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2016 SESSION
Called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Lt. Governor Ralph S. Northam
Prayer offered by The Reverend Dr. Bruce A. Gray, Richmond Fire Department, Richmond, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Marsden dispensed with reading of Journal (36-Y 3-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10218): reading waived (36‑Y 2‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 339, 859, 884
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolution: HJ 316
The House of Delegates has agreed to the substitute proposed by the Senate to the following House bill: HB 322
House bills referred, and joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk: see February 22 Senate Calendar
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REPORTED
From Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources: HB 2 rereferred to Finance, 20, 114, 115, 137, 200, 208, 262, 317, 327, 340S, 438, 440, 472, 476A rereferred to Finance, 514, 699, 734, 1211, 1270
From Rehabilitation and Social Services: HB 675 rereferred to Finance, 676A, 991, 1322, 1350
From Rules: SJ 159; HB 245, 387, 807; HJ 7, 17, 31, 45, 69A, 84A, 87, 88, 97S, 112A, 120, 157, 160, 163, 169, 181, 197A, 206, 245, 281
BILLS REREFERRED
From Rehabilitation and Social Services: HB 920 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 1189 rereferred to Courts of Justice
From Rules: HB 725 rereferred to Transportation
Leave of absence granted: Senator Lucas
SJ 166 - offered by Senator Deeds
SJ 167 - offered by Senator Surovell
SJ 168 - offered by Senator Wagner
SJ 169 - offered by Senator Ebbin
Joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 37: see February 22 Senate Calendar
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 22 - Read third time, Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N)
HB 742 - Passed by for day
HB 1331 Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 182 - Read third time, Passed Senate (29-Y 10-N)
HB 328 - Read third time, Passed Senate (28-Y 10-N 1-A)
HB 1194 - Read third time, Passed Senate (27-Y 11-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 10 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 51 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 116 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 117 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 147 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 181 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 184 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 189 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 190 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 202 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 221 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 222 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 230 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 231 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 232 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 239 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 241 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 252 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 263 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 267 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 310 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 311 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 312 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 313 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 319 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 329 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 330 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 332 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 337 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 343 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 353 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 355 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 374 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 386 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 415 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 437 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 442 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 453 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 475 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 497 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 498 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 504 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 507 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 515 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 527 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 528 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 557 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 566 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 574 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 579 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 580 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 583 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 586 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 608 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 629 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 637 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 642 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 646 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 648 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 652 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 657 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 669 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 671 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 719 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 727 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 731 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 738 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 771 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 802 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 954 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1056 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1058 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1062 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1077 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1117 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1275 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1386 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 131 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 259 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 289 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 314 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 357 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 441 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 496 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 562 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 564 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 624 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 641 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 766 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1032 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1163 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1391 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION ON THIRD READING
HJ 210 - Passed by for day
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10219)
The House of Delegates has passed with amendments the following Senate bills: SB 49, 283, 314, 715
The House of Delegates has passed with substitutes the following Senate bills: SB 211, 610
The House of Delegates has passed the following Senate bills: SB 37, 152, 250, 349, 367, 502, 529, 538, 557, 598, 612, 643, 651, 673, 691
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following Senate joint resolutions: SJ 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 156, 163
Senate bills with House amendments and substitutes placed on Calendar
On motion of Senator Newman, the Senate adjourned at 11:04 a.m. to convene Monday, February 22, 2016 at 12 m.