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2018 SESSION

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Minute Book
2018 Session
Senate of Virginia
JUSTIN E. FAIRFAX, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SUSAN CLARKE SCHAAR, CLERK
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
 

 

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.