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2018 SESSION
Called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Lt. Governor Justin E. Fairfax
Prayer offered by The Reverend Amy Russell, Unitarian Universalist Community Church, Glen Allen, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Wagner dispensed with reading of Journal (34‑Y 3‑N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10208): reading waived (35‑Y 2‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 123, 220, 233, 295, 301, 509, 548, 590, 591, 592, 594, 640, 671, 734, 775, 797, 1154, 1163, 1166, 1240, 1399, 1412, 1479, 1500
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolutions: HJ 6, 41, 212
The House of Delegates has agreed to the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 291, 836
The House of Delegates has agreed to the substitute proposed by the Senate to the following House bill: HB 227
House bills and joint resolutions referred, and joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk: see February 12 Senate Calendar
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REPORTED
From Finance: SB 362, 580S, 583S, 631S, 683, 747, 823, 856S, 942S
From Rules: SB 20S, 80A rereferred to Finance, 124S, 171A, 234S, 298, 406, 407, 489, 490, 585, 633, 738A rereferred to Finance, 782S, 796S, 815, 819, 847 rereferred to Finance, 875A, 885, 924, 930, 991 rereferred to Finance; SJ 19, 36A, 38, 42, 47, 48A, 50A, 53, 63, 74, 75, 81, 85S
Leave of absence granted: Senator Locke
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 72 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 163 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 198 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 205 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 389 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 449 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 564 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 780 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 853 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 867 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 893 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 908 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 922 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 979 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 980 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 985 - Read third time and passed the Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 989 - Out of block, Read third time and passed the Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 261 - Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Suetterlein floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 2-N), Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
SB 777 - Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 15-N)
SB 28 - Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 2-N)
SB 31 - Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 13-N)
SB 177 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 181 - Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 6-N)
SB 191 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 310 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 405 - Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 13-N 4-A)
SB 486 - Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 13-N)
SB 525 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 803 - Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
SB 809 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 827 - Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 9-N)
SB 860 - Passed by for day
SB 884 - Passed by for day
SB 896 - Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 12-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (26-Y 12-N)
SB 921 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 966 - Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 13-N)
SB 970 - Motion to rerefer to Rules agreed to (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 125 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 175 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 627 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 761 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 776 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1007 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 356 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 402 - Read second time, Courts of Justice substitute rejected (voice vote), Finance substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 426 - Read second time, Courts of Justice substitute rejected (voice vote), Finance substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 448 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 487 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 562 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 652 - Read second time, General Laws and Technology substitute rejected (voice vote), Finance substitute rejected (voice vote), McPike floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 677 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 750 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 821 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 900 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 334 - Out of block, Passed by for day
SB 403 - Out of block, Passed by for day
SB 954 - Out of block, Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 159 - Read second time, Committee amendment rejected (voice vote), Edwards floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 625 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 312 - Passed by for day
SB 878 - Passed by for day
SB 26 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 219 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 290 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 353 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 394 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 397 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 559 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 565 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 591 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 644 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 656 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 680 - Read second time, Deeds floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 684 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 715 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 751 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 774 - Read second time, Committee substitute rejected (voice vote), Chafin floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 820 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 825 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 839 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 883 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 899 - Passed by for day
SB 926 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 950 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 972 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 976 - Read second time, DeSteph floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 993 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 16 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 95 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 128 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 253 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 346 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 349 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 388 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 637 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 663 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 664 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 762 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 786 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 812 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 829 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 831 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 832 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 918 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 925 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 933 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 974 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 169 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 170 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 266 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 504 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 605 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 757 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 807 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 905 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 917 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 953 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING
SJ 76 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SJ 99 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON SECOND READING
SJ 21 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING
SJ 100 - Read first time
SR 22 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (38-Y 0-N), Agreed to by Senate
On motion of Senator Newman, the Senate adjourned at 2:12 p.m. to convene Monday, February 12, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. The Clerk was ordered to receive committee reports.
BILLS REPORTED
From Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources: SB 166S rereferred to Finance, 401
From Transportation: SB 971S