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2012 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor William T. Bolling
Prayer offered by The Reverend Phoebe A. Roaf, St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Edwards dispensed with reading of Journal (34-Y 6-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10210): reading waived (34-Y 4-N 2-A)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 141, 359, 470, 471, 603, 658, 743, 1173, 1222
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolutions: HJ 50, 85, 93, 94, 97, 108, 111, 132, 226, 227, 243, 291, 293, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following Senate joint resolutions: SJ 46, 123, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 140, 141, 142, 143
House bills and joint resolutions referred, and joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk: see February 14 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Courts of Justice: HB 17, 39A, 104A, 126S, 134, 229, 240, 387 rereferred to Finance, 648, 677, 681, 753S, 761A, 763, 837, 849A, 948, 1095, 1123, 1201A, 1250A
SJ 171 - offered by Senator McWaters
Joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 5: see February 14 Senate Calendar
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 83 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 102 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 119 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 171 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 187 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 194 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 235 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 266 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 272 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 305 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 333 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 344 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 347 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 353 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 362 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 498 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 545 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 552 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 554 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 640 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 647 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 649 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 774 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 870 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1164 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 865 - out of block, Read third time, Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 97 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
HB 289 - Read third time, Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
HB 940 - Read third time, Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 41 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 49 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 237 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 262 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 444 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 462 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 538 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 560 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 565 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 588 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 594 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 629 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 655 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 672 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 404 - out of block, Stricken from Senate calendar (40-Y 0-N)
SB 354 - out of block, Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
SB 653 - out of block, Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 603 - Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N)
SB 3 - Passed by for day
SB 607 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
SB 36 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
SB 179 - Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
SB 284 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 344 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 389 - Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N)
SB 467 - Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
SB 468 - Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
SB 536 - Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 20-N, Chair voted yea)
SB 537 - Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 20-N, Chair voted yea)
SB 566 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 619 - Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 8-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)
SB 620 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N 1-A)
SB 669 - Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N), Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 65 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 135 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 167 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 325 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 434 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 451 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 475 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 517 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 541 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 581 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 656 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 660 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 667 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
On motion of Senator Norment, the Senate recessed at 1:25 p.m. to reconvene at 2:50 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 2:50 p.m.
CALENDAR (continued)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 240 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Saslaw floor amendment rejected (17-Y 23-N), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 631 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 635 - Passed by for day
SB 26 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 217 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 277 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 378 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 437 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Stuart floor amendment rejected (voice vote), Motion to rerefer to Finance rejected (20-Y 20-N, Chair voted nay), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 438 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 674 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Barker floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 84 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 104 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 251 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 255 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 290 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 347 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 395 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 408 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 425 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 473 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 498 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 508 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 515 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 585 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 599 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 6 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 261 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 348 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 398 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 450 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 465 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 497 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 549 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 552 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 568 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 570 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 578 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 598 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 604 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 639 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 644 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 680 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON THIRD READING
SJ 3 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON SECOND READING
SJ 130 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING
SJ 15 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 16 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 21 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 49 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 50 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 64 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 76 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 92 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 129 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 146 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING
SJ 93 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 172 - offered by Senator Miller, J.C.
Joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 5: see February 14 Senate Calendar
On motion of Senator Stosch, the Senate adjourned in Memory of Zachary Whitacre at 3:51 p.m. to convene Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. Pursuant to Rule 21(d)ii, the Clerk was ordered to receive committee reports.
BILLS REPORTED
From Commerce and Labor: HB 214, 232, 452, 455, 519, 559, 570, 572, 587, 708, 845, 893, 894S, 1062, 1088, 1102A, 1166A
From General Laws and Technology: SB 193S, 236S, 377A rereferred to Finance, 430S, 556, 621A rereferred to Finance, 628A, 662S; HB 20A, 292, 433, 439, 620, 637, 715, 730
BILL REREFERRED
From General Laws and Technology: HB 98 rereferred to Education and Health