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2007 SESSION
Called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Lt. Governor William T. Bolling
Prayer offered by The Reverend Thomas W. Nance, Jr., New Hanover Presbyterian Church, Mechanicsville, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Leave(s) of Absence granted: Senator Devolites Davis
ELECTION OF PAGES (39-Y 0-N)
1st District: Lynn Ericka Holloway of Hampton
2nd District: Virginia Grace Keever of Norfolk
3rd District: Raven Shanaye Mason of Brunswick
4th District: Alison Rebecca Mayer of Richmond
5th District: Elizabeth Evelyn Leggett of Halifax
6th District: Brandon S. Leffew of Lynchburg
7th District: Adam Joseph Rack of Hanover
8th District: Max Baer Blackman of Arlington
9th District: Clarence Ethan Ball of Castlewood
11th District: Gabriel John Dodson of Manassas
APPOINTMENT OF PAGES
Sydney Evelyn Shivers of Lancaster
Bronwyn Ann King of Henrico
Meredith Ferrell Bearden of Henrico
Steven Samuel Bond of Chesterfield
Kariann Belle Vander Pol of Glen Allen
APPOINTMENT OF MESSENGERS
Elena Dorothea Dimitri of Richmond
Rebecca Ann Dudley of Gloucester
Alexandra Ashburn Elwood of Midlothian
Catherine Cramer Emblidge of Richmond
Peyton Elizabeth Herring of Leesburg
Gregory Freeman Irving of Waverly
Emilee Morgan Loope of Covington
Samuel Boyce Obenshain of Harrisonburg
Adam Kurt Pearson of Richmond
Benjamin Philip Poupore of Richmond
Rebekah Ann Roberts of Fredericksburg
Kayla Kerchelle Russell of Newport News
Evans Daniel Tanner III of Mecklenburg
Clark Fitzgerald Thornhill of Richmond
Catherine Claire Valentine of Lynchburg
Laney Elizabeth Vaughan of Newport News
SR 37 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings and engrossment waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39-Y 0-N), agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
House informed that the Senate is duly organized and ready to proceed
COMMUNICATION FROM JUDICIARY: reading waived (38-Y 1-N)
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House is duly organized and ready to proceed
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJR 685 (Notifying Governor of organization) and request concurrence
HJR 685 taken up, agreed to (voice vote), House informed
Bills and resolutions prefiled, ordered printed and referred under § 30-19.3 of the Code of Virginia: see January 11 Senate Calendar
Bills and resolutions presented, ordered printed and referred under Senate Rules 11(b) and (26)g and HJR 113: see January 11 Senate Calendar
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJR 577 (establishing a schedule for the conduct of business)
HJR 577 – Rules suspended, committee discharged, reading waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38-Y 0-N), read third time, agreed to (38-Y 0-N), House informed
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJR 578 (establishing a prefiling schedule for 2008)
HJR 578 – Rules suspended, committee discharged, reading waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38-Y 0-N), read third time, agreed to (38-Y 0-N), House informed
On motion of Senator Norment, the Senate recessed at 11:15 a.m. to reconvene at 6:30 p.m. to meet in the Elmon and Pamela Gray Presentation Hall at Jamestown Settlement
BILL REREFERRED
From Finance: SB 759 rereferred to Education and Health
The Senate reconvened at 6:30 p.m. in the Elmon and Pamela Gray Presentation Hall at Jamestown Settlement
The Senate proceeded at 6:30 p.m. to the House Chamber in the Robins Memorial Theater for Governor's State of the Commonwealth Address
On motion of Senator Colgan, the Senate adjourned at 7:55 p.m. to convene Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 12 m. in the Capitol in Richmond
KEY: A = AMENDMENT(S); S = SUBSTITUTE; SA = SUBSTITUTE WITH AMENDMENT(S)