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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I

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SB 1234 Virginia State Bar examination; foreign applicants, evidence required.

Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Attorneys; applicants for Virginia Bar examination. Allows persons who have completed all degree requirements from a law school not approved by the American Bar Association, including a foreign law school, obtained an LL.M. from a law school approved by the American Bar Association, and been admitted to practice law before the court of last resort in any state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia to sit for the Virginia Bar examination.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/21  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100935D  pdf
• 02/01/21  Senate: Committee substitute printed 21104012D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/20/21  House: Committee substitute printed 21200229D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/09/21  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1234ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/18/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0296)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 01/11/21  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100935D
• 01/11/21  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
• 02/01/21  Senate: Committee substitute printed 21104012D-S1
• 02/01/21  Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/21  Senate: Read second time
• 02/03/21  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/03/21  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21104012D-S1
• 02/03/21  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1234S1
• 02/03/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/21  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/21  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/05/21  House: Read first time
• 02/05/21  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/08/21  House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
• 02/16/21  House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
• 02/17/21  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
• 02/20/21  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/21  House: Committee substitute printed 21200229D-H1
• 02/23/21  House: Read second time
• 02/24/21  House: Read third time
• 02/24/21  House: Committee substitute agreed to 21200229D-H1
• 02/24/21  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1234H1
• 02/24/21  House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/21  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/21  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/21  Senate: Title replaced 21200229D-H1
• 03/09/21  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/09/21  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1234ER)
• 03/09/21  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/21  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/15/21  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
• 03/15/21  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 03/18/21  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 296 (effective 7/1/21)
• 03/18/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0296)