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type: "Bill"
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title: "Attorneys; examinations and issuance of licenses, requirements."
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description: "Attorneys; examinations and issuance of licenses; requirements. Requires, before an applicant is permitted to takethe Virginia bar exam, that the applicant furnish to the Board ofBar Examiners satisfactory evidence that he has satisfactorily completedlegal studies amounting to at least five semesters, or the equivalentof at least five semesters on a system other than a semester system,of full-time study at a law school approved by the American Bar Associationor the Board of Bar Examiners. Under current law, an applicant isrequired to have completed all degree requirements of such law school."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 117"
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citation: "Virginia HB 117 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-01-07"
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last_action: "2022-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cdda43c-bafa-4042-931e-d7f300d978a3"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB117"
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source_hash: "ce150fc128209ec244c610ebbcd8ceb0e03deae3f24f5c62985ea17de2b8ac6f"
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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 117 (2022) — Attorneys; examinations and issuance of licenses, requirements.
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Attorneys; examinations and issuance of licenses; requirements. Requires, before an applicant is permitted to takethe Virginia bar exam, that the applicant furnish to the Board ofBar Examiners satisfactory evidence that he has satisfactorily completedlegal studies amounting to at least five semesters, or the equivalentof at least five semesters on a system other than a semester system,of full-time study at a law school approved by the American Bar Associationor the Board of Bar Examiners. Under current law, an applicant isrequired to have completed all degree requirements of such law school.
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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. **CHAP0148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0148)
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2. **HB117ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB117ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103824D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB117)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
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- Referred from General Laws — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 1-N) — **19–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103824D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-25** Referred from General Laws
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- **2022-01-25** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB117)
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- **2022-02-03** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2022-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-11** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-11** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
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- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-14** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-21** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-23** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB117ER)
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 148 (effective 7/1/22) `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/5cdda43c-bafa-4042-931e-d7f300d978a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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