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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
Called to order at 11:00 a.m. by Lt. Governor Justin E. Fairfax
Prayer offered by The Honorable Jeremy S. McPike, 29th Senatorial District
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America led by Corinne Sloan, Assistant Journal Clerk
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Stuart dispensed with reading of Journal (31‑Y 6‑N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN30218): reading waived (33‑Y 3‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed with amendments the following Senate bills: SB 1322, 1439
The House of Delegates has passed with substitutes the following Senate bills: SB 1169, 1193, 1338, 1349, 1354, 1461
The House of Delegates has passed with a substitute with amendment the following Senate bill: SB 1130
The House of Delegates has rejected the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1805, 2197
The House of Delegates has rejected the substitutes proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1817, 2266
The House of Delegates has insisted on its substitute and has requested a committee of conference on the following Senate joint resolution: SJ 272
The House of Delegates has passed the following Senate bills: SB 1098, 1102, 1158, 1225, 1391, 1436, 1458
The House of Delegates has agreed to the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1850, 2031, 2071, 2213, 2258
The House of Delegates has agreed to the substitutes proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1846, 2249
The House of Delegates has agreed to the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House joint resolution: HJ 527
Senate bills with House amendments, substitutes, and substitute with amendment placed on Calendar
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REPORTED
From Rehabilitation and Social Services: HB 1874, 1957, 2035, 2065, 2070
From Rules: HB 1789, 1990A, 2208; HJ 525, 537, 538A, 562, 563, 578, 579, 583, 596, 604, 605, 606
From Transportation: HB 1832, 1841, 1854, 1868, 1887, 1926, 2075, 2163S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 2284
Resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), 26(g) and HJ 5001: see February 22 Senate Calendar
CALENDAR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - HOUSE
HB 1800 - Senate insisted on amendments and requested committee of conference (37-Y 0-N)
HB 1811 - Senate insisted on amendments and requested committee of conference (38-Y 0-N)
HB 1847 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (38-Y 0-N)
HB 1935 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (38-Y 0-N)
HB 2168 - Senate insisted on amendments and requested committee of conference (38-Y 0-N)
HB 2273 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (37-Y 0-N)
HB 2312 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (38-Y 0-N)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SENATE
SB 1104 - House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
SB 1113 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1163 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1242 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1297 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1320 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1336 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1392 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 2-N), House substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N), House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 7-N)
SB 1397 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1399 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1415 - House amendments rejected by Senate (3-Y 35-N)
SB 1423 - House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 37-N)
SB 1456 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1465 - House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 37-N)
SB 1475 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1146 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (38-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Howell, Barker, and Newman
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 1804 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 1837 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 1921 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 1982 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2058 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2068 - Read third time, Committee substitute rejected (voice vote), Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2187 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2302 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 1983 - Out of block, Read third time, Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 2174 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Suetterlein floor substitute withdrawn, Suetterlein floor amendments rejected (19-Y 20-N), Petersen floor amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (23-Y 14-N)
HB 2263 - Passed by for day
HB 1902 - Read third time, Petersen floor amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (21-Y 16-N)
HB 1965 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Newman floor amendments rejected (18-Y 20-N), Engrossed, Passed Senate (21-Y 15-N)
HB 1979 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
HB 2040 - Read third time, Commerce and Labor substitute rejected (voice vote), Finance and Appropriations substitute agreed to (voice vote), Barker floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N)
HB 2118 - Passed by for day
HB 2307 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N)
HB 2330 - Read third time, Committee amendment rejected (voice vote), Mason floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
HB 2332 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (26-Y 13-N)
HB 1760 - Read third time, Passed Senate (30-Y 8-N)
HB 1810 - Read third time, Passed Senate (34-Y 4-N)
HB 1819 - Read third time, Passed Senate (31-Y 7-N), Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N), Passed Senate (31-Y 5-N)
HB 1836 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (25-Y 13-N)
HB 1888 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
HB 1928 - Read third time, Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N)
HB 1952 - Passed by for day
HB 1958 - Read third time, Passed Senate (32-Y 5-N)
HB 1968 - Read third time, Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N)
HB 2020 - Passed by for day
HB 2030 - Passed by for day
HB 2125 - Read third time, Passed Senate (20-Y 17-N)
HB 2198 - Passed by for day
HB 2250 - Read third time, Passed Senate (22-Y 15-N)
HB 2275 - Read third time, Defeated by Senate (18-Y 19-N), Reconsideration of Defeated action agreed to by Senate (35-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2311 - Read third time, Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
