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2012 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor William T. Bolling
Prayer offered by The Reverend Gerry Creedon, Holy Family Catholic Church, Dale City, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Deeds dispensed with reading of Journal (37-Y 2-N 1-A)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10125): reading waived (38‑Y 2‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 21, 27, 32, 37, 38, 56, 58, 60, 120, 156, 166, 170, 197, 199, 203, 232, 292, 296, 337, 406, 431, 491, 492, 493, 502, 526, 550, 557, 558, 559, 587, 595, 632, 845, 897, 1062
BILLS REPORTED
From Courts of Justice: SB 4S, 67S, 94, 159S rereferred to Finance, 183 rereferred to Finance, 184 rereferred to Finance, 224S rereferred to Finance, 251S rereferred to Finance, 323, 445A, 459S rereferred to Finance, 547A rereferred to Finance, 548A, 554A
From Education and Health: SB 259A, 261 rereferred to Finance, 484S, 544S, 553 rereferred to Finance; HB 1106
From Transportation: SB 155A, 195A, 225, 230S, 364A, 421S, 530S, 587, 593, 595A
BILLS REREFERRED
From Education and Health: SB 426 rereferred to Courts of Justice
From Transportation: SB 578 rereferred to Finance, 619 rereferred to Finance, 639 rereferred to Finance
SB 680 - offered by Senator Wagner (unanimous consent to introduce by voice vote)
Bill presented, ordered printed and referred under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 5: see January 27 Senate Calendar
On motion of Senator Norment, the Senate recessed at 12:37 p.m. to reconvene at 1:00 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 1:00 p.m.
SR 11 and 12 offered by Senator McDougle
SJ 132 - offered by Senator Deeds
Joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 5: see January 27 Senate Calendar
Motion to recommit to Courts of Justice agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SB 4
SB 67
SB 94
SB 159
SB 183
SB 184
SB 251
SB 323
SB 445
SB 459
SB547
SB 548
SB 554
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJR 272 (Election of a Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, a Member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, and a Member of the State Corporation Commission)
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJR 273 (Election of a Circuit Court Judge and a General District Court Judge)
HJR 272 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), readings waived, agreed to (40‑Y 0‑N), House informed
Joint Order pursuant to HJR 272
SR 5 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 11 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 12 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 8 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 9 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 10 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
House informed that nominations have been made pursuant to HJR 272
SR 13 and 14 offered by Senator McDougle
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL ON THIRD READING
HB 516 - Read third time, Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N), Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 253 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 305 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 330 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 406 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 180 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 270 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 371 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 416 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 52 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
SB 353 - Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
SB 464 - Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
SB 521 - Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
SB 158 - Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Obenshain floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote), Rules suspended, Third constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N)
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: Nominations have been made pursuant to HJR 272
CALENDAR (continued)
SB 386 - Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 5-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 300 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Howell floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 45 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 50 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 51 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 53 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 116 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 117 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 133 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 295 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 307 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 382 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 417 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 418 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 424 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 427 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 433 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 499 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 511 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 523 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 532 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 576 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 231 - out of block, Read second time, Herring floor amendment #1 withdrawn, Herring floor amendment #2 agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
Joint Order (continued)
ELECTION OF A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL INQUIRY AND REVIEW COMMISSION, AND A MEMBER OF THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION
A Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia (38‑Y 0‑N)
Donald W. Lemons
Circuit Court Judges (40‑Y 0‑N)
Sixth Judicial Circuit: W. Allan Sharrett
Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit: Michael S. Irvine
Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit: Malfourd W. Trumbo
Thirty-first Judicial Circuit: Lon E. Farris
General District Court Judges (40‑Y 0‑N)
2-A Judicial District: Gordon S. Vincent
Third Judicial District: Roxie O. Holder
Fourth Judicial District: S. Clark Daugherty
Seventh Judicial District: Richard C. Kerns
Twelfth Judicial District: Philip V. Daffron
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: Lisa A. Mayne
Nineteenth Judicial District: Donald P. McDonough
Nineteenth Judicial District: Mark C. Simmons
Twentieth Judicial District: J. Frank Buttery, Jr.
Twenty-second Judicial District: George A. Jones, Jr.
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-seventh Judicial District: J. D. Bolt
Twenty-seventh Judicial District: R. Glennwood Lookabill
Twenty-eighth Judicial District: Sage B. Johnson
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges (40‑Y 0‑N)
Second Judicial District: Deborah M. Paxson
Second Judicial District: Winship C. Tower
Third Judicial District: Joel P. Crowe
Fourth Judicial District: William P. Williams
Fifth Judicial District: Robert S. Brewbaker, Jr.
Seventh Judicial District: Barry G. Logsdon
Eleventh Judicial District: Valentine W. Southall, Jr.
Thirteenth Judicial District: Ashley K. Tunner
Fourteenth Judicial District: Margaret W. Deglau
Fourteenth Judicial District: Denis F. Soden
Fourteenth Judicial District: Richard S. Wallerstein, Jr.
Sixteenth Judicial District: Edward DeJ. Berry
Sixteenth Judicial District: Frank W. Somerville
Nineteenth Judicial District: Gayl Branum Carr
Nineteenth Judicial District: Glenn L. Clayton, II
Nineteenth Judicial District: Thomas P. Mann
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-sixth Judicial District: Ronald Lewis Napier
Twenty-seventh Judicial District: H. Lee Chitwood
A Member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (40‑Y 0‑N)
James P. Fisher
A Member of the State Corporation Commission (40‑Y 0‑N)
Judith Williams Jagdmann
Reading of report waived (37‑Y 3‑N)
HJR 273 - Motion to suspend Rules failed (20‑Y 20‑N, 2/3 of voting needed)
CALENDAR (continued)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 71 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 95 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 103 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 125 - Passed by for day
SB 242 - Passed by for day
SB 245 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 250 - Passed by for day
SB 485 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 492 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 534 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 562 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 577 - Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 31 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 74 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 82 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 85 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 100 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 267 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 317 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 385 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 394 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 401 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 414 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 519 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 540 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 56 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 57 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 73 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 207 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 276 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 283 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 613 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 614 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
HJ 177 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 182 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 186 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 192 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 193 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 194 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 195 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 196 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 214 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 215 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 115 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 116 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 118 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 122 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 124 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS
HJ 22 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 155 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 176 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 178 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 179 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 180 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 181 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 183 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 187 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 188 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 189 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 190 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 191 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 197 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 199 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 200 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 202 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 203 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 204 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 205 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 206 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 207 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 208 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 209 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 210 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 211 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 212 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 213 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 114 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 119 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 120 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 121 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 123 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 126 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 128 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 133 - offered by Senator Edwards
Joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 5: see January 27 Senate Calendar
On motion of Senator Stosch, the Senate adjourned at 2:51 p.m. to convene Friday, January 27, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.