Virginia House Bill 1617 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on February 17 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-02-17 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0043)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Legal malpractice; estate planning. 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 Thorsen v. Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 786 S.E.2d 453 (Va. 2016) and is identical to SB 1140.

Legal malpractice; estate planning.

Del. Gregory Habeeb [R]

2017-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-26 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-20 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-17		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0043)
2017-02-17		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 43 (effective - see bill)
2017-02-13		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
2017-02-13	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
2017-02-13	Senate	Signed by President
2017-02-10	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-02-10	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1617ER)
2017-02-10	House	Enrolled
2017-02-08	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2017-02-08	Senate	Read third time
2017-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-06	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
2017-01-27	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2017-01-26	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2017-01-26	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2017-01-25	House	Read second time and engrossed
2017-01-24	House	Read first time
2017-01-20	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
2017-01-16	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
2017-01-13	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
2017-01-03	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-03	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101707D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
64	2	520	(n/a)	See Bill Text
64	2	520.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1617
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1617+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1617ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0043+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H0802V0010+HB1617
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H08V0022+HB1617
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV1609+HB1617
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S03V0216+HB1617
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0390HB1617+HB1617
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0415HB1617+HB1617