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2005 SESSION

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HB 2142 Clients' Protection Fund; assessment on uninsured attorneys.

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SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Legal malpractice; Clients' Protection Fund.  Requires the Virginia State Bar to assess attorneys who are licensed to practice law in Virginia and engaged in the active practice of law but are not covered by a legal malpractice insurance policy or by the risk management program adopted by the Division of Risk Management $1,500 annually, to be deposited into the Clients' Protection Fund. The requirement does not apply to government attorneys; attorneys employed solely as in-house counsel for a corporation or other business entity; attorneys registered as lobbyists; and other attorneys who do not normally represent the general public.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/05  House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 053703352  pdf
• 01/31/05  House: Committee substitute printed 054343352-H1  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/11/05  House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 053703352
• 01/11/05  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/14/05  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: Civil Law
• 01/28/05  House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (12-Y 7-N)
• 01/31/05  House: Committee substitute printed 054343352-H1
• 02/01/05  House: Read first time
• 02/02/05  House: Read second time
• 02/02/05  House: Committee substitute agreed to 054343352-H1
• 02/02/05  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2142H1
• 02/03/05  House: Read third time and passed House (73-Y 23-N)
• 02/03/05  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (73-Y 23-N)
• 02/03/05  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/04/05  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/04/05  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/21/05  Senate: Left in Courts of Justice