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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
Called to order at 10:00 a.m. by Lt. Governor Justin E. Fairfax
Prayer offered by The Honorable John A. Cosgrove, Jr., 14th Senatorial District
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America led by Hobie Lehman, Director of Committee Operations and Sergeant-At-Arms
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Norment dispensed with reading of Journal (33‑Y 6‑N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN20222): reading waived (34‑Y 5‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following Senate bills: SB 1142, 1164, 1165, 1184, 1190, 1239, 1241, 1265, 1270, 1282, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1313, 1316, 1321, 1326, 1328, 1438
The House of Delegates has agreed to the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1778, 1893, 1923, 2014, 2111, 2133, 2166
The House of Delegates has agreed to the substitutes proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1834, 1992, 2008, 2101, 2117, 2218, 2304
BILLS REPORTED
From Finance and Appropriations: HB 1750, 1751, 1855, 1890, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2017, 2027S, 2053, 2063, 2074, 2099A, 2113, 2124A, 2129, 2132, 2137, 2148, 2163, 2191, 2203A, 2227, 2276, 2322, 2331S
Resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 5001: see February 24 Senate Calendar
On motion of Senator Saslaw, the Senate recessed at 10:55 a.m. to reconvene at 11:00 a.m.
The Senate reconvened at 11:00 a.m.
CALENDAR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - HOUSE
HB 1818 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (38-Y 0-N)
HB 1985 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2032 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2047 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2146 - Senate insisted on amendment and requested committee of conference (35-Y 4-N), Reconsideration of Senate amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Senate insisted on amendment and requested committee of conference (28-Y 10-N)
HB 2167 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2177 - Senate receded from amendment (39-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of receding from Senate amendment agreed to (39-Y 0-N), Senate receded from amendment (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2207 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2321 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (38-Y 1-N)
HJ 542 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (voice vote)
HB 1811 - Conferees appointed: Senators Locke, Reeves, and Bell
HB 1847 - Conferees appointed: Senators McPike, Mason, and Pillion
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SENATE
SB 1097 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N), Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
SB 1108 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
SB 1115 - House substitute with amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
SB 1121 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
SB 1135 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 2-N)
SB 1138 - House amendments rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N)
SB 1148 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N)
SB 1227 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 1245 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
SB 1257 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 1260 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
SB 1274 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (33-Y 6-N)
SB 1275 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 1288 - House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 38-N)
SB 1314 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (27-Y 12-N)
SB 1325 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
SB 1331 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 1333 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N)
SB 1356 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 1357 - House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 1444 - House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 36-N)
SB 1104 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (39-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Obenshain, Boysko, and Favola
SB 1254 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (38-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators McPike, Petersen, and Ruff
SB 1366 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (39-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Barker, Favola, and Reeves
SB 1375 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (39-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Saslaw, Norment, and Petersen
SB 1415 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (39-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Stanley, McDougle, and Deeds
SB 1465 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (39-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Reeves, Stanley, and Morrissey
SB 1469 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (39-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Barker, Pillion, and Hashmi
SB 1471 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (39-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Dunnavant, McPike, and Mason
SJ 272 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (39-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Locke, Surovell, and Vogel
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 1789 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 1841 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 1868 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 1874 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 1887 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 1926 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 1957 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2070 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2075 - Out of block, Passed by for day
HB 2208 - Out of block, Read third time, Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 2118 - Read third time, Committee substitute rejected (voice vote), Lucas floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N)
HB 1952 - Motion to recommit to Privileges and Elections agreed to (voice vote)
HB 2020 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (29-Y 10-N)
HB 2030 - Read third time, Committee substitute rejected (voice vote), Petersen floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2198 - Passed by for day
HB 1853 - Read third time, Stuart floor amendment #1 withdrawn, Stuart floor amendment #2 agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N)
HB 1900 - Read third time, Petersen floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
HB 1908 - Read third time, Defeated by Senate (19-Y 20-N)
HB 1832 - Read third time, Passed Senate (26-Y 13-N), Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (33-Y 5-N)
HB 1854 - Read third time, Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10223)
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolution: HJ 5003
HJ 5003 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), Agreed to by Senate (39‑Y 0‑N), House informed
SR 532, 533, 534, and 535 - offered by Senator Edwards
Joint order pursuant to HJ 5003
SR 532 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 533 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 534 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 535 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
House informed that nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 5003
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE: (HN20223)
Nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 5003 (Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission )
ELECTION OF CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, AND A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL INQUIRY AND REVIEW COMMISSION
Circuit Court Judges (39‑Y 0‑N)
First Judicial Circuit: Robert G. MacDonald
Seventh Judicial Circuit: Tyneka L. D. Flythe
Ninth Judicial Circuit: Holly B. Smith
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit: Jacqueline S. McClenney
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit: Rondelle D. Herman
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit: Kathleen M. Uston
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Tania L. Saylor Peterson
Twenty-second Judicial Circuit: Timothy W. Allen
Thirty-first Judicial Circuit: Petula C. A. Metzler
General District Court Judges (38‑Y 0‑N), Reconsider (39-Y 0-N), Elected (39-Y 0-N)
First Judicial District: Tanya L. Lomax
Fourth Judicial District: Tameeka M. Williams
Fifth Judicial District: Helivi L. Holland
Seventh Judicial District: Charisse M. Mullen
Ninth Judicial District: Joshua P. DeFord
Thirteenth Judicial District: Devika E. Davis
Fifteenth Judicial District: Jane M. Reynolds
Nineteenth Judicial District: Gary H. Moliken
Twentieth Judicial District: Jessica H. Foster
Thirty-first Judicial District: Che´ C. Rogers
First Judicial District: Linda L. Bryant, Out of block (31-Y 0-N)
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges (39‑Y 0‑N)
Seventh Judicial District: Shawn W. Overbey
Seventh Judicial District: Kimberly A. Kurkjian
Ninth Judicial District: Brian J. Smalls
Ninth Judicial District: Mara M. Matthews
Fourteenth Judicial District: Stacy E. Lee
Fifteenth Judicial District: Andrea M. Stewart
Nineteenth Judicial District: Melissa S. Cardoce
Nineteenth Judicial District: Melinda L. VanLowe
Twenty-second Judicial District: Robert Bryan Haskins (nominated but not elected)
Twenty-second Judicial District: Theresa Deanna P. Stone
Twenty-third Judicial District: Heather P. Ferguson
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: Robert C. Hagan, Jr.
A Member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (39‑Y 0‑N)
Kenneth R. Melvin
Reading of report waived (35‑Y 0‑N)
CALENDAR (continued)
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 1864 - Read third time, McClellan floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
HB 1990 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Morrissey floor amendment rejected (14-Y 24-N), Engrossed, Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N)
HB 2035 - Read third time, Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
HB 2065 - Read third time, Passed Senate (37-Y 1-N), Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
HB 2284 - Read third time, Passed Senate (25-Y 13-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 1775 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1877 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1881 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1964 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2062 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2121 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2134 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 1862 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2326 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING
HJ 525 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 562 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 563 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 583 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 596 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 605 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 606 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 537 - Out of block, Read third time, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
HJ 579 - Out of block, Read third time, Agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
HJ 604 - Out of block, Read third time, Agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING
HJ 538 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
HJ 578 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
On motion of Senator Saslaw, the Senate recessed at 3:50 p.m. to reconvene at 4:05 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 4:05 p.m.
On motion of Senator Lucas, the Senate adjourned at 4:18 p.m. to convene Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 10:30 a.m.