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2018 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Justin E. Fairfax
Prayer offered by The Reverend ReNe’e R. Teague, Enon United Methodist Church, Mechanicsville, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Saslaw dispensed with reading of Journal (34‑Y 4‑N)
BILLS REPORTED
From General Laws and Technology: SB 173A rereferred to Finance, 192 rereferred to Finance, 252, 279, 318A, 319, 386, 428, 443, 445 rereferred to Finance, 471 rereferred to Finance
BILLS REREFERRED
From General Laws and Technology: SB 143 rereferred to Education and Health, 225 rereferred to Education and Health, 226 rereferred to Education and Health, 265 rereferred to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, 347 rereferred to Education and Health, 419 rereferred to Commerce and Labor, 429 rereferred to Local Government
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJ 132 (Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, A Member of the State Corporation Commission, and a Member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission)
Bills and resolutions presented, ordered printed and referred under Senate Rules 11(b) and (26)g: see January 17 Senate Calendar
SR 11, 12 and 13 offered by Senator Obenshain
SR 14 and 15 offered by Senator Wagner
HJ 132 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), readings waived, agreed to by Senate (40‑Y 0‑N), House informed
On motion of Senator Saslaw, the Senate recessed at 12:30 p.m. to reconvene at 1:00 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 1:00 p.m.
Joint order pursuant to HJ 132
SR 11 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 12 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 13 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), Ruff floor amendment agreed to by Senate, engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 14 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 15 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
House informed that nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 132
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: Nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 132 (Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, A Member of the State Corporation Commission, and a Member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission)
ELECTION OF CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, A MEMBER OF THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION, AND A MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
Circuit Court Judges (38‑Y 0‑N), reconsidered (39-Y 0-N), Agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
Second Judicial Circuit: Stephen C. Mahan
Third Judicial Circuit: Kenneth R. Melvin
Twelfth Judicial Circuit: Frederick G. Rockwell, III
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit: Beverly W. Snukals
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Michael F. Devine
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Brett A. Kassabian
Twenty-third Judicial Circuit: William D. Broadhurst
Twenty-third Judicial Circuit: Charles N. Dorsey
Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit: Joel R. Branscom
Twenty-ninth Judicial Circuit: Michael Lee Moore
General District Court Judges (40‑Y 0‑N)
First Judicial District: Michael R. Katchmark
Second Judicial District: Daniel R. Lahne
Judicial District 2-A: Gordon S. Vincent
Third Judicial District: Roxie O. Holder
Fourth Judicial District: S. Clark Daugherty
Sixth Judicial District: Bruce A. Clark, Jr.
Twelfth Judicial District: Thomas L. Vaughn
Fourteenth Judicial District: L. Neil Steverson
Nineteenth Judicial District: Lisa A. Mayne
Nineteenth Judicial District: Mark C. Simmons
Twentieth Judicial District: J. Frank Buttery, Jr.
Twentieth Judicial District: Deborah C. Welsh
Twenty-second Judicial District: George A. Jones, Jr.
Twenty-fourth Judicial District: Sam D. Eggleston, III
Twenty-sixth Judicial District: W. Dale Houff
Twenty-seventh Judicial District: J. D. Bolt
Twenty-eighth Judicial District: V. Blake McKinney
Thirty-first Judicial District: William E. Jarvis
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges (40‑Y 0‑N)
Second Judicial District: Tanya Bullock
Seventh Judicial District: Barry G. Logsdon
Ninth Judicial District: Wade A. Bowie
Ninth Judicial District: Cressondra B. Conyers
Eleventh Judicial District: Valentine W. Southall, Jr.
Twelfth Judicial District: J. David Rigler
Thirteenth Judicial District: Ashley K. Tunner
Fourteenth Judicial District: Margaret W. Deglau
Fourteenth Judicial District: Rondelle D. Herman
Fourteenth Judicial District: Randall G. Johnson, Jr.
Sixteenth Judicial District: Ronald L. Morris
Sixteenth Judicial District: Frank W. Somerville
Nineteenth Judicial District: Gayl Branum Carr
Nineteenth Judicial District: Glenn L. Clayton, II
Twenty-second Judicial District: Sarah A. Rice
Twenty-second Judicial District: Brian H. Turpin
Twenty-fourth Judicial District: H. Cary Payne
Twenty-seventh Judicial District: H. Lee Chitwood
Twenty-seventh Judicial District: Monica D. Cox
A Member of the State Corporation Commission (40‑Y 0‑N)
Judith Williams Jagdmann
A Member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (40‑Y 0‑N)
Wesley G. Marshall
Reading of report waived (39-Y 0‑N)
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 76 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of block vote agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 103 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of block vote agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 1-N)
SB 227 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of block vote agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 1-N)
SB 269 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of block vote agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 1-N)
SB 287 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of block vote agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 295 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of block vote agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 304 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of block vote agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILL ON THIRD READING
SB 134 - Read third time and defeated by Senate (30-Y 10-N, Requires 4/5 voting (or 32) votes for passage
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 330 - Read second time, Committee amendment rejected (voice vote), Dunnavant floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 89 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 121 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 174 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 218 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 306 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 340 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 382 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 450 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 470 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 36 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 61 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 81 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 267 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 344 - Read second time, Peake floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILL ON FIRST READING
SB 669 - Read first time
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILL ON FIRST READING
SB 105 - Read first time
On motion of Senator Newman, the Senate adjourned at 2:15 p.m. to convene Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 12 m.