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2019 SESSION

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Minute Book
2019 Session
Senate of Virginia
JUSTIN E. FAIRFAX, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SUSAN CLARKE SCHAAR, CLERK
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
 

 

Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Justin E. Fairfax

Prayer offered by Rabbi David Spinrad, Beth El Hebrew Congregation, Alexandria, Virginia

Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America offered by Senate Page Jazz Miles of Richmond

ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present

Motion of Senator McPike dispensed with reading of Journal (37‑Y 3‑N)

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REPORTED

From Finance: SB 999S, 1023S, 1040A, 1165, 1227, 1255, 1425, 1428, 1480A

From Local Government: SB 1248A, 1304, 1373S

From Privileges and Elections: SB 1016A, 1018A rereferred to Finance, 1038 rereferred to Finance, 1042, 1087S, 1243S, 1577; SJ 275S, 292, 293, 294S, 295S, 296

BILL REREFERRED

From Local Government: SB 1127 rereferred to Finance

Bills and resolutions presented, ordered printed and referred under Senate Rules 11(b) and (26)g: see January 17 Senate Calendar

On motion of Senator McDougle, the Senate recessed at 12:45 p.m. to reconvene at 12:55 p.m.

The Senate reconvened at 12:55 p.m.

CALENDAR

REGULAR CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING

SB 208 - Passed by for day

SB 944 - Passed by for day

UNCONTESTED CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING

SB1031 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB1047 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB1108 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB1121 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB1166 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB1379 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB1383 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB1421 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB1422 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

REGULAR CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING

SB1137 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

SB1150 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

SB1156 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

SB1186 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

SB1251 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

SB1403 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

SB1404 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

SB1426 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

UNCONTESTED CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING

SB1061 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1086 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1241 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1270 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1300 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1319 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1411 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

REGULAR CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING

SB 998 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1060 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1062 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1079 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1109 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1153 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1168 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1188 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1199 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1200 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1229 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1259 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1318 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1323 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1387 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB1588 - Ruled suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

REGULAR CALENDAR

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON THIRD READING

SJ 250 - Read third time, Rejected by Senate (18-Y 22-N)

MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJ ­718 (Election of a Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, a Member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, and a Member of the State Corporation Commission)

SR 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, offered by Senator Obenshain

SR 97 offered by Senator Wagner

HJ 718 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), readings waived, agreed to by Senate (40‑Y 0‑N), House informed

Joint order pursuant to HJ 718

SR 92 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to by Senate (voice vote)

SR 93 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to by Senate (voice vote)

SR 94 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to by Senate (voice vote)

SR 95 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to by Senate (voice vote)

SR 96 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to by Senate (voice vote)

SR 97 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to by Senate (voice vote)

House informed that nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 718

MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: Nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 718 (Election of a Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, a Member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, and a Member of the State Corporation Commission)

ELECTION OF A COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA JUDGE, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL INQUIRY AND REVIEW COMMISSION, AND A MEMBER OF THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

A Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge (40‑Y 0‑N)

 Glen A. Huff

Circuit Court Judges (40‑Y 0‑N)

Second Judicial Circuit: Glenn R. Croshaw

Second Judicial Circuit: W. Revell Lewis, III

Fourth Judicial Circuit: Everett A. Martin, Jr.

Fifth Judicial Circuit: Carl Edward Eason, Jr.

Seventh Judicial Circuit: C. Peter Tench

Eighth Judicial Circuit: Christopher W. Hutton

Eleventh Judicial Circuit: Paul W. Cella

Thirteenth Judicial Circuit: Bradley B. Cavedo

Fourteenth Judicial Circuit: James Stephen Yoffy

Fifteenth Judicial Circuit: Sarah L. Deneke

Sixteenth Judicial Circuit: Timothy K. Sanner

Eighteenth Judicial Circuit: James C. Clark

Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Randy I. Bellows

Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit: F. Patrick Yeatts

Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit: Brett L. Geisler

Thirtieth Judicial Circuit: Chadwick S. Dotson

Thirtieth Judicial Circuit: John C. Kilgore

Twentieth Judicial Circuit: James P. Fisher, Out of block (21-Y 0-N)

General District Court Judges (40‑Y 0‑N)

Sixth Judicial District: C. Ridley Bain

Ninth Judicial District: Stephen Ashton Hudgins

Twelfth Judicial District: Keith Nelson Hurley

Thirteenth Judicial District: Lawrence Brevard Cann, III

Fourteenth Judicial District: George Barton Chucker

Fifteenth Judicial District: Hugh S. Campbell

Fifteenth Judicial District: James Bruce Strickland

Seventeenth Judicial District: R. Frances O’Brien

Twenty-eighth Judicial District: Eric R. Thiessen

Twenty-ninth Judicial District: Henry A. Barringer

Thirteenth Judicial District: Tracy W. J. Thorne-Begland, Out of block (38-Y 0-N)

Twenty-fifth Judicial District: William Harrison Cleaveland, Out of block (37-Y 0-N)

Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges (39‑Y 0‑N)

Second Judicial District: Cheshire I’Anson Eveleigh

Second Judicial District: Timothy J. Quick

Third Judicial District: Alotha C. Willis

Fourth Judicial District: Lauri D. Hogge

Sixth Judicial District: Carson E. Saunders, Jr.

Eighth Judicial District: Jay Edward Dugger

Eighth Judicial District: Robert B. Wilson, V

Tenth Judicial District: Robert H. Morrison

Eleventh Judicial District: Phillip T. DiStanislao

Thirteenth Judicial District: Richard B. Campbell

Fifteenth Judicial District: Joseph A. Vance, IV

Sixteenth Judicial District: Claude V. Worrell

Nineteenth Judicial District: Kimberly J. Daniel

Twentieth Judicial District: Avelina S. Jacob

Twenty-first Judicial District: Susan N. Deatherage

Twenty-third Judicial District: Leisa Kube Ciaffone

Twenty-sixth Judicial District: William W. Sharp

Thirtieth Judicial District: Elizabeth S. Wills

Thirty-first Judicial District: Lisa Michelle Baird

A Member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (39‑Y 0‑N)

Stephanie E. Merritt

 A Member of the State Corporation Commission (21-Y 0-N), Reconsidered (40-Y 0-N), a Member of the State Corporation Commission (21-Y 0-N)

 Patricia L. West

Reading of report waived (38‑Y 2‑N)

On motion of Senator Norment, the Senate adjourned at 3:03 p.m. to convene Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 12 m.