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2006 SESSION
SENATE OF VIRGINIA
 
WILLIAM T. BOLLING, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SUSAN CLARKE SCHAAR, CLERK
 
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
 
 
 
 

Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor William T. Bolling

 

Prayer offered by The Reverend Robert F. Ruth, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Newport News, Virginia

 

ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present

 

Motion of Senator Cuccinelli dispensed with reading of Journal (38-Y 0-N)

 

COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10123): reading waived (37-Y 1-N)

House bills passed: HB 1, 2, 5, 20, 36, 38, 47, 104, 106, 143, 172, 195, 201, 215, 216, 250, 260, 261, 310, 448, 538, 552, 554, 573, 647, 651, 684, 698, 738, 860, 887

 

House bills referred: see January 25 Senate Calendar

 

BILLS REPORTED

From Commerce and Labor: SB 474, 477, 529, 531, 546, 547S, 586, 587, 592, 593

From Finance: SB 70S, 115, 139S, 186S, 302S, 404, 463A, 468A, 521, 583

BILLS REREFERRED

From Commerce and Labor: SB 433 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 448 rereferred to Courts of Justice

 

MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJR 227 (Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, A Member of the State Corporation Commission, A Member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission) 

 

SB 715 - offered by Senator Blevins (unanimous consent to introduce by voice vote)

SB 716 - offered by Senator Blevins (unanimous consent to introduce by voice vote)

 

Bills presented, ordered printed and referred under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 113: see January 25 Senate Calendar

 

SR 5, 6 and 7 offered by Senator Stolle

SR 8 and 9 offered by Senator Wampler

 

Resolutions presented, ordered printed and referred under Senate Rules 11(b)

 

On motion of Senator Stosch, the Senate recessed at 12:15 p.m. to reconvene at 1:05 p.m.

 

The Senate reconvened at 1:05 p.m.

 

HJR 227 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (37-Y 0-N), reading waived, Stolle floor amendment agreed to, engrossed, agreed to (39-Y 0-N), House informed

 

CALENDAR

 

UNCONTESTED CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING

Read third time

SB 19 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 21 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 34S - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 39S - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 46A - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 74 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 98 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 107 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 112 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 116 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 117 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 119 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 182S - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 184 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 188 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 190 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 201 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 214 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 244 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 252 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 268 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 269 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 281 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 311 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 353 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 359 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 408 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 412 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 416 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 430 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 449 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 498 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 502 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 535 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 556 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 558 - passed block vote (39-Y 0-N)

SB 565A - out of block, engrossment reconsidered (39-Y 0-N), passed by for the day

SB 620 - out of block, passed (38-Y 1-N)

 

REGULAR CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING

Read third time

SB 42S - engrossment reconsidered (39-Y 0-N), Hanger floor amendment agreed to, engrossed, Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed (39-Y 0-N)

SB 187 - passed (38-Y 0-N 1-A)

SB 499 - passed (30-Y 9-N)

SB 602 - passed (24-Y 15-N)

 

MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to Senate amendment to HJR 227

 

Joint Order pursuant to HJR 227

 

SR 5 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39-Y 0-N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)

SR 6 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39-Y 0-N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)

SR 7 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39-Y 0-N), Stolle floor amendment agreed to, engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)

SR 8 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39-Y 0-N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)

SR 9 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39-Y 0-N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)

 

House informed that nominations have been made pursuant to HJR 227

 

MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: Nominations have been made pursuant to HJR 227

 

ELECTION OF CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, A MEMBER OF THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION, A MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION

Circuit Court Judges (39-Y 0-N)

First Judicial Circuit: Frederick H. Creekmore, Sr.

Second Judicial Circuit: H. Thomas Padrick, Jr.

Seventh Judicial Circuit: Timothy S. Fisher

Ninth Judicial Circuit: Thomas B. Hoover

Ninth Judicial Circuit: William H. Shaw III

Thirteenth Judicial Circuit: Margaret P. Spencer

Fourteenth Judicial Circuit: Lee A. Harris, Jr.

Sixteenth Judicial Circuit: Edward L. Hogshire

Seventeenth Judicial Circuit: Joanne F. Alper

Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Kathleen H. MacKay

Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Jonathan C. Thacher

Twentieth Judicial Circuit: Thomas D. Horne

Twenty-first Judicial Circuit: David V. Williams

Twenty-second Judicial Circuit: Charles J. Strauss

Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit: James W. Updike, Jr.

Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit: John R. Prosser

Thirty-first Judicial Circuit: William D. Hamblen

 

General District Court Judges (39-Y 0-N)

Second Judicial District: Virginia L. Cochran

Second Judicial District: W. Edward Hudgins, Jr.

District 2-A: Gordon S. Vincent

Fifth Judicial District: W. Richard Savage, III

Sixth Judicial District: J. Larry Palmer

Twelfth Judicial District: Philip V. Daffron

Twelfth Judicial District:Thomas L. Murphey

Twelfth Judicial District: Thomas L. Vaughn

Fourteenth Judicial District: L. Neil Steverson

Fifteenth Judicial District: John R. Stevens

Nineteenth Judicial District: Stewart P. Davis

Nineteenth Judicial District: Mark C. Simmons

Nineteenth Judicial District: Donald P. McDonough

Twenty-second Judicial District: George A. Jones

Twenty-third Judicial District: Vincent A. Lilley

Twenty-fourth Judicial District: Joseph M. Serkes

Twenty-fifth Judicial District: Louis K. Campbell

Twenty-sixth Judicial District: W. Dale Houff

Twenty-eighth Judicial District: Sage B. Johnson

Thirtieth Judicial District: Joseph R. Carico

 

Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges (39-Y 0-N)

Second Judicial District: Deborah M. Paxson

Second Judicial District: Ramona D. Taylor

Second Judicial District: Winship C. Tower

Third Judicial District: Joel P. Crowe

Fourth Judicial District: Jerrauld C. Jones

Fourth Judicial District: William P. Williams

Tenth Judicial District: Michael M. Rand

Eleventh Judicial District: Valentine W. Southall, Jr.

Thirteenth Judicial District: Kimberly B. O'Donnell

Fourteenth Judicial District: Denis F. Soden

Sixteenth Judicial District: Edward DeJ. Berry

Sixteenth Judicial District: Frank W. Somerville

Nineteenth Judicial District: Thomas P. Mann

Nineteenth Judicial District: Charles J. Maxfield

Nineteenth Judicial District: Gayl B. Carr

Twenty-second Judicial District: Sarah A. Rice

Twenty-third Judicial District: Joseph P. Bounds

Twenty-third Judicial District: John B. Ferguson

Twenty-fifth Judicial District: Charles L. Ricketts III

Twenty-seventh Judicial District: H. Lee Chitwood

Twenty-eighth Judicial District: Charles F. Lincoln

 Twenty-eighth Judicial District: Eugene E. Lohman

 

A Member of the State Corporation Commission (39-Y 0-N)

Judith Williams Jagdmann

 

A Member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (39-Y 0-N)

Virginia R. Diamond

 

NOMINATED BUT NOT ELECTED

Circuit Court Judges (39-Y 0-N)

Eighth Judicial Circuit: William C. Andrews III

 

Reading of report waived (38-Y 1-N)

 

CALENDAR (continued)

 

UNCONTESTED CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING

Read second time

SB 88S - committee substitute agreed to, engrossed

SB 89A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed

SB 152 - engrossed

SB 185S - committee substitute agreed to, engrossed

SB 222A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed

SB 312A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed

SB 484 - engrossed

SB 485 - engrossed

SB 496 - engrossed

SB 514 - engrossed

SB 523 - engrossed

SB 486A - out of block, passed by for the day

 

REGULAR CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING

Read second time

SB 92 - passed by for the day

SB 526A - Whipple floor amendment proposed but not acted upon, committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed

SB 137A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed

SB 153 - engrossed

SB 245 - engrossed

 

UNCONTESTED CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING

SB 82A - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

SB 200S - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

SB 250 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

SB 289 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

SB 318 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

SB 409 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

SB 415 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

SB 419 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

SB 527 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

SB 528S - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

SB 537 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

SB 564 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

SB 574 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

SB 644A - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

 

REGULAR CALENDAR

SENATE BILL ON FIRST READING

SB 232 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), passed by for day

 

REGULAR CALENDAR

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON SECOND READING

Read second time

SJR 92 - Edwards floor amendment rejected (13-Y 26-N), engrossed

 

On motion of Senator Chichester, the Senate adjourned at 2:51 p.m. to convene  Wednesday, January 25, 2006, at 12m.

 

KEY:  A = AMENDMENT(S); S = SUBSTITUTE; SA = SUBSTITUTE WITH AMENDMENT(S)