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2014 SPECIAL SESSION I
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Ralph S. Northam
Prayer offered by The Honorable A. Donald McEachin, 9th Senatorial District, Henrico, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator McWaters dispensed with reading of Journal (33-Y 5-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS: Transmitting name of member-elect of the Senate: A. Benton Chafin, Jr.
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: The House of Delegates has agreed to HJ 5208
Rules suspended, privileges of the floor given to distinguished guests (38‑Y 0‑N)
HJ 5208 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (33-Y 0-N), Agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
Bills presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resolutions and resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b),and (26)g and SJ 5001
CALENDAR
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
SJ5060 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ5062 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ5065 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ5072 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ5073 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ5074 - Out of the block, agreed to by Senate
COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS
SJ5061 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ5063 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ5064 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ5066 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ5067 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ5068 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ5069 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ5070 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ5071 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 516 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 517 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 518 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 519 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
On motion of Senator Norment, the Senate recessed at 1:10 p.m. to reconvene at 4:55 p.m.
Senate reconvened at 4:55 p.m.
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILL ON THIRD READING
SB 5004 - Passed by for the day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JONT RESOLUTION ON SECOND READING
SJ 5037 - Passed by for the day
SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR NO. 1
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 5005 - Read first time, Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), Committee amendments agreed to, Amendment #1 by Senator Black ruled not germane, Amendment by Senator Ebbin ruled not germane, Amendment #2 by Senator Black ruled not germane, Engrossed, Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES (HN10918): Reading Waived (33-Y 5-N)
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolutions: HJ 5140, 5141, 5142, 5143, 5144, 5145, 5146, 5147, 5148, 5149, 5150, 5151, 5152, 5153, 5156, 5157, 5158, 5159, 5160, 5161, 5163, 5164, 5165, 5166, 5168, 5169, 5170, 5171, 5172, 5173, 5174, 5175, 5176, 5177, 5178, 5179, 5180, 5181, 5182, 5183, 5184, 5185, 5186, 5187, 5188, 5189, 5190, 5191, 5192, 5193, 5194, 5195, 5196, 5197, 5198, 5199, 5200, 5201, 5202, 5203, 5204, 5205, 5206, 5207, 5209, 5210, 5211, 5212, 5213, 5214, 5215, 5216, 5217, 5218, 5219, 5220, 5221, 5222, 5223, 5224, 5225, 5226, 5227, 5228, 5230, 5231, 5232, 5233
COMMUNICATION FROM THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES (HN20918): Reading Waived (33-Y 5-N)
The House has passed the following House bill: H.B. 5010
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
HJ 5140 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5147 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5150 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5151 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5152 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5153 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5156 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5158 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5159 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5161 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5167 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5175 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5176 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5178 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5179 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5181 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5182 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5187 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5191 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5195 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5196 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5197 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5200 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5206 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5209 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5212 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5219 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5222 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5223 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5228 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 5075 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 5080 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 5145 - Out of block, Agreed to by Senate
HJ 5180 - Out of block, Agreed to by Senate
HJ 5184 - Out of block, Agreed to by Senate
HJ 5216 - Out of block, Agreed to by Senate
HJ 5227 - Out of block, Agreed to by Senate
COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS
HJ 5141 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5142 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5143 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5144 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5146 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5148 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5149 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5157 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5160 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5162 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5163 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5164 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5165 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5166 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5168 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5169 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5170 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5171 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5172 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5173 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5174 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5177 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5183 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5185 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5186 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5188 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5189 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5190 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5192 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5193 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5194 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5198 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5199 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5201 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5202 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5203 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5204 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5205 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5207 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5210 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5211 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5213 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5214 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5217 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5218 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5220 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5221 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5224 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5225 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5226 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5230 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5231 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5232 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 5233 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 5076 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 5077 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 5078 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 5079 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 5082 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 5083 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 520 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 521 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 5081 - Out of block, stricken form Calendar
On motion of Senator Norment, the Senate recessed at 6:00 to reconvene at 6:15 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 6:15 p.m.
SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR NO. 2
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL ON SECOND READING
HB 5010 - Read second time, Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (35-Y 2-N)
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJ 5250 (Election of Judges of the Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges)
On motion of Senator McEachin, the Senate recessed at 6:55 p.m. to reconvene at 7:05 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 7:05 p.m.
HJ 5250 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (38-Y 0-N), readings waived, agreed to (37-Y 0-N 1-A ), House informed
Joint Order pursuant to HJ 5250
SR 522, 523 and 524 and offered by Senator McDougle
SR 522 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (37-Y 2-N), reading of floor amendment waived, Norment floor amendment agreed to (22-Y 17-N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 523 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39-Y 0-N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 524 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38-Y 0-N), reading of floor amendment waived, Cosgrove floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
House informed that nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 5250
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: Nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 5250 (Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges)
ELECTION OF JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT AND JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURTS
Circuit Court Judges (38-Y 0-N)
Fourth Judicial Circuit: David W. Lannetti
Fourth Judicial Circuit: Joseph A. Migliozzi, Jr.
Fifth Judicial Circuit: L. Wayne Farmer
Seventh Judicial Circuit: Bryant L. Sugg
Ninth Judicial Circuit: Jeffrey W. Shaw
Tenth Judicial Circuit: Donald C. Blessing
Twelfth Judicial Circuit: Lynn S. Brice
Twelfth Judicial Circuit: David E. Johnson
Twelfth Judicial Circuit: Edward Anson Robbins, Jr.
