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2012 SESSION
Called to order at 11:30 a.m. by Lt. Governor William T. Bolling
Prayer offered by The Reverend David W. Smith, Trinity Lutheran Evangelical Church, Norfolk, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Newman dispensed with reading of Journal (35-Y 5-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10209): reading waived (34‑Y 6‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 14, 18, 48, 154, 190, 246, 279, 298, 331, 367, 408, 424, 445, 460, 484, 531, 581, 591, 714, 734, 736, 750, 780, 852, 853, 900, 919, 933, 944, 959, 966, 1068, 1092, 1128, 1142, 1148, 1161, 1188, 1189, 1233, 1244
House bills referred: see February 13 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources: SB 425
From Finance: SB 6A, 84A, 104S, 251S, 255A, 261A, 347S, 450S, 465, 473, 497S, 498S, 508S, 549S, 552A, 568A, 570A, 578S, 585A, 598S, 639S, 644A, 680S; SJ 64, 76A
From Rehabilitation and Social Services: SB 290A, 398S, 408S, 515A, 604
From Rules: SB 348S, 395S, 599S; SJ 15, 16, 21, 49A, 50S, 92, 93S, 129S, 146S
SJ 168 - offered by Senator McEachin
SJ 169 - offered by Senator Watkins
SJ 170 - offered by Senator Stanley
Joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 5: see February 13 Senate Calendar
CALENDAR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SENATE
SJ 97 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 66 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 224 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 273 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 345 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 368 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 405 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 459 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 472 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 493 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 494 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 535 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 591 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 638 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 652 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 679 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 684 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 404 - out of block, Passed by for day
SB 597 - out of block, Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 603 - Passed by for day
SB 246 - Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
SB 3 - Passed by for day
SB 111 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 127 - Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N)
SB 130 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 159 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
SB 409 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
SB 431 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
SB 436 - Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N)
SB 452 - Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 10-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N), Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N)
SB 607 - Passed by for day
SB 627 - Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 9-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N), Passed Senate (31-Y 8-N)
SB 658 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 678 - Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 11-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 83 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 102 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 119 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 171 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 187 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 194 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 235 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 266 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 272 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 305 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 333 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 344 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 347 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 353 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 362 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 498 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 545 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 552 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 554 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 640 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 647 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 649 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 774 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 865 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 870 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1164 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 97 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 289 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 940 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 41 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 49 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 237 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 262 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 354 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 444 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 462 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 538 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 560 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 565 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 588 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 594 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 629 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 653 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 655 - Read second time, Courts of Justice amendment rejected (voice vote), Finance substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 672 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 240 - Passed by for day
SB 36 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 179 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 284 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 344 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 389 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 467 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 468 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 536 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 537 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 566 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 619 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Howell floor amendment rejected (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 620 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 631 - Passed by for day
SB 635 - Passed by for day
SB 669 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 65 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 135 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 167 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 325 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 434 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 451 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 475 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 517 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 541 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 581 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 656 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 660 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 667 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 26 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 217 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 277 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 378 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 437 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 438 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 674 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING
SJ 3 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SJ 130 - Passed by for day
On motion of Senator Stosch, the Senate adjourned in Memory of Joshua Weissman at 1:09 p.m. to convene Monday, February 13, 2012 at 12 m.