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2016 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Ralph S. Northam
Prayer offered by The Reverend Michael Pottschmidt, Trinity Lutheran Church, Richmond, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Suetterlein dispensed with reading of Journal (35-Y 4-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10224): reading waived (34‑Y 6‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed with amendments the following Senate bills: SB 44, 445, 690
The House of Delegates has passed with substitutes the following Senate bills: SB 99, 115, 160, 366, 731
The House of Delegates has rejected the substitutes proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 289, 386
The House of Delegates has passed the following Senate bills: SB 46, 51, 58, 64, 182, 325, 372, 444, 580, 642, 670
The House of Delegates has agreed to the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 232, 263, 415, 442, 528, 586, 727, 1058
The House of Delegates has agreed to the substitutes proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 190, 642, 1117
Senate bills with House amendments and substitutes placed on Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Courts of Justice: HB 19, 90A, 102S rereferred to Finance, 198, 206, 364 rereferred to Finance, 382A, 543, 560, 577S, 610S rereferred to Finance, 625S rereferred to Finance, 754S rereferred to Finance, 765 rereferred to Finance, 768 rereferred to Finance, 809 rereferred to Finance, 810, 922S rereferred to Finance, 940, 1020A, 1087S rereferred to Finance, 1096A, 1102 rereferred to Finance, 1189S rereferred to Finance, 1234A, 1245A
From Education and Health: HB 8 rereferred to Finance, 36A, 47 rereferred to Finance, 66A, 197, 261, 279S, 293, 325, 389 rereferred to Finance, 436, 450 rereferred to Finance, 487, 516A, 518, 519, 521, 523A, 524, 536, 558, 581, 653, 659, 682, 749, 750, 825S, 829, 831, 842 rereferred to Finance, 895S, 896, 905, 942S, 961 rereferred to Finance, 1015, 1044, 1230, 1253, 1273A, 1277, 1292, 1303, 1321, 1377A
From Transportation: HB 97S, 98S, 213A, 384, 417, 454A, 501, 613, 728, 747, 748, 869, 938, 1060, 1111S rereferred to Finance, 1190, 1232, 1269, 1276, 1287, 1359, 1383S
BILLS REREFERRED
From Transportation: HB 168 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 912 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 1229 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 1348 rereferred to Courts of Justice
SJ 178, 179, 180 and 181 - offered by Senator McPike
SJ 182 - offered by Senator Vogel
Joint resolution presented, ordered printed and referred/Joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 37: see February 26 Senate Calendar
Rules suspended, privileges of the floor given to distinguished guests (39‑Y 0‑N)
CALENDAR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - HOUSE
HB1331 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (40-Y 0-N)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SENATE
SB 163 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N)
SB 4 - Stricken from Senate Calendar (38-Y 0-N)
SB 361 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (30-Y 10-N)
SB 389 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 424 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 479 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 544 - House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N)
SB 549 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (33-Y 5-N 2-A)
SB 626 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 52 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 95 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 111 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 123 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 124 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 125 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 138 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 148 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 185 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 210 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 234 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 283 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 378 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 398 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 409 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 477 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 534 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 567 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 578 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 644 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 691 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 746 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 756 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 778 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 821 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 844 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 870 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 872 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 907 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 930 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 951 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 955 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1051 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1063 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1064 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1093 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1122 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1152 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1175 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1203 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1209 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1224 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1227 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1261 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1299 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1341 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 127 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote) Engrossed, Out of block, Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB 324 - Out of block, Read third time, Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 3-A)
HB 684 - Out of block, Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 628 - Motion to recommit to Courts of Justice agreed to (20-Y 20-N, Chair voted yea), Motion to recommit to Courts of Justice reconsidered (40-Y 0-N), Motion to recommit to Courts of Justice rejected (19-Y 21-N), Read third time, Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
HB 18 - Read third time, Surovell floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N)
HB 44 - Read third time, Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
HB 145 - Read third time, Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
HB 264 - Read third time, Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
HB 335 - Read third time, Black floor amendments rejected (voice vote), Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N 1-A)
HB 444 - Read third time, Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB 611 - Read third time, Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB 773 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Pending question ordered (34-Y 6-N), Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
HB 791 - Read third time, Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
HB 874 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
HB 918 - Read third time, Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB 944 - Read third time, Passed Senate (33-Y 5-N), Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N), Passed by for day
HB 968 - Read third time, Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
HB1011 - Read third time, Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 14 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 15 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 24 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 63 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 65 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 106 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 183 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 233 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 268 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 369 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 412 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 421 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 470 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 526 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 587 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 590 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 643 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 649 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 832 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 945 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1068 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1182 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1214 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1223 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1300 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1344 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 9 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 158 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 647 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 919 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1030 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1147 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1188 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1371 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1387 - 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
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING
SJ 157 - Read first time
SJ 158 - Read first time
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
HJ 17 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 302 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 307 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 311 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 313 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 314 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 160 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 162 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 165 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 166 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 168 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 169 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 173 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 175 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 53 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 54 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS
HJ 281 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 286 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 287 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 288 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 289 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 290 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 291 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 292 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 293 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 294 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 297 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 298 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 299 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 300 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 301 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 304 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 305 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 306 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 308 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 309 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 310 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 312 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 316 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 159 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 161 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 164 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 167 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 170 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 171 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 172 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 174 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 51 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 55 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 295 - Out of block, Passed by for day
HJ 296 - Out of block, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
HJ 303 - Out of block, Passed by for day
On motion of Senator Norment, the Senate recessed at 2:30 p.m. to reconvene at 2:50 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 2:50 p.m.
Rules suspended, privileges of the floor granted to the Senate Finance Committee staff (40-Y 0-N)
CALENDAR (continued)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 29 - Read second time, Uncontested committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 30 - Read second time, Uncontested committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
Contested committee amendments
Page 4, Item 1 #5s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 5, Item 1 #6s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 5, Item 1 #8s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 6, Item 1 #9s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 13, Item 53 #2s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 25, Item 99 #1s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 27, Item 106 # 1s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 27, Item 106 #2s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 28, Item 106 #3s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 28, Item 106 #4s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 29, Item 106 #5s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 29, Item 106 #6s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 29, Item 106 #7s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 30, Item 106 #8s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 30, Item 106 #9s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 31, Item 106 #10s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 32, Item 109 #2s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 34, Item 115 #1s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 35, Item 116 #1s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 35, Item 120 #1s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 38, Item 129 #1s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 85, Item 284 #1s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 98, Item 306 #9s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 148, Item 365 #1s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 153, Item 387 #1s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 162, Item 415 #1s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 201, Item C-0 #1s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 211, Item 3-1.01 #3s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 215, Item 3-5.03 #1s Agreed to (voice vote)
Page 219, Item 3-5.14 #3s Agreed to (21-Y 19-N)
Page 220, Item 3-6.05 #1s Agreed to (voice vote)
On motion of Senator Newman, the Senate adjourned at 5:30 p.m. to convene Friday, February 26, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.