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2014 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Ralph S. Northam
Prayer offered by The Reverend Dr. Darrell K. White, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Gum Springs, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Obenshain dispensed with reading of Journal (35-Y 5-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10205): reading waived (36‑Y 4‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 167, 168, 208, 209, 275, 308, 422, 473, 534, 543, 614, 616, 632, 638, 652, 670, 675, 701, 917, 997, 1024, 1026, 1075, 1088, 1089, 1093, 1149, 1167, 1173, 1195, 1197, 1209, 1267
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolutions: HJ 16, 26, 57, 62, 68, 71, 93, 96, 98, 103, 108, 147, 148, 161, 167, 190, 196, 276
House bills and joint resolutions referred, and joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk: see February 7 Senate Calendar
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN20205): reading waived (36‑Y 4‑N)
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following Senate joint resolution: SJ 121
BILLS REPORTED
From Courts of Justice: SB 194S, 345, 346, 467A, 621S, 667S
From Education and Health: SB 131, 532S, 536S, 588S, 617, 618, 626S, 672 rereferred to Finance; HB 157S, 203A, 355, 387, 401, 410A, 436, 563, 580, 586, 612, 855, 923, 977
BILLS REREFERRED
From Education and Health: HB 240 rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services, 664 rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services, 1076 rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
SJ 125 - offered by Senator Petersen
SJ 126 - offered by Senator Watkins
SJ 127 - offered by Senator Alexander
SR 32 - offered by Senator Stanley
Resolution presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 17: see February 7 Senate Calendar
SJ 124 - Rules suspended, taken up immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
Rules suspended, privileges of the floor given to distinguished guests (39‑Y 0‑N)
On motion of Senator Saslaw, the Senate recessed at 12:45 p.m. to reconvene at 1:10 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 1:10 p.m.
HJ 276 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 167 - Passed by for day
SB 634 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 284 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 264 - Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
SB 485 - Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
SB 495 - Passed by for day
SB 503 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
SB 537 - Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 14 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 96 - Read second time, Courts of Justice substitute rejected (voice vote), Finance substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 118 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 120 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 132 - Read second time, Rehabilitation and Social Services substitute rejected (voice vote), Finance substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 188 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 201 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 215 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 277 - Read second time, Rehabilitation and Social Services amendment rejected (voice vote), Finance substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 291 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 293 - Read second time, Transportation amendments rejected (voice vote), Courts of Justice substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 373 - Read second time, Courts of Justice substitute rejected (voice vote), Finance substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 387 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 427 - Read second time, Hanger floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 429 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Hanger floor amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 451 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 454 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 476 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 481 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 570 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 608 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 628 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 647 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 649 - Out of block, Passed by for day
SB 153 - Out of block, Passed by for day
SB 62 - Out of block, Passed by for day
SB 362 - Out of block, Passed by for day
SB 604 - Out of block, Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 154 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Hanger floor substitute offered, Committee amendment reconsidered (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 607 - Motion to rerefer to Courts of Justice agreed to (21-Y 19-N)
SB 65 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 213 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 223 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 250 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 252 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 260 - Passed by for day
SB 262 - Passed by for day
SB 398 - Read second time, Committee substitute rejected (voice vote), Vogel floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 450 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 490 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 510 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 657 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 75 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 168 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 196 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 340 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 363 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 378 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 412 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 456 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 567 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 594 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 601 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 631 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 653 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 654 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 658 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 107 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 124 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 237 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 238 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 321 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 361 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 422 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 443 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 558 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 611 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 627 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING
SJ 116 - Read first time
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
HJ 157 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 207 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 208 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 220 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 221 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 222 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 223 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 227 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 229 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 232 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 115 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 118 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 122 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 27 - Out of block, Agreed to by Senate
COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS
HJ 165 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 166 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 199 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 200 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 201 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 202 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 203 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 204 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 206 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 209 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 210 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 211 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 212 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 213 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 214 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 215 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 216 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 217 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 218 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 219 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 224 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 225 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 226 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 228 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 230 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 231 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 233 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 234 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 235 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 117 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 119 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 120 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 123 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 28 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 29 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 30 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
On motion of Senator Colgan, the Senate adjourned at 2:50 p.m. to convene Friday, February 7, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. Pursuant to Rule 21(d)ii, the Clerk was ordered to receive committee reports.
BILLS REPORTED
From Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources: SB 9A, 42S, 423S
From Finance: SB 191A, 381A, 672A