Virginia Senate Bill 1234 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 18 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0296)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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. 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.

Virginia State Bar examination; foreign applicants, evidence required.

Sen. John Petersen [D]

2021-02-25 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-02-20 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

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

SB1234 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	3931	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1234
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1234+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1234S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1234H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1234ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0296+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21200229D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/21200229.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1234FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1234FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1234FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S03C0105+SB1234
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0257SB1234+SB1234
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0285SB1234+SB1234
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0286SB1234+SB1234
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H0802V0010+SB1234
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H08V0044+SB1234
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1902+SB1234
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0428SB1234+SB1234