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2022 SESSION

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HB 117 Attorneys; examinations and issuance of licenses, requirements.

Introduced by: Terry G. Kilgore | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Attorneys; examinations and issuance of licenses; requirements. Requires, before an applicant is permitted to take the Virginia bar exam, that the applicant furnish to the Board of Bar Examiners satisfactory evidence that he has satisfactorily completed legal studies amounting to at least five semesters, or the equivalent of 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 Association or the Board of Bar Examiners. Under current law, an applicant is required to have completed all degree requirements of such law school.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103824D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/25/22  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB117ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/07/22  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0148)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/07/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103824D
• 01/07/22  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/25/22  House: Referred from General Laws by voice vote
• 01/25/22  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/03/22  House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3
• 02/04/22  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
• 02/07/22  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 1-N)
• 02/09/22  House: Read first time
• 02/10/22  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/11/22  House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
• 02/11/22  House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
• 02/14/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/14/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
• 02/21/22  Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/22  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/22  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/22  House: Enrolled
• 02/25/22  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB117ER)
• 02/25/22  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/25/22  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/22  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 03/11/22  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 04/07/22  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 148 (effective 7/1/22)
• 04/07/22  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0148)