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2020 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas
Prayer offered by The Reverend Todd W. McClure, Centerville Baptist Church, South Boston, Virginia
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America led by Senate Page Wendy Raymundo of Alexandria
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Howell dispensed with reading of Journal (33‑Y 5‑N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10124): reading waived (34‑Y 4-N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 33, 516, 1246, 1248
House bills referred: see January 28 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Judiciary: SB 105A, 116, 144S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 428, 430A, 432, 434, 451, 724S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 948 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 955, 1076 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
From Local Government: SB 96, 244, 257, 281A, 284, 454A, 528, 589S, 597, 690, 834S, 869A, 900, 1036, 1084
BILL REREFERRED
From Judiciary: SB 1091 rereferred to Education and Health
Leave of absence granted: Senator Vogel
SB 1095 - offered by Senator Morrissey (unanimous consent to introduce by voice vote)
Bill presented, ordered printed and referred/resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 99: see January 28 Senate Calendar
HJ 161 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), Stanley floor amendment agreed to by Senate (voice vote), Saslaw floor amendments agreed to by Senate (voice vote), engrossed, agreed to by Senate (39‑Y 0‑N), House informed
Joint order pursuant to HJ 161
SR 14 offered by Senator Saslaw
SR 10 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to amendments to HJ 161
SR 11 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), Stanley floor amendment agreed to by Senate (voice vote), engrossed, agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 12 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 13 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 14 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
House informed that nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 161
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: Nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 161 (Election of a Supreme Court of Virginia Justice, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and a Member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission)
ELECTION OF A SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA JUSTICE, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, AND A MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
A Supreme Court of Virginia Justice (39‑Y 0‑N)
S. Bernard Goodwyn
Circuit Court Judges (39‑Y 0‑N)
Sixth Judicial Circuit: W. Allan Sharrett
Ninth Judicial Circuit: Michael E. McGinty
Twelfth Judicial Circuit: Steven C. McCallum
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit: Richard S. Wallerstein, Jr.
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit: Louise M. DiMatteo
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit: Daniel S. Fiore, II
Twenty-second Judicial Circuit: Stacey R. W. Moreau
Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit: Sage B. Johnson
Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit: Marcus H. Long, Jr., nominated not elected
General District Court Judges (39‑Y 0‑N)
First Judicial District: Robert G. MacDonald
Second Judicial District: Elizabeth S. Hodges
Second Judicial District: Salvatore R. Iaquinto
Second Judicial District: Paul D. Merullo
Fourth Judicial District: Joan E. Mahoney
Fourth Judicial District: Michael C. Rosenblum
Fifth Judicial District: W. Parker Councill
Sixth Judicial District: H. Lee Townsend, III
Ninth Judicial District: Stephanie E. Merritt
Eleventh Judicial District: Ray P. Lupold, III
Twelfth Judicial District: Matthew D. Nelson
Fifteenth Judicial District: Robert E. Reibach
Eighteenth Judicial District: Donald M. Haddock, Jr.
Twenty-second Judicial District: Robert L. Adams, Jr.
Twenty-third Judicial District: Francis W. Burkart, III
Twenty-sixth Judicial District: John S. Hart, Jr.
Twenty-ninth Judicial District: George R. Brittain, II
Thirtieth Judicial District: Shawn L. Hines
Thirty-first Judicial District: Wallace S. Covington, III
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges (39‑Y 0‑N)
Second Judicial District: Philip C. Hollowell
Twelfth Judicial District: Vanessa L. Jones
Twelfth Judicial District: Scott D. Landry
Twelfth Judicial District: Jayne A. Pemberton
Thirteenth Judicial District: Marilynn C. Goss
Fifteenth Judicial District: Georgia K. Sutton
Sixteenth Judicial District: David M. Barredo
Sixteenth Judicial District: Deborah S. Tinsley
Nineteenth Judicial District: Janine M. Saxe
Twenty-third Judicial District: Frank W. Rogers, III
Twenty-third Judicial District: Onzlee Ware
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: Laura L. Dascher
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: Linda Schorsch Jones
Twenty-sixth Judicial District: Kimberly M. Athey
Twenty-sixth Judicial District: Anthony W. Bailey
Twenty-seventh Judicial District: Bradley G. Dalton
Twenty-seventh Judicial District: Stephanie Murray Shortt
Twenty-eighth Judicial District: Florence A. Powell
Thirty-first Judicial District: H. Jan Roltsch-Anoll
A Member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (39‑Y 0‑N)
Robert Alan Rapaport
Reading of report waived (26‑Y 10‑N)
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 52 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 114 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 189 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 303 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 336 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 393 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 442 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 443 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 444 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 466 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 469 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 535 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 572 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 687 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 737 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 740 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 235 - Out of block, Passed by for day
SB 583 - Out of block, Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N)
SB 634 - Out of block, Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 7-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 391 - Passed by for day
SB 631 - Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
SB 604 - Read third time and defeated by Senate (18-Y 21-N)
SB 63 - Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 14-N)
SB 106 - Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 13-N)
SB 124 - Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
SB 126 - Passed by for day
SB 288 - Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 3-N)
SB 316 - Passed by for day
SB 493 - Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 15-N)
SB 616 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 673 - Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
SB 674 - Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
SB 744 - Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
SB 943 - Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 14-N)
SB 979 - Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 120 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 122 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 173 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 207 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 221 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 301 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 317 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 333 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 365 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 380 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), McPike floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 386 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 445 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 519 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 538 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 650 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 653 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 672 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 701 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 703 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 757 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 877 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 881 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 903 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 913 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 980 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 981 - Read second time, Suetterlein floor amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1008 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 780 - Out of block, Motion to rerefer to Judiciary agreed to (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 478 - Passed by for day
SB 772 - Passed by for day
SB 795 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 98 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 167 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 263 - Passed by for day
SB 341 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 346 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 377 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 479 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 733 - Passed by for day
SB 883 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 177 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 256 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 289 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 328 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 414 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 496 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 497 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 498 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 656 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 675 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 689 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 871 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1023 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1089 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 160 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 215 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 356 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 556 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 562 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 916 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 932 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR HOUSE
JOINT RESOLUTION ON THIRD READING
HJ 1 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate (27-Y 12-N), House informed
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING
SJ 44 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SJ 45 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SJ 71 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SJ 73 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING
SJ 43 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SJ 46 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING
SJ 30 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 31 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 42 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 49 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 50 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 51 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING
SJ 47 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING
SR 3 - Read first time
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN20127)
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolution: HJ 165
HJ 165 - 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 in Memory of Master Police Officer Greg Krause at 3:26 p.m. to convene Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 12 m.