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HB1775
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Kilgore |
State Corporation Commission; access to local land records. |
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Summary:
State Corporation Commission; access to localland records.
Adds the State Corporation Commission to the listof agencies that are exempt from paying fees for remote access tolocal land records.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
1/25/2021 - Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) 1/25/2021 - VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) 1/26/2021 - Constitutional reading dispensed 1/26/2021 - Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor 2/5/2021 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
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Senate Committee Actions:
1/26/2021 - Constitutional reading dispensed 1/26/2021 - Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor 2/5/2021 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
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HB1802
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Freitas |
Local government attorneys; prohibiting the handling of matters related to certain wills. |
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Summary:
Local government attorneys; prohibiting thehandling of matters related to certain wills.
Prohibits localgovernment attorneys from handling matters related to a will on behalfof the local government if the attorney was privately retained byan individual to prepare, alter, or otherwise represent such individualwith respect to such will.
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Last Five Actions:
1/4/2021 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100641D 1/4/2021 - Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 1/14/2021 - Assigned Courts sub: Civil 1/20/2021 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) 2/5/2021 - Left in Courts of Justice
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HB1814
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Krizek |
Garnishment of wages; protected portion of disposable earnings. |
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Summary:
Garnishment of wages; protected portion of disposable earnings.
Provides that the Virginia minimum hourly wage shallbe used to calculate the amount of a person's aggregate disposableearnings protected from garnishment if it is greater than the federalminimum hourly wage.
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Last Five Actions:
1/25/2021 - Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) 1/25/2021 - VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) 1/26/2021 - Constitutional reading dispensed 1/26/2021 - Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 2/5/2021 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
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Senate Committee Actions:
1/26/2021 - Constitutional reading dispensed 1/26/2021 - Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 2/5/2021 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
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HB1852
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Sullivan |
Uniform Collaborative Law Act; created. |
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Summary:
Uniform Collaborative Law Act.
Creates theUniform Collaborative Law Act, which provides a framework for thepractice of collaborative law, a process entered into voluntarilyby clients for the express purpose of reaching a settlement in afamily or domestic relations law matter, including (i) marriage,divorce, dissolution, annulment, and property distribution; (ii)child custody, visitation, and parenting time; (iii) alimony, spousalsupport, maintenance, and child support; (iv) adoption; (v) parentage;and (vi) negotiation or enforcement of premarital, marital, and separationagreements. The Act governs disclosure of information, privilege against disclosure of communications, and scope of representationby the attorneys in the proceeding.
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Last Five Actions:
1/25/2021 - Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) 1/25/2021 - VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) 1/26/2021 - Constitutional reading dispensed 1/26/2021 - Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 2/5/2021 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
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Senate Committee Actions:
1/26/2021 - Constitutional reading dispensed 1/26/2021 - Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 2/5/2021 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
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HB1853
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Sullivan |
Lawyers; client accounts. |
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Summary:
Lawyers; client accounts.
Repeals the provision prohibiting the Supreme Court of Virginia from adopting a disciplinaryrule requiring that lawyers deposit client funds in an interest-bearingaccount.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
1/25/2021 - Read third time and passed House (68-Y 32-N) 1/25/2021 - VOTE: Passage (68-Y 32-N) 1/26/2021 - Constitutional reading dispensed 1/26/2021 - Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 2/5/2021 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
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Senate Committee Actions:
1/26/2021 - Constitutional reading dispensed 1/26/2021 - Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 2/5/2021 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
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HB1897
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Jenkins |
Summons for unlawful detainer; notice to tenant, adverse employment actions prohibited. |
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Summary:
Summons for unlawful detainer; notice; adverse employment actions prohibited.
Requires any summons for unlawful detainer to include a notice to the tenant that it is unlawful for his employer to discharge him from employment or take any adverse personnel action against him for appearing at an initial or subsequent hearing on such summons, provided that he has given reasonable notice of such hearing to his employer.
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Last Five Actions:
1/25/2021 - Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) 1/25/2021 - VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) 1/26/2021 - Constitutional reading dispensed 1/26/2021 - Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 2/5/2021 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
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Senate Committee Actions:
1/26/2021 - Constitutional reading dispensed 1/26/2021 - Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 2/5/2021 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
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HB1911
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Hope |
No-fault divorce; corroboration requirement. |
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Summary:
No-fault divorce; corroboration requirement.Removes the corroborating witness requirement for no-fault divorces.
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Last Five Actions:
1/25/2021 - Read third time and passed House (60-Y 39-N) 1/25/2021 - VOTE: Passage (60-Y 39-N) 1/26/2021 - Constitutional reading dispensed 1/26/2021 - Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 2/5/2021 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
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Senate Committee Actions:
1/26/2021 - Constitutional reading dispensed 1/26/2021 - Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 2/5/2021 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
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