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type: "Bill"
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title: "Legal duty; action for damages for legal malpractice concerning estate planning."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 1115"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1115 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2c875af-f181-4fb3-ae85-c145ca58f1ba"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1115"
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source_hash: "2154e8d9b0b1e5e8fcb8f8302e47ffbb8fdbe034925b4d00cd1c2714017aeb04"
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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 SB 1115 (2025) — Legal duty; action for damages for legal malpractice concerning estate planning.
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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.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017909.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077158.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045594.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103066D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1115)
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- **2025-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-05** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-10** Passed House (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-11** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1115ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1115)
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- **2025-02-11** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 467 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0467)
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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/d2c875af-f181-4fb3-ae85-c145ca58f1ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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