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2016 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Ralph S. Northam
Prayer offered by The Reverend Dr. Donald D. Binder, Pohick Episcopal Church, Lorton, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Lewis dispensed with reading of Journal (35-Y 4-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN20219): reading waived (37‑Y 2‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 298, 1191, 1305
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolutions: HJ 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314
The House of Delegates has agreed to the amendment proposed by the Senate to the following House bill: HB 304
House bills referred, and joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk: see February 23 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Courts of Justice: HB 70S, 170, 172, 176, 180A rereferred to Finance, 287 rereferred to Finance, 301A, 428, 446, 510, 537, 541, 572A, 602 rereferred to Finance, 605, 628, 678 rereferred to Finance, 681S, 752S, 784A, 789A, 1126, 1128, 1257, 1290, 1294A, 1310, 1317S rereferred to Finance, 1319
From Finance: SB 29A, 30A
BILLS REREFERRED
From Courts of Justice: HB 248 rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services, 342 rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services, 711 rereferred to General Laws and Technology
SJ 170 - offered by Senator Norment
SJ 171 -offered Senator DeSteph
SR 53, 54 and 55 - offered by Senator Miller
Joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 37: see February 23 Senate Calendar
On motion of Senator Norment, the Senate recessed at 12:28 p.m. to reconvene at 12:50 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 12:50 p.m.
CALENDAR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SENATE
SB 49 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N), Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 211 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N)
SB 283 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 314 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 610 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (29-Y 10-N), Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 4-N)
SB 715 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 10 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 51 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 116 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 117 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 147 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 181 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 184 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 189 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 190 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 202 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 221 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 222 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 230 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 231 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 232 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 239 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 252 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 263 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 267 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 310 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 311 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 312 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 313 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 319 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 329 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 330 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 337 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 343 - Read third time, Committee amendment rejected (voice vote), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 355 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 374 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 386 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 415 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 437 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 442 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Obenshain floor amendment # 1 withdrawn, Obenshain floor amendment # 2 agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 453 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 475 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 497 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 498 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 504 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 507 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 515 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 527 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 528 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 557 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 566 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 574 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 579 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 580 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 583 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 586 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 608 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 629 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 637 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 642 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 646 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 648 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 652 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 657 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 669 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 671 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 719 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 727 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 731 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 738 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 771 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 802 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 954 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1056 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1058 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1062 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1077 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1275 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 742 - Out of block, Passed by for day
HB 241 - Out of block, Motion to recommit to Education and Health agreed to (voice vote)
HB 332 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Out of block, Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
HB 353 - Out of block, Passed by for day
HB 1117 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote) Engrossed, Out of block, Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
HB 1386 - Out of block, Read third time, Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 131 - Read third time, Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
HB 259 - Read third time, Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
HB 289 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
HB 314 - Read third time, Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB 357 - Read third time, Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N)
HB 441 - Read third time, Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
HB 496 - Passed by for day
HB 562 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Passed by for day
HB 564 - Read third time, Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB 624 - Read third time, Edwards floor amendments rejected (voice vote), Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB 641 - Read third time, Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
HB 766 - Read third time, Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N)
HB 1032 - Read third time, Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N)
HB 1163 - Read third time, Passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
HB 1391 - Read third time, Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 114 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 115 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 137 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 200 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 208 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 245 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 262 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 317 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 327 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 340 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 387 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 438 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 440 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 472 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 514 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 676 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 699 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 734 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 807 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 991 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1211 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1322 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1350 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 20 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1270 - 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
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING
HJ 7 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 31 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 45 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 69 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 84 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 87 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 88 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 97 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 112 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 120 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 157 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 163 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 169 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 181 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 197 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 206 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 245 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION ON SECOND READING
HJ 160 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
On motion of Senator Newman, the Senate adjourned in Memory of George Washington at 2:13 p.m. to convene Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 12 m.