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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.

  1. CHAP0342 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB1853ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100869D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 3-N) — 183 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with amendment (36-Y 3-N) — 363 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 5-N) — 95 (pass) · upper
  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (68-Y 32-N) — 6732 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 35-N) — 6235 (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).