Fabio
5.4 KiB
type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
| type | title | description | jurisdiction | legislature | session | identifier | citation | classification | subjects | status | primary_sponsors | version_count | action_count | vote_count | first_action | last_action | source | source_identifier | source_url | source_hash | vintage | source_snapshot | retrieved_at | confidence | tags | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | Legal duty; action for damages for legal malpractice concerning estate planning. | Legal duty; action for damages for legal malpractice concerning estate planning; third parties to an attorney-client contract. Provides that an attorney does not owe a legal duty to a person other than the client for the purpose of the client's estate planning, including the provision of legal advice or the preparation of legal documents, unless the client and attorney enter into a signed, written agreement expressly allowing for such. The bill provides that its provisions are declarative of existing law. The bill also repeals the provisions under current law that specify the statute of limitations for legal malpractice actions relating to contracts for legal services concerning estate planning and the tolling of such statute of limitations. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference and is identical to HB 2174. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 1115 | Virginia SB 1115 (2025) |
|
enacted |
|
3 | 25 | 5 | 2025-01-07 | 2025-03-24 | openstates | ocd-bill/d2c875af-f181-4fb3-ae85-c145ca58f1ba | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1115 | 2154e8d9b0b1e5e8fcb8f8302e47ffbb8fdbe034925b4d00cd1c2714017aeb04 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
|
Virginia SB 1115 (2025) — Legal duty; action for damages for legal malpractice concerning estate planning.
Legal duty; action for damages for legal malpractice concerning estate planning; third parties to an attorney-client contract. Provides that an attorney does not owe a legal duty to a person other than the client for the purpose of the client's estate planning, including the provision of legal advice or the preparation of legal documents, unless the client and attorney enter into a signed, written agreement expressly allowing for such. The bill provides that its provisions are declarative of existing law. The bill also repeals the provisions under current law that specify the statute of limitations for legal malpractice actions relating to contracts for legal services concerning estate planning and the tolling of such statute of limitations. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference and is identical to HB 2174.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103066D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-01-15 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-17 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-17 Passed by for the day
- 2025-01-20 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-21 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1115)
- 2025-02-05 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-07 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-10 Passed House (95-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-11 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-11 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1115ER)
passage - 2025-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1115)
- 2025-02-11 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-13 Signed by President
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
enrolled - 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 467 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0467)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2c875af-f181-4fb3-ae85-c145ca58f1ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).