Virginia State Bar examination; foreign applicants. (SB1234)

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Progress

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
✓	Passed House
✓	Passed Senate
✓	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

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. Read the Bill »

Status

03/18/2021: signed by governor

History

Date	Action
01/11/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100935D
01/11/2021	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
02/01/2021	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/01/2021	Committee substitute printed 21104012D-S1
02/01/2021	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2021	Read second time
02/03/2021	Reading of substitute waived
02/03/2021	Committee substitute agreed to 21104012D-S1
02/03/2021	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1234S1
02/03/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2021	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2021	Placed on Calendar
02/05/2021	Read first time
02/05/2021	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/08/2021	Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
02/12/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1234S1)
02/16/2021	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
02/17/2021	House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
02/17/2021	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
02/20/2021	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
02/20/2021	Committee substitute printed 21200229D-H1
02/22/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1234H1)
02/23/2021	Read second time
02/24/2021	Read third time
02/24/2021	Committee substitute agreed to 21200229D-H1
02/24/2021	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1234H1
02/24/2021	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
02/24/2021	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
02/25/2021	House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
02/25/2021	Title replaced 21200229D-H1
03/09/2021	Enrolled
03/09/2021	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1234ER)
03/09/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1234ER)
03/09/2021	Signed by President
03/11/2021	Signed by Speaker
03/15/2021	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
03/15/2021	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
03/18/2021	G Approved by Governor-Chapter 296 (effective 7/1/21)
03/18/2021	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0296)