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2017 SESSION
Called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Lt. Governor Ralph S. Northam
Prayer offered by The Reverend James L. Porter, United Methodist Church, Midlothian, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Dance dispensed with reading of Journal (36‑Y 2‑N 1-A)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN20209): reading waived (36‑Y 2‑N 1-A)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bill: HB 1500
The House of Delegates has rejected the substitutes proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1477, 1520
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolution: HJ 601
The House of Delegates has agreed to the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1562, 1760
The House of Delegates has agreed to the substitute proposed by the Senate to the following House bill: HB 1740
House bill referred and joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk: see February 13 Senate Calendar
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REPORTED
From Rehabilitation and Social Services: HB 1568, 1651, 1694, 1743, 1744, 1784, 1786, 1795, 1801, 1842, 1922A, 1926A, 1942, 1945, 1987, 2002, 2029, 2078, 2092 rereferred to Finance, 2156, 2185A, 2207 rereferred to Finance, 2215, 2216, 2279, 2359S rereferred to Finance, 2418, 2433
From Rules: HB 1451, 1472, 1566A rereferred to Finance, 1716, 1718, 1727, 1736, 1780, 1854S, 1932, 2144 rereferred to Finance, 2161, 2162, 2296A rereferred to Finance, 2348S rereferred to Finance; HJ 548, 573, 610, 612, 617, 640, 649, 656, 744, 745, 750, 762, 765, 766, 767, 780, 783, 784, 793, 823
Leave of absence granted: Senator Stuart
SJ 390 - offered by Senator Vogel
SJ 391, 392, 393, 394, 395 and 396 - offered by Senator McClellan
SR 144 - offered by Senator Cosgrove
Joint resolution presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 555: see February 13 Senate Calendar
CALENDAR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SENATE
SJ 308 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
SJ 309 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB1518 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB1814 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB1961 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB2058 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB2193 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB2246 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB1665 - Out of block, Read third time, Passed Senate (30-Y 8-N)
HB2460 - Out of block, Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (29-Y 9-N 1-A)
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB1589 - Read third time, Defeated by Senate (15-Y 22-N), Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N), Defeated by Senate (13-Y 26-N)
HB1681 - Read third time, Motion to recommit to Finance agreed to (voice vote)
HB1950 - Read third time, Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
HB2198 - Read third time, Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB1405 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1426 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1453 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1466 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1474 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1483 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1484 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1494 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1497 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1504 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1512 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1541 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1548 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1551 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1552 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1559 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1567 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1569 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1592 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1604 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1610 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1615 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1625 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1642 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1675 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1688 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1705 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1728 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1732 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1741 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1747 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1748 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1750 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1751 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1761 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1763 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1767 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1770 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1777 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1785 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1798 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1799 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1840 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1846 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1878 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1885 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1888 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1911 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2014 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2019 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2024 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2032 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2040 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2046 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2072 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2075 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2084 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2140 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2141 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2153 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2163 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2164 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2165 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2167 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2172 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2183 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2214 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2241 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2276 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2277 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2282 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2287 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2290 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2301 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2324 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2325 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2328 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2329 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2355 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2369 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2432 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2457 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB1440 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1468 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1534 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1536 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1578 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1699 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1721 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1746 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1791 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1852 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1903 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1924 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1951 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2201 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2257 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2264 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2317 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2431 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 865 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (39-Y 0-N), Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
On motion of Senator Newman, the Senate adjourned at 11:48 a.m. to convene Monday, February 13, 2017 at 12 m.