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2006 SESSION
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)