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type: "Bill"
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title: "Legal malpractice; estate planning."
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description: "Provides that the statute of limitations for legal malpractice related to estate planning is five years if the legal representation was based on a written contract and three years if the legal representation was based on an unwritten contract. The bill provides that the accrual date for such an action is the date of completion of the representation. The bill further provides that a person who is not party to the representation shall have standing to maintain such an action only if there is a written agreement between the individual who is the subject of the estate planning and the defendant that expressly grants standing to such person. This bill is in response to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1617"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1617 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Wills", "Trusts", "and Fiduciaries"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gregory D. Habeeb"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-03"
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last_action: "2017-02-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53c35907-fd08-4379-9f18-b1c969b88923"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1617"
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source_hash: "bbc6a0a60beee84821d9786359de6e8f24363cdc2cf9768e27554e6f128c30c4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1617 (2017) — Legal malpractice; estate planning.
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Provides that the statute of limitations for legal malpractice related to estate planning is five years if the legal representation was based on a written contract and three years if the legal representation was based on an unwritten contract. The bill provides that the accrual date for such an action is the date of completion of the representation. The bill further provides that a person who is not party to the representation shall have standing to maintain such an action only if there is a written agreement between the individual who is the subject of the estate planning and the defendant that expressly grants standing to such person. This bill is in response to
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0043)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0043)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1617ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1617ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101707D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1617)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Gregory D. Habeeb — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101707D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
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- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
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- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 43 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53c35907-fd08-4379-9f18-b1c969b88923`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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