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2005 SESSION
2005 Regular Session
William J. Howell, Speaker
Bruce F. Jamerson, Clerk
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Called to order at 11:00 a.m. by
William J. Howell, Speaker
Mace placed on Speaker's table by Sergeant at
Arms
Prayer offered by Rabbi David Kalender,
Congregation Olam Tikvah, Fairfax
Delegate Griffith led the House in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the
United States of America
Attendance roll call - Quorum present
Leave of Absence granted: Delegate Van Landingham
Journal for Monday, February 21, 2005, approved by the Speaker
Senate communication received
House bills passed with Senate amendments: HBs
1666, 1921, 2036, 2051, 2052, 2168, 2247, 2267, 2318, 2384, 2454, 2471, 2656,
2663, 2800, 2804, 2808, 2930
House bills passed with Senate substitutes: HBs
1518, 1896, 2118, 2216, 2248, 2316, 2451, 2461, 2623, 2655, 2796, 2836
House bills passed with Senate substitutes with
amendments: HBs 2777, 2881
Senate bill, House amendments rejected: SB 1333
Senate bill, Senate acceded to House request for
Committee of Conference: SB 889
House bills passed: HBs 1556, 1683, 1722, 1763,
1791, 1812, 1824, 1946, 1967, 1988, 2006, 2079, 2109, 2110, 2123, 2136, 2162,
2164, 2165, 2170, 2206, 2237, 2283, 2284, 2326, 2399, 2404, 2430, 2431, 2446,
2447, 2448, 2449, 2508, 2524, 2529, 2547, 2584, 2631, 2642, 2720, 2729, 2786,
2787, 2803, 2820, 2843, 2857, 2860, 2863, 2869, 2870, 2871, 2872, 2936
Senate bills, House amendments agreed to: SBs
722, 752, 753, 894, 988, 1017, 1122, 1131, 1132, 1164, 1184, 1192, 1202, 1209,
1296
Senate bills, House substitutes agreed to: SBs
779, 1173, 1183, 1326, 1344
House joint resolutions agreed to: HJRs 926,
928, 962
House bill defeated: HB 1992
Committee reports
From Appropriations: SBs 1089S, 1141A, 1170,
1288S
From Courts of Justice: SBs 756, 819A, 992S,
1013A, 1070A, 1156S, 1177S, 1294, 1320A
From General Laws: SB 1090S
SB 1333 - House insists on its amendments and
requests Committee of Conference
HB 1594 - Conferees appointed: Ware of Roanoke
City, Kilgore, Marrs
HB 1770 - Conferees appointed: Dillard, Landes,
Stump
HB 1787 - Conferees appointed: BaCote, Tata,
Wardrup
HB 2570 - Conferees appointed: Dudley, Marrs,
Shannon
Motion by Delegate Amundson to adjourn in memory
of George Washington, whose birth date was February 22, 1732, agreed to
SJR 332 taken up and agreed to
HJR 1006 taken up and agreed to
Resolutions presented and laid on Speaker's
table pursuant to House Rule 39(a)
CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS READ THIRD TIME
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SB 746 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 777A - Committee amendment agreed to, Passed
Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 783 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 800 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 858 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 869 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 890S - Committee substitute agreed to, Passed
Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 898S - Committee substitute agreed to, Passed
Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 903 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 906A - Committee amendment agreed to, Passed
Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 916 - Passed by for the day
SB 921A - Committee amendment agreed to, Passed
Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 923 - Moved to Regular Calendar
SB 926 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 928 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 956 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 957A - Committee amendment agreed to, Passed
Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 969A - Committee amendments agreed to, Passed
Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 990 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 996 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 999A - Committee amendments agreed to, Passed
Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1003 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1012S - Committee substitute agreed to,
Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1026 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1079 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1080 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1084 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1086S - Committee substitute agreed to,
Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1107S - Moved to Regular Calendar
SB 1113 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1115A - Moved to Regular Calendar
SB 1145A - Committee amendments agreed to,
Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1153 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1159A - Moved to Regular Calendar
SB 1160 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1161 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1162 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1166A - Committee amendment agreed to, Passed
Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1175 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1188A - Committee amendments agreed to,
Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1200S - Committee substitute agreed to, Moved
to Regular Calendar
SB 1220 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1232A - Committee amendment agreed to, Moved
to Regular Calendar
SB 1233 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1241S - Committee substitute agreed to,
Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1256 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1267S - Committee substitute agreed to,
Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1270A - Committee amendments agreed to,
Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1282 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1306 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1307 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1309 - Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SB 1346A - Committee amendments agreed to,
Passed Block Vote (Y-98 N-0)
SENATE BILLS READ THIRD TIME
REGULAR CALENDAR
SB 1216S - Passed by for the day
SB 803SA - Delegate Bryant floor amendments
agreed to, Passed (Y-98 N-0)
SB 909SA - Delegate McDonnell floor substitute
agreed to, Delegate Lingamfelter floor amendment rejected, Delegate McDonnell
floor amendment agreed to, Defeated (Y-35 N-62)
SB 1054S - Passed by for the day
SB 1061 - Stricken from Calendar
SB 1194A - Committee amendment agreed to, Passed
(Y-75 N-22), Reconsidered, Passed (Y-76 N-22)
SB 949S - Passed by for the day
SB 1057 - Passed by for the day
SB 795 - Passed (Y-87 N-11)
SB 868S - Passed by for the day
SB 873A - Passed by for the day
SB 874A - Committee amendments agreed to, Passed
(Y-90 N-8)
SB 900 - Passed (Y-67 N-31)
SB 947 - Defeated (Y-49 N-47) [requires 50
affirmative votes], Reconsidered, Passed by for the day
SB 966SA - Committee substitute agreed to,
Delegate Fralin floor amendments agreed to, Delegate Bell floor amendment
agreed to, Passed (Y-64 N-34)
SB 968SA - Committee substitute agreed to,
Delegate Suit floor amendments agreed to, Passed (Y-98 N-0)
SB 984A - Committee amendments agreed to, Passed
(Y-94 N-3)
SB 1047A - Committee amendment agreed to,
Delegate Nixon floor amendment agreed to, Passed (Y-50 N-46), Reconsidered,
Passed by for the day
SB 1075 - Passed by for the day
SB 1143S - Committee substitute agreed to,
Passed (Y-81 N-17), Reconsidered, Passed (Y-78 N-19)
SB 1151 - Passed (Y-68 N-28)
SB 1189S - Committee substitute agreed to,
Passed (Y-84 N-11)
SB 1230A - Committee amendments agreed to,
Passed (Y-82 N-15)
SB 1238 - Passed (Y-94 N-4)
SB 1260 - Referred to Committee for Courts of
Justice
SB 1281 - Passed (Y-73 N-24)
SB 1298A - Passed by for the day
SB 1301 - Passed (Y-95 N-1)
SB 1313 - Passed (Y-68 N-26)
SB 1323S - Committee substitute agreed to,
Passed (Y-73 N-22)
SB 1338 - Passed by for the day
SB 923 - Passed by for the day
SB 1107S - Committee substitute agreed to,
Passed (Y-96 N-0)
SB 1115A - Passed by for the day
SB 1159A - Passed by for the day
SB 1200S - Passed (Y-97 N-0)
SB 1232A - Passed (Y-96 N-0)
HOUSE BILLS WITH SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 1977 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-98)
HB 2810 - Passed by for the day
HB 1647 - Senate amendments agreed to (Y-90 N-7)
HB 1664 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-97 N-0)
