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2013 SESSION
Called to order at 11:00 a.m. by Lt. Governor William T. Bolling
Prayer offered by The Reverend James L. Porter, McKendree United Methodist Church, Manquin, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Watkins dispensed with reading of Journal (36-Y 4-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN20218): reading waived (34‑Y 5‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following Senate bills: SB 715, 916, 942, 948, 1011, 1051, 1074, 1102, 1217, 1298
The House of Delegates has agreed to the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1532, 1749, 1959, 2098, 2174
The House of Delegates has agreed to the substitutes proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1398, 1734, 1769, 1807, 2154, 2273, 2305, 2334
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following Senate joint resolution: SJ 277
The House of Delegates has defeated the following Senate bill: SB 1060
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN30218): reading waived (34‑Y 5‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 2343, 2345
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolution: HJ 909
House bills and joint resolution referred: see February 20 Senate Calendar
Rules suspended, privileges of the floor given to distinguished guests (40‑Y 0‑N)
SR 46 - offered by Senator Northam
SJ 455 - offered by Senator Black (unanimous consent to introduce by voice vote)
Joint resolution presented, ordered printed and referred/resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), 26(g) and HJR 569: see February 20 Senate Calendar
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJR 970
CALENDAR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - HOUSE
HB 1507 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2316 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1609 - Conferees appointed: Senators Smith, Barker and Black
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SENATE
SB 1197 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 794 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 837 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N)
SB 863 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N)
SB 888 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 931 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
SB 933 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
SB 1023 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
SB 1108 - House amendment rejected by Senate (16-Y 23-N), Reconsideration of rejection of House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), House amendment rejected by Senate (17-Y 22-N)
SB 1117 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 1132 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
SB 1137 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 1180 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N), Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 1185 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 1186 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N)
SB 1189 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
SB 1207 - House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
SB 1219 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 1285 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 1325 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SJ 328 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SJ 384 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SB 744 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (40-Y 0-N)
SB 772 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (40-Y 0-N)
SB 1293 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (39-Y 0-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 1345 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1384 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1519 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1601 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1630 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1640 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1653 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1720 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1743 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1746 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1825 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1852 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2045 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2062 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2138 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2184 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2256 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2268 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2272 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2279 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2294 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2300 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2298 - Out of block, Read third time, Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N)
HB 1554 - Out of block, Read third time, Passed by for day
HB 2245 - Out of block, Read third time, Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 2229 - Read third time, Passed by for day
HB 1747 - Read third time, Petersen floor amendments #1 and 2 agreed to (voice vote), Northam floor amendment agreed to (21-Y 19-N), Petersen floor amendment # 3 agreed to (20-Y 20-N, Chair voted yea), Engrossed, Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
HB 2331 - Read third time, McEachin floor amendments rejected (20-Y 20-N, Chair voted nay), Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N)
HB 2096 - Read third time, Passed by for day
HB 2152 - Read third time, Engrossed, Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N)
HB 1432 - Read third time, Passed by for day
HB 1642 - Read third time, Passed by for day
HB 1667 - Read third time, Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (31-Y 8-N 1-A)
HB 1907 - Read third time, Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
HB 1981 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Vogel floor amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
HB 2190 - Read third time, Committee substitute rejected (voice vote), Hanger floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
HB 2271 - Read third time, Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
HB 2288 - Read third time, Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 1-N 1-A), Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N)
HB 2338 - Read third time, Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 1481 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1615 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1751 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1806 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1816 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1850 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1890 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1927 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1952 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1955 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1994 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2038 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2079 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2128 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2162 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2211 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2235 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2246 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2280 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 1363 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1385 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1435 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1639 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1917 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1931 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2005 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2073 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2178 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2295 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILL ON FIRST READING
SB 1374 - Read first time, Rules suspended, second constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), Education and Health substitute agreed to (voice vote), Finance amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING
HJ 550- Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 552 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 561 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 595 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 608 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 617 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 635 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 650 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 687 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 688 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 689 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 692 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 724 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 731 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 754 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 758 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 768 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 823 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 830 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 718 - Out of block, Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 719 - Out of block, Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 820 - Out of block, Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 831 - Out of block, Read third time, Agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING
HJ 590 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Rejected by Senate (voice vote)
HJ 621 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
HJ 727 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION ON SECOND READING
HJ 762 - Read second time, Rules suspended, third reading waived (40-Y 0-N), Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
HJ 970 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, reading waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40-Y 0-N), Agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), House informed
CONFEREES APPOINTED
SB 744 - Senators Black, Smith and Favola
SB 772 - Senators Wagner, Reeves and Petersen
SB 1293 - Senators Barker, Puckett and Smith
On motion of Senator Stosch, the Senate adjourned at 2:17 p.m. to convene Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 11:00 a.m.
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN20219)
The House of Delegates has passed with amendments the following Senate bills: SB 886, 944, 1042, 1138, 1147, 1229, 1349
The House of Delegates has passed with substitutes the following Senate bills: SB 967, 1215, 1347
The House of Delegates has passed with a substitute with amendment the following Senate bill: SB 1165
The House of Delegates has insisted on its amendments and has requested a committee of conference on the following Senate bill: SB 1246
The House of Delegates has rejected the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1327, 2216, 2231
The House of Delegates has rejected the substitutes proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1311, 1558, 1589, 1606, 1999
The House of Delegates has acceded to the request of the Senate for a committee of conference on the following House bill: HB 2048
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolution: HJ 933
Senate bills with House amendments, substitutes and substitute with amendment placed on Calendar
House joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk: see February 20 Senate Calendar