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2013 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor William T. Bolling
Prayer offered by The Reverend Larry J. Davis, Jr., Arbor Baptist Church, Sutherlin, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Colgan dispensed with reading of Journal (34-Y 5-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN20123): reading waived (37‑Y 2‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 1305, 1332, 1333, 1339, 1363, 1372, 1390, 1452, 1474, 1482, 1493, 1507, 1533, 1536, 1547, 1574, 1583, 1595, 1604, 1615, 1637, 1641, 1645, 1649, 1668, 1679, 1706, 1711, 1749, 1772, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1826, 1877, 1959, 1961, 2008, 2014, 2062, 2073, 2103, 2113, 2115, 2118, 2139, 2148
BILLS REPORTED
From Courts of Justice: SB 1010S rereferred to Finance, 1015A rereferred to Finance, 1063A rereferred to Finance, 1083S rereferred to Finance, 1103 rereferred to Finance, 1152A rereferred to Finance, 1173 rereferred to Finance, 1205 rereferred to Finance, 1335
From Education and Health: SB 709, 773, 790A, 898S, 899A, 950, 960, 971A, 973, 974S, 993 rereferred to Finance, 1006S, 1078A, 1098 rereferred to Finance, 1156 rereferred to Finance, 1157 rereferred to Finance, 1162A, 1171S rereferred to Finance, 1172 rereferred to Finance, 1175, 1188 rereferred to Finance, 1223S, 1248A, 1322 rereferred to Finance, 1330
From Transportation: SB 715S, 820S, 1038S, 1039S, 1060, 1075A, 1209S, 1284, 1293A, 1298A
BILLS REREFERRED
From Education and Health: SB 1240 rereferred to Finance
From General Laws and Technology: SB 1351 rereferred to Transportation
From Transportation: SB 865 rereferred to Finance, 1160 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 1222 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 1238 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 1338 rereferred to Finance, 1355 rereferred to Finance
SB 1368 - offered by Senator Herring (unanimous consent to introduce by voice vote)
SJ 372, 373 and 374 - offered by Senator Deeds
SJ 375 - offered by Senator Stosch
SJ 376 - offered by Senator Reeves
Bill presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 569: see January 25 Senate Calendar
On motion of Senator Norment, the Senate recessed at 12:20 p.m. to reconvene at 12:43 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 12:43 p.m.
On motion of Senator Norment, the Senate recessed at 12:44 p.m. to reconvene at 1:05 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 1:05 p.m.
Committee Nominations report agreed to (22-Y 18-N)
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Hanger, Chair; Watkins, Puckett, Ruff, Blevins, Obenshain, McEachin, Petersen, Northam, Stuart, Marsden, Stanley, Black, Miller, Ebbin
COMMERCE AND LABOR
Watkins, Chair; Colgan, Saslaw, Norment, Stosch, Edwards, Wagner, Newman, Puckett, Herring, Martin, Obenshain, Stuart, McWaters, Stanley, Alexander
COURTS OF JUSTICE
Norment, Chair; Saslaw, Marsh, Howell, Lucas, Edwards, Puller, Obenshain, McDougle, McEachin, Stuart, Vogel, Stanley, Reeves, Garrett
EDUCATION AND HEALTH
Martin, Chair; Saslaw, Lucas, Howell, Newman, Blevins, Locke, Barker, Northam, Miller, Smith, McWaters, Black, Carrico, Garrett
FINANCE
Stosch, Chair; Colgan, Howell, Saslaw, Norment, Hanger, Watkins, Marsh, Lucas, Newman, Ruff, Wagner, McDougle, Vogel, Carrico
GENERAL LAWS AND TECHNOLOGY
Ruff, Chair; Colgan, Stosch, Martin, Locke, Herring, Petersen, Barker, Vogel, Stuart, Black, Reeves, Garrett, Deeds, Ebbin
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Smith, Chair; Marsh, Lucas, Martin, Hanger, Puller, Ruff, Herring, Locke, Marsden, Stanley, Blevins, Miller, Ebbin, Favola
PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS
Obenshain, Chair; Howell, Martin, Deeds, Edwards, McEachin, Petersen, Smith, Northam, Vogel, McWaters, Carrico, Reeves, Garrett, Alexander
REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Wagner, Chair; Puller, Hanger, Locke, McDougle, Herring, Barker, Northam, Black, Reeves, Favola, Norment, Stosch, Miller, Alexander
TRANSPORTATION
Newman, Chair; Marsh, Watkins, Puckett, Wagner, Blevins, Deeds, McDougle, Smith, Marsden, McWaters, Colgan, Carrico, Favola, Alexander
RULES
McDougle, Chair; Stosch, Norment, Martin, Hanger, Newman, Watkins, Ruff, Wagner, Obenshain, Smith, Colgan, Saslaw, Howell, Lucas, Vogel
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 967 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 968 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 884 - Out of block, Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 786 - Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Committee substitute reconsidered (40-Y 0-N), Committee substitute rejected (voice vote), Marsden floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
SB 864 - Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
SB 1022 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 748 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 799 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 831 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 854 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 932 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 956 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 984 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 995 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1013 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1064 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1066 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1071 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1092 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1104 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1120 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1142 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1147 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1179 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1181 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1183 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1215 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1225 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1249 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1270 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1296 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 838 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Out of block, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB1210 - Read second time, Passed by for day
SB 701 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), McEachin floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 740 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 767 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 944 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1009 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1119 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1134 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1178 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1203 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1251 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 688 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 744 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 780 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 788 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 816 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 818 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 819 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 842 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 848 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 939 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 957 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 958 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1040 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1095 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1121 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1124 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1198 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1236 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1265 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1282 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1283 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 690 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 742 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 802 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1008 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1065 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1100 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1226 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1227 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1301 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1311 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR SENATE
JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING
SJ 266 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 276 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 293 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 302 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 303 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
HJ 700 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 701 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 702 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 703 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 708 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 709 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 710 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 712 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 713 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 715 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 722 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 726 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 741 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 358 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 616 - Out of block, Agreed to by Senate
HJ 734 - Out of block, Agreed to by Senate
HJ 735 - Out of block, Agreed to by Senate
HJ 742 - Out of block, Passed by for day
SJ 369 - Out of block, Passed by for day
COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS
HJ 578 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 695 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 696 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 697 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 698 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 699 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 704 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 705 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 706 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 707 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 711 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 716 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 717 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 720 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 723 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 725 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 728 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 733 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 736 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 737 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 738 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 739 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 740 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 743 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 746 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 747 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 748 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 749 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 763 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 351 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 355 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 356 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 359 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 360 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 361 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 362 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 365 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 371 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 31 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 32 - offered by Senator McDougle
SJ 377 - offered by Senator Lucas
SJ 378 - offered by Senator Black
Joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 569: see January 25 Senate Calendar
On motion of Senator Stosch, the Senate adjourned at 2:05 p.m. to convene Friday, January 25, 2013 at 11:00 a.m.