HB 1712 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-87 N-10)
HB 1765 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-93 N-4)
HB 1779 - Senate amendments agreed to (Y-94 N-3)
HB 1840 - Senate amendments agreed to (Y-76
N-20)
HB 1851 - Passed by for the day
HB 1916 - Senate amendments agreed to (Y-65
N-33)
HB 1948 - Senate amendment rejected (Y-5 N-93)
HB 2078 - Senate amendment rejected (Y-3 N-94)
HB 2144 - Senate amendments rejected (Y-0 N-97)
HB 2291 - Senate amendments agreed to (Y-97 N-0)
HB 2412 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-97 N-0)
HB 2455 - Passed by for the day
HB 2459 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-1 N-96)
HB 2564 - Passed by for the day
HB 2625 - Passed by for the day
HB 2645 - Senate amendment rejected (Y-1 N-96)
HB 2662 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-93 N-4)
HB 2679 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-98 N-0)
HB 2686 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-1 N-97)
HB 2732 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-2 N-94)
HB 2771 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-95)
HB 2925 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-95 N-2)
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION WITH SENATE AMENDMENT
HJR 586 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-6 N-84)
RESOLUTIONS
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SJR 282S - Passed by for the day
SJR 319 - Passed by for the day
SJR 320 - Passed by for the day
SJR 324S - Passed by for the day
SJR 330A - Passed by for the day
SJR 335 - Passed by for the day
SJR 352A - Passed by for the day
SJR 360 - Passed by for the day
SJR 361 - Passed by for the day
SJR 363A - Passed by for the day
SJR 367 - Passed by for the day
SJR 371 - Passed by for the day
SJR 380 - Passed by for the day
SJR 382S - Passed by for the day
SJR 388 - Passed by for the day
SJR 393 - Passed by for the day
SJR 394S - Passed by for the day
SJR 403 - Passed by for the day
SJR 406 - Passed by for the day
SJR 428 - Passed by for the day
SJR 451 - Passed by for the day
SJR 308A - Passed by for the day
RESOLUTIONS
REGULAR CALENDAR
SJR 325A - Rereferred to Committee on Rules
SJR 336 - Passed by for the day
SJR 331 - Passed by for the day
SJR 376 - Passed by for the day
SJR 273 - Passed by for the day
SJR 275 - Passed by for the day
SJR 337S - Passed by for the day
SJR 339 - Passed by for the day
HJR 937 - Passed by for the day
HR 40 - Passed by for the day
SENATE BILLS READ SECOND TIME
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SB 695S
SB 723S
SB 790
SB 801
SB 832
SB 843S
SB 844
SB 851S
SB 854
SB 888
SB 896
SB 902
SB 940S
SB 1001A
SB 1002
SB 1015
SB 1018
SB 1019S
SB 1040S
SB 1051S
SB 1052
SB 1087
SB 1093
SB 1121S
SB 1147
SB 1149S
SB 1154
SB 1158A
SB 1163A
SB 1165
SB 1167
SB 1168
SB 1217S
SB 1225S
SB 1273S
SB 1279
SB 1300
SB 1312
SB 1341
SENATE BILLS READ SECOND TIME
REGULAR CALENDAR
SB 891A
SB 912A
SB 1102
SB 1118
SB 1123A
SB 1150S
SB 1274
SB 1342
SB 1332 - Conference report agreed to (Y-92 N-4)
SB 889 - Conferees appointed: Hamilton,
O'Bannon, Moran
Senate communication received
House bills passed with Senate amendments: HBs
1691, 1769, 1798, 2067, 2151, 2305, 2321, 2510, 2598, 2627, 2640, 2763
House bills passed with Senate substitutes: HBs
1539, 1573, 1602, 1738, 1793, 1816, 1983, 2199, 2249, 2602, 2605, 2649, 2666,
2697, 2832, 2866
House bill, Senate insisted on its amendment and
requested Committee of Conference: HB 2837
House bill, Senate insisted on its substitute
and requested Committee of Conference: HB 2245
Senate bills, House substitutes rejected: SBs
810, 875, 1235
Senate joint resolution agreed to: SJR 510
House bills passed: HBs 1605, 1705, 1708, 1726,
1883, 1893, 1931, 1968, 1972, 1980, 2019, 2020, 2073, 2131, 2186, 2197, 2198,
2236, 2238, 2243, 2253, 2275, 2277, 2278, 2336, 2338, 2342, 2400, 2435, 2509,
2519, 2557, 2572, 2575, 2576, 2578, 2580, 2583, 2588, 2624, 2772, 2793, 2805,
2822, 2826, 2844, 2856, 2905, 2907, 2938
Senate bills, House amendments agreed to: SBs
813, 867, 1006, 1008, 1009, 1033, 1045, 1088, 1106, 1197, 1198, 1261, 1275
Senate bills, House substitutes agreed to: SBs
778, 804, 1196, 1253
Motion by Delegate Griffith to adjourn agreed to
House adjourned at 2:48 p.m. to meet Wednesday,
February 23, 2005, at 10:00 a.m.