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2020 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Justin E. Fairfax
Prayer offered by The Reverend Jeanne Pupke, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America led by Senate Page Taylor Spruill of Mechanicsville
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Reeves dispensed with reading of Journal (36‑Y 2‑N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10129): reading waived (37‑Y 3‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 37, 62, 119, 155, 183, 211, 313, 404, 411, 445, 446, 465, 510, 511, 543, 544, 548, 593, 595, 598, 722, 813, 989, 1011, 1066, 1088, 1100, 1126, 1142, 1187, 1252, 1259, 1337, 1339, 1357, 1527, 1528, 1530
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolutions: HJ 10, 21, 42, 50, 72, 85, 88, 90, 91, 104, 108, 111, 133, 134, 136, 140, 144, 145, 167
House bills referred, and joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk: see January 31 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Education and Health: From Education and Health: SB 170A, 171A, 237S, 264A, 270S, 313, 327 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 366, 367 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 392S, 397S, 410S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 420S, 422, 461A rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 463A, 540A, 552 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 564S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 633S, 713S, 738S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 739S, 845S, 863 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 864, 880 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 885S, 897S, 935S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 946 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 993S, 1045S, 1046
From General Laws and Technology: SB 50, 97S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 138, 139, 140A, 153, 199S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 384S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 385S, 387S, 406S, 645S, 658S, 707S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 708A, 752S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 868S, 874, 896, 922S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 936 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 960 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 963A rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 971S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1044S, 1052S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1063S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1066, 1070
From Judiciary: SB 2S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 28A, 31A rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 42S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 59A, 208, 253S, 294, 373S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 429A, 439S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 485S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 491, 492, 534A rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 553S, 571, 579S, 608S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 661S, 693, 697, 700, 705 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 736S, 878 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 920A, 925, 926, 951, 967A
SJ 87 - offered by Senator Reeves (unanimous consent to introduce by voice vote)
Joint resolution presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 99: see January 31 Senate Calendar
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 96 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 105 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 244 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 257 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 281 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 284 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 428 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 430 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 434 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 451 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 454 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 589 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 597 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 690 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 900 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB1036 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB1084 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
SB 528 - Out of block, Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 391 - Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Favola floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 116 - Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 7-N)
SB 432 - Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
SB 834 - Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N)
SB 869 - Passed by for day
SB 955 - Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 40 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 54 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 362 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 423 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 569 - Read second time, Education and Health amendment rejected (voice vote), Finance and Appropriations substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 605 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 651 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 652 - Read second time, Boysko floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 671 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 828 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1019 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1039 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 95 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 246 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 251 - Passed by for day
SB 345 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 404 - Passed by for day
SB 480 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 578 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 662 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 168 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 200 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 338 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 458 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 500 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 555 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 580 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 591 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 681 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 786 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 843 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 919 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 989 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1012 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 1 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 65 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 72 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 110 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 231 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 335 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 624 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 666 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 698 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 742 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 787 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 856 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 857 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 987 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1028 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1090 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
HJ 149 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 158 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 15 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 83 - Out of block, Agreed to by Senate
COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS
HJ 135 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 139 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 141 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 146 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 150 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 151 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 152 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 153 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 154 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 155 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 156 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 157 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 159 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 160 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 163 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 164 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 84 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB offered by Senator Obenshain (unanimous consent to introduce by voice vote not granted)
On motion of Senator Lucas, the Senate adjourned in Memory of the Honorable Mary T. Christian at 1:49 p.m. to convene Friday, January 31, 2020 at 12 m.