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit: Joi Jeter Taylor
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit: Herbert M. Hewitt
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit: Victoria A. B. Willis
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit: Richard E. Moore
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Grace Burke Carroll
Twentieth Judicial Circuit: Jeanette A. Irby
Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit: Ronald Lewis Napier
Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit: Clark A. Ritchie
Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit: Bradley W. Finch
Twenty-ninth Judicial Circuit: Richard C. Patterson
Thirtieth Judicial Circuit: Jeffrey S. Hamilton
Third Judicial Circuit: Willam S. Moore (22-Y 1-N)
General District Court Judges (37-Y 0-N 1-Rule 36)
Second Judicial District: Paul D. Merullo
Fourth Judicial District: Michael C. Rosenblum
Sixth Judicial District: H. Lee Townsend, III
Seventh Judicial District: Christopher R. Papile
Ninth Judicial District: Stephanie E. Merritt
Eleventh Judicial District: Robert B. Beasley, Jr.
Twelfth Judicial District: Matthew D. Nelson
Fifteenth Judicial District: Robert E. Reibach
Twenty-sixth Judicial District: John S. Hart, Jr.
Twenty-ninth Judicial District: George R. Brittain, II
Thirty-first Judicial District: Wallace S. Covington, III (23‑Y 0‑N)
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges (38‑Y 0‑N)
Second Judicial District: Philip C. Hollowell
Third Judicial District: Earle C. Mobley
Twelfth Judicial District: Scott D. Landry
Twelfth Judicial District: Jayne A. Pemberton
Sixteenth Judicial District: David M. Barredo
Sixteenth Judicial District: Deborah S. Tinsley
Twenty-third Judicial District: Onzlee Ware
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: Linda Schorsch Jones
Twenty-sixth Judicial District: Kimberly M. Athey
Twenty-sixth Judicial District: Anthony W. Bailey
Twenty-seventh Judicial District: Bradley G. Dalton
Thirtieth Judicial District: Ronald K. Elkins
Thirty-first Judicial District: H. Jan Roltsch-Anoll
Reading of report waived (35 - Y 1-N)
Committee Nominations Report agreed to (23-Y 16-N)
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Hanger, Chair; Watkins, Ruff, Obenshain, McEachin, Petersen, Stuart, Marsden, Stanley, Black, Miller, Ebbin, Lewis, Chafin, and Vacancy
COMMERCE AND LABOR
Watkins, Chair; Colgan, Saslaw, Norment, Stosch, Wagner, Newman, Obenshain, Stuart, McWaters, Stanley, Alexander, Cosgrove, Chafin, Vacancy, and Vacancy
COURTS OF JUSTICE
Norment, Co-Chair; Obenshain, Co-Chair; Saslaw, Howell, Lucas, Edwards, Puller, McDougle, McEachin, Stuart, Vogel, Stanley, Reeves, Garrett, and Chafin
EDUCATION AND HEALTH
Martin, Chair; Saslaw, Lucas, Howell, Newman, Locke, Barker, Smith, McWaters, Black, Carrico, Garrett, Petersen, Cosgrove, and Lewis
FINANCE
Stosch, Co-Chair; Colgan, Co-Chair; Howell, Saslaw, Norment, Hanger, Watkins, Lucas, Newman, Ruff, Wagner, McDougle, Vogel, Carrico, Alexander, Vacancy, and Vacancy
GENERAL LAWS AND TECHNOLOGY
Ruff, Chair; Colgan, Stosch, Martin, Locke, Petersen, Barker, Vogel, Stuart, Deeds, Black, Ebbin, Reeves, Garrett, and Wexton
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Smith, Chair; Lucas, Martin, Hanger, Puller, Ruff, Locke, Marsden, Stanley, Miller, Ebbin, Favola, Lewis, Stosch, and Vacancy
PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS
Vogel, Chair; Martin, Howell, Deeds, Obenshain, Edwards, McEachin, Smith, Carrico, Reeves, Garrett, Alexander, Miller, Cosgrove, and Vacancy
REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Wagner, Chair; Hanger, Puller, Locke, McDougle, Barker, Norment, Black, Reeves, Favola, Wexton, McWaters, Deeds, Petersen, and Chafin
TRANSPORTATION
Newman, Chair; Watkins, Wagner, Deeds, McDougle, Smith, Marsden, McWaters, Colgan, Carrico, Favola, Alexander, Cosgrove, Edwards, and Wexton
RULES
McDougle, Chair; Colgan, Norment, Stosch, Martin, Hanger, Newman, Watkins, Ruff, Wagner, Obenshain, Smith, Vogel, Saslaw, Howell, and Lucas
COMMUNICATION FROM THE HOUSE (HN30918): Reading waived (36-Y 3-N)
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolutions: HJ 5234, 5235, 5236, 5237, 5238, 5239, 5240, 5241, 5242, 5243, 5244, 5245, 5246, 5247, 5248, 5249, 5251, 5252, 5253, 5254, 5255, 5256, 5257, 5258, 5259, 5260, 5261, 5262
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following Senate joint resolutions: SJ 5016, 5017, 5022, 5060, 5061, 5062, 5063, 5064, 5065, 5066, 5067, 5068, 5069, 5070, 5071, 5072, 5073, 5074
On motion of Senator McDougle the Senate recessed in memory of Marine Staff Sergeant David H. Stewart, Marine Staff Sergeant Charles C. Strong, and Judge James C. Turk at 8:15 p.m. pursuant to HJ 5208.