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2006 SESSION

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MINUTE BOOK 2006 SESSION SENATE OF VIRGINIA WILLIAM T. BOLLING, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SUSAN CLARKE SCHAAR, CLERK

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

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

Prayer offered by The Reverend Jon L. Parks, Kenbridge Baptist Church, Kenbridge, Virginia

ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present

Motion of Senator Stolle dispensed with reading of Journal (40-Y 0-N)

COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10227): reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
Senate bill with House amendments passed: SB 487
Senate bills with House substitutes passed: SB 428, 651, 664, 704, 706
Senate bill with House substitute with amendments passed: SB 87
House bill with Senate amendments rejected: HB 1579
House bills with Senate substitutes rejected: HB 239, 1235
House bill with Senate substitute with amendment rejected: HB 1539
House acceded to Senate request for committees of conference: HB 70, 731, 1028
House bill amended in accordance with recommendation of Governor: HB 652
Senate bills passed: SB 53, 83, 196, 214, 438, 507, 557, 669, 691
House bills with Senate amendments concurred in: HB 255, 407, 491
House bills with Senate substitutes concurred in: HB 77, 1404

Senate bills with House amendments, substitutes and substitute with amendments placed on Calendar: see March 1 Senate Calendar

BILLS REPORTED
From Commerce and Labor: HB 193S, 195, 323, 324, 360, 417, 567, 573, 931 rereferred to Finance, 1001, 1044, 1094S rereferred to Courts of Justice, 1103, 1198A, 1249, 1275
From Finance: HB 29A, 30A, 40S, 121, 350S, 450S, 532S, 534A, 568S, 569, 596A, 680S, 786A, 909A, 963, 976A, 1148, 1454, 1535

SR 16 - offered by Senator Ruff
SJR 268 - offered by Senator Puckett

Resolution and joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 113: see March 1 Senate Calendar

Rules suspended, privileges of the floor given to distinguished guests (40-Y 0-N)

CALENDAR

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - HOUSE
HB 443 - Senate insisted on its amendment(s) and requested committee of conference (40-Y 0-N)
HB 901 - Senate insisted on its substitute and requested committee of conference (40-Y 0-N)

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SENATE
SB 54 - House amendment(s) agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
SB 72 - House amendment(s) agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
SB 79 - House substitute agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
SB 85 - House amendment(s) agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
SB 213 - House amendment(s) agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
SB 261 - House amendment(s) agreed to (33-Y 7-N)
SB 271 - House amendment(s) agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
SB 304 - House substitute agreed to (20-Y 20-N, Chair voted yea)
SB 330 - House substitute rejected (2-Y 38-N)
SB 349 - House substitute agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
SB 412 - House amendment(s) agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
SB 461 - House amendment(s) agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
SB 484 - House amendment(s) #1 and #2 agreed to (40-Y 0-N), amendment #3 rejected (5-Y 35-N)
SB 485 - House amendment(s) #1 and #2 agreed to (40-Y 0-N), amendment #3 rejected (1-Y 39-N)
SB 532 - House amendment #1 agreed to (40-Y 0-N), amendment #2 rejected (0-Y 40-N)
SB 650 - House amendment(s) #1 and #2 agreed to (40-Y 0-N), amendment #3 rejected (1-Y 39-N)
SB 662 - House substitute rejected (3-Y 37-N)
SB 703 - House substitute agreed to (40-Y 0-N)

UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
Read third time
HB 122S - committee substitute agreed to, engrossed, passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1347A - Stolle floor amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 896S - committee substitute agreed to, engrossed, passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1 - passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 65 - passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 90 - passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 511A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 512A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 614A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 650 - passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 738 - passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 788 - passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 801S - committee substitute agreed to, Williams floor substitute withdrawn, engrossed, passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 809 - passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 877 - passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 997 - passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1000A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1163 - passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1179 - passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1208 - committee amendment(s) rejected, passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1210A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1219A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1233A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1440A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1547A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1602 - passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), passed block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 699 - out of block, passed by for the day
HB 601S - committee substitute agreed to, out of block, passed by for the day
HB 1258 - out of block, passed by for the day
HB 1276S - out of block, passed by for the day
HB 1581 - passed block vote (40-Y 0-N), reconsideration of block vote agreed to (40-Y 0-N), out of block, passed by for the day

REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
Read third time
HB 181 - passed by for the day
HB 339S - committee substitute agreed to, engrossed, passed (30-Y 10-N)
HB 141 - passed by for the day
HB 544A - passed by for the day
HB 557 - passed (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1307S - committee amendment(s) rejected, Ruff floor substitute agreed to, engrossed, passed (39-Y 1-N)
HB 665A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, Watkins floor amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, passed (29-Y 10-N), passage reconsidered (40-Y 0-N), passed (26-Y 12-N 2-A)
HB 673 - passed by for the day

UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 21A - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 41 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 127A - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 317S - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 340S - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 372 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 436A - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 631A - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 846S - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 888A - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 889 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 984S - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 986 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1038S - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1039S - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1040S - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1055S - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1081S - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1150 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1266 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1267A - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1303 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1319 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1333S - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1345 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1352 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1359 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1417 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1469 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1490 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1509 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1325 - out of block, recommitted to Courts of Justice

REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 506A - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day
HB 1185S - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), passed by for day

UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING
Read third time
HJR 7 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 13 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 25 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 32 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 35 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 36 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 48 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 60S - committee substitute agreed to, engrossed, agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 64 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 67 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 75 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 96A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 97 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 100S - committee substitute agreed to, engrossed, agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 115 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 116 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 119 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 124A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 130A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 133S - committee substitute agreed to, engrossed, agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 136S - committee substitute agreed to, engrossed, agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 144A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 148A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 158A - committee amendment(s) agreed to, engrossed, agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 183S - committee substitute agreed to, engrossed, agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 184 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)
HJR 229 - agreed to block vote (voice vote)

On motion of Senator Stosch, the Senate recessed at 1:25 p.m. to reconvene at 1:35 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 1: 35 p.m.

REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON THIRD READING
Read third time
SJR 186S - engrossment reconsidered (40-Y 0-N), Cuccinelli floor amendment rejected, engrossed, Rules suspended, third reading waived ( 40-Y 0-N ), agreed to (40-Y 0-N)

CONFEREES APPOINTED
HB 70 - Senators Howell, Rerras and Houck
HB 731 - Senators Quayle, Blevins and Lucas
HB 1028 - Senators Reynolds, Quayle and Stolle

SR 16 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (40-Y 0-N), agreed to (voice vote)
HJR 336 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (40-Y 0-N), agreed to (voice vote)
HJR 350 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (40-Y 0-N), agreed to (voice vote)

SJR 269 - offered by Senator Potts
SJR 270 - offered by Senator Howell
SR 17 - offered by Senator Ruff

SR 18 - offered by Senator Ruff

Resolutions and joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 113: see March 1 Senate Calendar

On motion of Senator Chichester, the Senate adjourned at 1:59 p.m. to convene Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at 12m.

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