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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 264 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1471291,"object_type":"law","relational_id":368928,"identifier":"54.1-3911","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/2\/54.1-3911","url":"\/54.1-3911\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3911\/","token":"54.1\/IV\/39\/2\/54.1-3911","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transmission of certain information to the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3911","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Virginia State Bar is authorized to transmit to the House and Senate Committees for <span class=\"dictionary\">Courts<\/span> of Justice, upon request of the Chairman of either Committee, any <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> that it has in its <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> with reference to any pending disciplinary proceeding involving a licensed attorney whose name has been placed before the Committee for consideration for election as a <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of this Commonwealth and the record of any previous disciplinary action taken against the attorney.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSMISSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO THE HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES FOR\nCOURTS OF JUSTICE (\u00a7 54.1-3911)\n\nThe Virginia State Bar is authorized to transmit to the House and Senate\nCommittees for Courts of Justice, upon request of the Chairman of either\nCommittee, any evidence that it has in its possession with reference to any\npending disciplinary proceeding involving a licensed attorney whose name has\nbeen placed before the Committee for consideration for election as a judge of a\ncourt of this Commonwealth and the record of any previous disciplinary action\ntaken against the attorney.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 264, \u00a7 54-49.1; 1988, c. 765.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}