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2016 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Ralph S. Northam
Prayer offered by Doug Gochenour, Doug Gochenour Ministries, Stanley, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Locke dispensed with reading of Journal (35-Y 5-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10216): reading waived (27‑Y 13‑N), reconsidered (37-Y 1-N 1-A), reading waived (38-Y 1-N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 8, 47, 98, 102, 168, 171, 177, 180, 183, 197, 240, 283, 287, 342, 364, 367, 378, 389, 407, 420, 444, 450, 451, 467, 485, 499, 510, 517, 543, 584, 588, 602, 605, 610, 616, 622, 625, 628, 645, 665, 675, 681, 703, 711, 715, 728, 730, 735, 741, 752, 754, 765, 768, 773, 775, 779, 783, 786, 811, 814, 817, 823, 831, 835, 842, 857, 858, 860, 861, 862, 868, 874, 883, 886, 889, 890, 891, 892, 895, 896, 904, 910, 920, 922, 924, 986, 1012, 1016, 1044, 1053, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1087, 1090, 1102, 1105, 1108, 1110, 1111, 1114, 1135, 1149, 1150, 1160, 1166, 1174, 1189, 1190, 1197, 1213, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1238, 1245, 1255, 1257, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1263, 1264, 1276, 1279, 1282, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1310, 1312, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1325, 1328, 1343, 1344, 1345, 1350, 1361, 1362, 1379, 1383
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolutions: HJ 3, 90
The House of Delegates has agreed to the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 88, 205
House bills and joint resolutions referred: see February 18 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Finance: HB 22, 182, 328, 742S, 1194, 1331S
SJ 160 - offered by Senator McPike
SJ 161 - offered by Senator Newman
SJ 162 - offered by Senator DeSteph
SJ 163 - offered by Senator Petersen
Joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), 26(g) and HJR 37: see February 18 Senate Calendar
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 816 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 304 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 321 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 405 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 462 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 529 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1066 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 23 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 80 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 186 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 315 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1170 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL ON SECOND READING
HB 596 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION ON THIRD READING
HJ 210 - Passed by for day
SJ 163 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (39-Y 0-N), Agreed to (voice vote)
On motion of Senator Newman, the Senate adjourned in Memory of Barbara Rose Johns Powell and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at 12:54 p.m. to convene Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 12 m.