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2013 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor William T. Bolling
Prayer offered by The Reverend Barry White, Park Valley Church, Haymarket, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJR 729 (Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and the Auditor of Public Accounts)
Motion of Senator McWaters dispensed with reading of Journal (36-Y 4-N)
BILLS REPORTED
From Commerce and Labor: SB 769, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779, 780 rereferred to Finance, 816 rereferred to Finance, 905, 921, 994A, 1034, 1035, 1059A
From Finance: SB 754, 766S, 912, 1041, 1105, 1133, 1216A, 1220, 1241
From General Laws and Technology: SB 748A rereferred to Finance, 772, 829, 871S, 879, 886, 894A, 897, 902, 923, 930, 987A, 991, 1024, 1026, 1043, 1056
BILLS REREFERRED
From Finance: SB 1017 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 1018 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 1067 rereferred to Transportation
Bills presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 569: see January 16 Senate Calendar
On motion of Senator Norment, the Senate recessed at 12:20 p.m. to reconvene at 12:30 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 12:30 p.m.
SR 26, 27 and 28 offered by Senator McDougle
SR 29 offered by Senator Obenshain
HJR 729 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), reading waived, agreed to (40‑Y 0‑N), House informed
Joint Order pursuant to HJR 729
SR 26 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to in part, lines 18-19 agreed to (White), (voice vote)
SR 27 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 28 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 29 - 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 729
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: Nominations have been made pursuant to HJR 729
ELECTION OF CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, AND THE AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
Circuit Court Judges (40‑Y 0‑N)
First Judicial Circuit: Randall D. Smith
Second Judicial Circuit: William R. O’Brien
Fourth Judicial Circuit: Junius P. Fulton, III
Sixth Judicial Circuit: Nathan C. Lee
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit: Lisa Bondareff Kemler
Twenty-first Judicial Circuit: G. Carter Greer
Twenty-ninth Judicial Circuit: Jack S. Hurley, Jr.
Thirtieth Judicial Circuit: Tammy S. McElyea
Out of block, Tenth Judicial Circuit: Kimberley S. White (36-Y 0-N)
General District Court Judges (39‑Y 0‑N)
Fifth Judicial District: James A. Moore
Sixth Judicial District: C. Ridley Bain
Sixth Judicial District: Theodore J. Burr, Jr.
Ninth Judicial District: Stephen A. Hudgins
Tenth Judicial District: Robert G. Woodson, Jr.
Thirteenth Judicial District: Barbara J. Gaden
Sixteenth Judicial District: Robert H. Downer, Jr.
Seventeenth Judicial District: Thomas J. Kelley, Jr.
Seventeenth Judicial District: Richard J. McCue
Twenty-fourth Judicial District: R. Edwin Burnette, Jr.
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: John Gregory Mooney
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: William H. Cleaveland
Out of block, Thirteenth Judicial District: Tracy Thorne-Begland, agreed to (29-Y 0-N), reconsidered (32-Y 0-N), agreed to (28-Y 0-N)
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges (40‑Y 0‑N)
First Judicial District: Eileen Anita Olds
Second Judicial District: Randall M. Blow
Third Judicial District: Alotha C. Willis
Fourth Judicial District: Lauri D. Hogge
Sixth Judicial District: Carson E. Saunders, Jr.
Eighth Judicial District: Jay Edward Dugger
Eighth Judicial District: Robert B. Wilson, V
Tenth Judicial District: Robert H. Morrison
Eleventh Judicial District: Phillip T. DiStanislao, Jr.
Twelfth Judicial District: Lynn S. Brice
Thirteenth Judicial District: J. Stephen Buis
Thirteenth Judicial District: Richard B. Campbell
Fifteenth Judicial District: Phillip U. Fines
Nineteenth Judicial District: Kimberly J. Daniel
Nineteenth Judicial District: Helen Leiner
Twentieth Judicial District: Avelina S. Jacob
Twenty-first Judicial District: Susan N. Deatherage
Twenty-third Judicial District: Joseph M. Clarke, II
Twenty-fourth Judicial District: A. Ellen White
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: Anita D. Filson
Twenty-sixth Judicial District: William W. Sharp
Thirtieth Judicial District: Elizabeth S. Wills
Auditor of Public Accounts (40‑Y 0‑N)
Martha Sedwick Mavredes
Reading of report waived (37‑Y 3‑N)
CALENDAR
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL ON THIRD READING
HB 259 - Read third time, Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 807 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 893 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 931 - out of block, Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N 1-A)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 698 - Read second time, engrossed by Senate voice vote
SB 768 - Read second time, engrossed by Senate voice vote
SB 828 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), engrossed by Senate voice vote
SB 946 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), engrossed by Senate voice vote
SB 953 - Read second time, engrossed by Senate voice vote
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILL ON SECOND READING
SB 849 - Read second time, engrossed by Senate voice vote
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 703 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 707 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 753 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 758 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 982 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 983 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1028 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1046 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1052 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 718 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 756 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 757 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 759 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1048 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON THIRD READING
SJ 88 - Read third time, Rejected by Senate (19-Y 21-N), reconsidered (40-Y 0-N), Rejected by Senate (20-Y 20-N, requires 21 affirmative votes for passage)
On motion of Senator Stosch, the Senate adjourned in Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at 1:58 p.m. to convene Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 12 m.