill | Lawyers; client accounts. | Lawyers; client accounts. Repeals the provision prohibiting the Supreme Court of Virginia from adopting a disciplinaryrule requiring that lawyers deposit client funds in an interest-bearingaccount. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 1853 | Virginia HB 1853 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 1853 (2021) — Lawyers; client accounts.
Lawyers; client accounts. Repeals the provision prohibiting the Supreme Court of Virginia from adopting a disciplinaryrule requiring that lawyers deposit client funds in an interest-bearingaccount.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0342 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1853ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100869D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 3-N) — 18–3 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (36-Y 3-N) — 36–3 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 5-N) — 9–5 (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (68-Y 32-N) — 67–32 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 35-N) — 62–35 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100869D
introduction - 2021-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2021-01-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1853)
- 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 (18-Y 3-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 (68-Y 32-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-25 VOTE: Passage (68-Y 32-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)
- 2021-02-17 Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-22 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-22 Passed by for the day
- 2021-02-23 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-23 Amendment #1 by Senator Stuart withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal - 2021-02-23 Reading of amendment waived
- 2021-02-23 Amendment #2 by Senator Stuart agreed to
amendment-passage - 2021-02-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2021-02-23 Passed Senate with amendment (36-Y 3-N)
passage - 2021-02-24 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-24 Senate amendment agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N)
- 2021-02-24 VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 35-N)
- 2021-02-26 Enrolled
- 2021-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1853ER)
- 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-27 Signed by President
- 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
- 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 342 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/521d0689-04a6-4929-914d-4869a9e984c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).