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2014 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Ralph S. Northam
Prayer offered by The Reverend Antonio O. Clinkscales, Mount Tabor Baptist Church, Milford, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Stuart dispensed with reading of Journal (31-Y 5-N)
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJR 143 (Election of Judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, a Member of the State Corporation Commission, and a Member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission)
BILLS REPORTED
From Commerce and Labor: SB 18A, 70, 86, 88, 110A, 150, 359, 360, 404, 406, 479, 514, 516, 517
From Finance: SB 66S, 68, 79S, 87S, 187, 288S, 394, 414A, 420
From General Laws and Technology: SB 28 rereferred to Finance, 108S, 202, 206S, 282 rereferred to Finance, 299A, 326A, 347S, 348, 358, 391, 399A, 438
BILLS REREFERRED
From Commerce and Labor: SB 510 rereferred to Courts of Justice
From Finance: SB 285 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 352 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 364 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 478 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 489 rereferred to Courts of Justice
From General Laws and Technology: SB 77 rereferred to Education and Health, 153 rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services, 246 rereferred to Education and Health, 304 rereferred to Education and Health, 369 rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services, 413 rereferred to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, 426 rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services, 535 rereferred to Education and Health
SJ 92 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), Agreed to (voice vote)
Bills presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 17: see January 15 Senate Calendar
SR 17, 18, 19, and 20 offered by Senator McDougle
SR 21 and 22 offered by Senator Watkins
HJR 143 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), reading waived, agreed to (38‑Y 0‑N), House informed
Joint Order pursuant to HJR 143
SR 17 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 18 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 19 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 20 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 21 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 22 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
House informed that nominations have been made pursuant to HJR 143
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: Nominations have been made pursuant to HJR 143
ELECTION OF JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, A MEMBER OF THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION, AND A MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
Judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia (37‑Y 0‑N)
Randolph A. Beales
Marla Graff Decker
William G. Petty
Circuit Court Judges (38‑Y 0‑N)
Second Judicial Circuit: Steven C. Frucci
Third Judicial Circuit: James C. Hawks
Fifth Judicial Circuit: Robert R. Sandwich, Jr.
Seventh Judicial Circuit: Timothy S. Fisher
Ninth Judicial Circuit: Thomas B. Hoover
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit: C. N. Jenkins, Jr.
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit: Lee A. Harris, Jr.
Twentieth Judicial Circuit: Stephen E. Sincavage
Twenty-first Judicial Circuit: David V. Williams
Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit: James W. Updike, Jr.
Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit: Charles L. Ricketts III
Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit: Josiah T. Showalter, Jr.
General District Court Judges (38‑Y 0‑N)
Second Judicial District: Salvatore R. Iaquinto
Second Judicial District: Elizabeth S. Hodges
Fourth Judicial District: Joan E. Mahoney
Fifth Judicial District: W. Parker Councill
Sixth Judicial District: Stephen D. Bloom
Eighth Judicial District: Albert W. Patrick III
Eleventh Judicial District: Ray P. Lupold III
Sixteenth Judicial District: William G. Barkley
Eighteenth Judicial District: Donald M. Haddock, Jr.
Nineteenth Judicial District: Penney S. Azcarate
Twentieth Judicial District: Dean S. Worcester
Twenty-third Judicial District: Francis W. Burkart III
Out of block, Nineteenth Judicial District: Ian M. O’Flaherty (37-Y 0-N)
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges (38‑Y 0‑N)
Judicial District 2-A: Croxton Gordon
Thirteenth Judicial District: Marilynn C. Goss
Thirteenth Judicial District: Angela Edwards Roberts
Fifteenth Judicial District: Georgia Sutton
Nineteenth Judicial District: Janine M. Saxe
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: Laura L. Dascher
Twenty-eighth Judicial District: Florence A. Powell
Thirtieth Judicial District: Jeffrey Hamilton
Thirty-first Judicial District: George M. DePolo
Thirty-first Judicial District: Janice Justina Wellington
A Member of the State Corporation Commission (38‑Y 0‑N)
James C. Dimitri
A Member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (38‑Y 0‑N)
Roger L. Williams
Reading of report waived (35‑Y 2‑N)
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 90 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 388 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 5 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 37 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 50 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 104 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 178 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 337 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 371 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 145 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 268 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 31 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 85 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 94 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 185 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 186 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 245 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 253 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 271 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 59 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 230 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10114)
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following Senate joint resolution: SJ 92
On motion of Senator Stosch, the Senate adjourned at 1:23 p.m. to convene Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 12 m.