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| Bill | Attorneys; preliminary proof of education required of applicant for Virginia Bar examination. | Attorneys; preliminary proof of education required of applicant for Virginia Bar examination. Allows individuals who have received a master's or doctoral degree from an institution of higher education accredited by an accreditor recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and studied law for three years, consisting of not less than 18 hours per week for at least 40 weeks per year, (i) in the office of an attorney practicing in the Commonwealth, whose full time is devoted to the practice of law, or (ii) with a retired circuit court judge who served the Commonwealth as a circuit court judge for a minimum of 10 years to sit for the Virginia Bar examination. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2431 | Virginia HB 2431 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2431 (2025) — Attorneys; preliminary proof of education required of applicant for Virginia Bar examination.
Attorneys; preliminary proof of education required of applicant for Virginia Bar examination. Allows individuals who have received a master's or doctoral degree from an institution of higher education accredited by an accreditor recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and studied law for three years, consisting of not less than 18 hours per week for at least 40 weeks per year, (i) in the office of an attorney practicing in the Commonwealth, whose full time is devoted to the practice of law, or (ii) with a retired circuit court judge who served the Commonwealth as a circuit court judge for a minimum of 10 years to sit for the Virginia Bar examination.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-08-2025 25103912D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2025-01-21 Referred from General Laws and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
referral-committee - 2025-01-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2431)
- 2025-01-28 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2025-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-01-31 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-31 Committee substitute printed 25105263D-H1
substitution - 2025-02-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2431)
- 2025-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2025-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-14 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-14 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-17 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-19 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2431ER)
passage - 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2431)
- 2025-02-22 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 39 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0039)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0be1d1b0-160e-4d10-85cd-cd47d41f2c12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).