HB 2324 - Read third time, Defeated by Senate (19-Y 14-N 4-A, requires 32 affirmative votes)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 1747 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1838 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1843 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1865 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1876 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1894 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1950 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1976 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1987 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1988 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2018 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2039 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2079 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2086 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2098 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2105 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2116 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2120 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2135 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2154 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2162 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2190 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2192 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2193 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2220 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2234 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2238 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2298 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2299 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2300 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2316 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2317 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 1823 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1831 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1853 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1889 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1900 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1908 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1930 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1963 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1980 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1991 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2013 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2019 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2025 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2029 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2038 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2055 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2061 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2072 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2130 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2139 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2147 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2176 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2288 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2295 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2327 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (32-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING
HJ 555 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (20-Y 16-N)
HJ 582 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate (22-Y 12-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION ON SECOND READING
HJ 629 - Read second time
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10219): reading waived (37‑Y 0‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed with amendments the following Senate bill: SB 1398
The House of Delegates has passed with substitutes the following Senate bills: SB 1127, 1197, 1302
The House of Delegates has insisted on its substitute and has requested a committee of conference on the following Senate bill: SB 1406
The House of Delegates has passed the following Senate bill: SB 1417
Senate bills with House amendments and substitutes placed on Calendar
On motion of Senator Saslaw, the Senate recessed at 2:40 p.m. to reconvene at 3:50 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 3:50 p.m.
BILL REPORTED
From Judiciary: HB 1864
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN20219): reading waived (33‑Y 2‑N)
The House of Delegates has insisted on its substitute and has requested a committee of conference on the following Senate bill: SB 1423
The House of Delegates has acceded to the request of the Senate for committees of conference on the following House bills: HB 1800, 1935, 2168, 2273, 2312
SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR NO. 1
CONFEREES APPOINTED
HB 1800 - Senators Howell, Barker, Lucas, Locke, Deeds, Norment, and Hanger; Advisors - Senators Saslaw and Newman
HB 1935 - Senators Howell, Barker, and Newman
HB 2168 - Senators Reeves, Morrissey, and Stanley
HB 2273 - Senators McPike, Ebbin, and Ruff
HB 2312 - Senators Ebbin, Lucas, McPike, Surovell, and Dunnavant
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SENATE
SB 1127 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
SB 1197 - House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 36-N)
SB 1302 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N)
SB 1398 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (31-Y 6-N)
SB 1406 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (27-Y 10-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Ebbin, Lucas, McPike, Surovell, and Dunnavant
SB 1423 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (37-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators McPike, Ebbin, and Ruff
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL ON SECOND READING
HB 1909 - Read second time
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN30219): reading waived (35‑Y 2‑N)
The House of Delegates has rejected the substitutes proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 2330, 2332
The House of Delegates has agreed to the substitute proposed by the Senate to the following House bill: HB 2307
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - HOUSE
HB 2330 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (37-Y 0-N)
HB 2332 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (37-Y 0-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN40219): reading waived (35‑Y 2‑N)
The House of Delegates has insisted on its substitute and has requested a committee of conference on the following Senate bill: SB 1197
The House of Delegates has rejected the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bill: HB 1902
The House of Delegates has rejected the substitute with amendment proposed by the Senate to the following House bill: HB 2040
The House of Delegates has acceded to the request of the Senate for committees of conference on the following House bills: HB 2330, 2332
CONFEREES APPOINTED
HB 2330 - Senators Mason, Lewis, and Norment
HB 2332 - Senators Barker, Deeds, and Newman
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - HOUSE
HB 1902 - Senate insisted on amendments and requested committee of conference (37-Y 0-N)
HB 2040 - Senate insisted on substitute with amendment and requested committee of conference (37-Y 0-N)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SENATE
SB 1197 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (37-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Locke, Lucas, and Vogel
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN50219): reading waived (31-Y 3-N)
The House of Delegates has acceded to the request of the Senate for committees of conference on the following House bills: HB 1902, 2040
CONFEREES APPOINTED
HB 1902 - Senators Marsden, Petersen, and Stuart
HB 2040 - Senators Spruill, Lewis, and Obenshain
On motion of Senator Lucas, the Senate adjourned at 6:07 p.m. to convene Monday, February 22, 2021 at 10:00 am.