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2021 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Judiciary
Subcommittee Civil Law

Petersen (Chair), Lucas, Norment, Obenshain, Boysko, Surovell

Clerk: John Garrett, David Hessler
Staff: Kristen Walsh, C. Quagliato
Date of Meeting: February 1, 2021
Time and Place: 4 PM Cham Add SB 1435 Sci. Mus. Register to speak @ GA website
https://virginia-senate.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3

S.B. 1107

Patron: Stanley

Medical malpractice; limitation on recovery. Eliminates the cap on the recovery in actions against health care providers for medical malpractice where the act or acts of malpractice occurred on or after July 1, 2021.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 8.01-581.15 of the Code of Virginia, relating to limitation on recovery in certain medical malpractice actions.

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S.B. 1209

Patron: Petersen

Liability of general contractor for wages of subcontractor's employees. Provides that there is a valid defense to a claim of nonpayment of wages by a general contractor to a subcontractor's employees if the general contractor obtains a written certification that (i) the subcontractor and each of his sub-subcontractors has paid all employees all wages due for the period during which the wages are claimed for the work performed on the project and (ii) to the subcontractor's knowledge all sub-subcontractors have also paid their employees. The bill also provides that the terms "general contractor" and "subcontractor" shall not include persons solely furnishing materials for the purposes of the liability of a contractor for wages due to a subcontractor's employees.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 11-4.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to liability of contractor for wages of subcontractor's employees.

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S.B. 1435

Patron: Hanger

Electronic execution of estate planning documents; Uniform Electronic Wills Act. Permits trusts, advance medical directives, and refusals to make anatomical gifts to be signed and notarized, as appropriate, by electronic means. The bill also codifies the Uniform Electronic Wills Act, which permits a testator to execute a will by electronic means. The Act requires that the will be signed by two witnesses who are in the physical or electronic presence of the testator and acknowledged by the testator and attesting witnesses in the physical or electronic presence of a notary public.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-291.7, 54.1-2982, 54.1-2983, 54.1-2984, 59.1-481, 64.2-100, 64.2-403, 64.2-404, 64.2-407, 64.2-450, and 64.2-701 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 64.2-453.1 and by adding in Chapter 4 of Title 64.2 an article numbered 7, consisting of sections numbered 64.2-459 through 64.2-468, relating to electronic execution of estate planning documents; Uniform Electronic Wills Act.

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