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2016 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Ralph S. Northam
Prayer offered by The Reverend Nicholas G. Bacalis, Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Richmond, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Deeds dispensed with reading of Journal (34-Y 4-N 1-A)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10205): reading waived (37‑Y 3‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 558, 586, 782, 1267
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolutions: HJ 191, 212, 213, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following Senate joint resolutions: SJ 10, 14, 17, 18, 19, 72, 105, 106, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 122, 123, 124, 126, 128
House bills referred, and joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk: see February 8 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Courts of Justice: SB 120A, 125, 216A rereferred to Finance, 391, 393, 534S, 560A, 566A, 572, 687, 707, 728S, 729S, 746S
BILL REREFERRED
From Courts of Justice: SB 754 rereferred to Finance
SB 781 offered by Senator DeSteph (unanimous consent to introduce by voice vote)
SJ 147 - offered by Senator McDougle
Bill presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 37: see February 9 Senate Calendar
On motion of Senator Norment, the Senate recessed at 12:22 p.m. to reconvene at 12:45 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 12:45 p.m.
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 17 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 246 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 309 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 414 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 444 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 451 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 460 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 527 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 690 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 750 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 507 - Out of block, Passed by for the day
SB636 - Out of block, Passed by for the day
SB 294 - Out of the block, Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
SB 589 - Out of the block, Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
SB 642 - Out of the block, Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 506 - Passed by for the day
SB 197 - Read third time and defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 466 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 50 - Passed by for the day
SB 57 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
SB 153 - Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N)
SB 270 - Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 549 - Passed by for the day
SB 574 - Passed by for the day
SB 588 - Passed by for the day
SB 646 - Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 10-N)
SB 686 - Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 5-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (34-Y 5-N)
SB 705 - Passed by for the day
SB 767 - Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
SB 769 - Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N)
SB 770 - Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 597 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Cosgrove floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 180 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 212 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 237 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 264 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 286 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 296 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 392 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 427 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 452 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 454 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 463 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 491 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 513 - Read second time, Committee substitute rejected (voice vote), Dunnavant floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 538 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 669 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 709 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 765 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 774 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 329 -Out of the block, Passed by for the day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 248 - Read second time, Favola floor substitute #1 withdrawn, Favola floor substitute #2 agree to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 22 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 128 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 170 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 172 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 327 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 336 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 343 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 358 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 415 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 438 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 611 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 626 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 660 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 671 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 768 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 778 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 225 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 314 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 467 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 598 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 600 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 634 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 643 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 651 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 673 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 680 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 691 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 695 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 758 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 215 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 417 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 488 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 536 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 667 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SB 724 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOUTIONS ON THIRD READING
HJ 210 - Passed by for the day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUITONS ON THIRD READING
SJ 6 - Passed by for the day
SJ 93 - Passed by for the day
SJ 127 - Passed by for the day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING
SJ 27 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 35 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 48 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 49 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 51 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 58 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 61 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 71 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 73 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 80 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 85 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 87 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 88 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 89 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 97 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 101 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 102 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
SJ 129 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40 -Y 0-N), Passed by for the day
On motion of Senator Newman, the Senate adjourned at 2:31 p.m. to convene Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 12 m.