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2020 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Justin E. Fairfax
Prayer offered by The Reverend W. Joe Newman, Chesapeake, Virginia
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America led by Senate Page Cheyla Owens of Richmond
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Kiggans dispensed with reading of Journal (31‑Y 8‑N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10203): reading waived (35‑Y 3‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed with amendment the following Senate bill: SB 582
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 55, 66, 166, 180, 340, 362, 385, 386, 414, 432, 479, 547, 549, 575, 576, 586, 634, 641, 688, 723, 757, 795, 822, 835, 840, 990, 993, 997, 1006, 1041, 1042, 1059, 1240, 1257, 1273, 1280, 1431, 1455, 1457, 1491, 1503
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolutions: HJ 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following Senate joint resolutions: SJ 83, 84
Senate bill with House amendment placed on Calendar
House bills referred, and joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk: see February 5 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Commerce and Labor: SB 8S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 48 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 49, 182S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 481S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 629S, 632S, 710, 731A, 735S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 749S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 754S, 794S, 831S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 838S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 939S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 992
From Finance and Appropriations: SB 4A, 5A, 134A, 142A, 178, 187A, 248A, 297A, 300A, 324, 382, 389, 421A, 452S, 501, 561S, 564A, 570A, 576S, 622, 715A, 732S, 738, 773S, 853, 890S, 972, 990S, 991A, 1024
Joint resolutions presented, ordered printed and referred/laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), 26(g) and HJR 99: see February 5 Senate Calendar
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 50 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 59 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 138 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 139 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 153 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 170 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 237 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 264 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 313 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 366 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 392 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 397 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 463 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 540 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 553 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 579 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 633 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 658 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 661 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 736 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 739 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 864 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 874 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 885 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 896 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 897 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 925 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 951 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 967 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 993 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1044 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1045 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1046 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1066 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1070 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 919 - Out of block, Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
SB 989 - Out of block, Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 7-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 869 - Read third time and defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N), Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
SB 246 - Passed by for day
SB 857 - Passed by for day
SB1028 - Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
SB 251 - Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N)
SB 65 - Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
SB 28 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 140 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
SB 171 - Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
SB 208 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 270 - Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
SB 294 - Read third time and defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N, Chair voted nay), Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 406 - Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N)
SB 420 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
SB 422 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 429 - Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N)
SB 492 - Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
SB 645 - Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
SB 693 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 697 - Motion to recommit to Judiciary agreed to (voice vote)
SB 700 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
SB 708 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 713 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 845 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
SB 920 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 926 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 385 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), McPike floor amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 77 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 109 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 209 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 213 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 277 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 290 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 364 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 400 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 441 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 527 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 590 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 668 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 678 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 679 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 686 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 695 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 706 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 734 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 768 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 790 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 824 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 833 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 888 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 927 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1005 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1011 - Read second time, Transportation substitute rejected (voice vote), McDougle floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1025 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1029 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1034 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1048 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1057 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1073 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 404 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Barker floor amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 253 - Passed by for day
SB 491 - Read second time, Surovell floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 571 - Passed by for day
SB 868 - Passed by for day
SB 9 - Read second time, Commerce and Labor substitute rejected (voice vote), Finance and Appropriations substitute agreed to (28-Y 12-N), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 149 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 593 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 612 - Passed by for day
SB 664 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 911 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Passed by for day
SB 923 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 995 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1035 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 378 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 440 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 541 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 602 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 603 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 670 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 683 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 840 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 870 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 875 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1002 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 64 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 71 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 183 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 438 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 676 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 684 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 805 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 956 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 961 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING
SJ 35 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 39 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 77 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 81 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 66 - Out of block, Passed by for day
SJ 67 - Out of block, Passed by for day
On motion of Senator Lucas, the Senate adjourned at 2:32 p.m. to convene Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 12 m.