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2023 SESSION
Called to order at 11:00 a.m. by Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears
Prayer offered by The Reverend Kameron M. Wilds, Rising Hope Mission Church, Lorton, Virginia
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America led by Senate Page Jansen Spruill of Mechanicsville
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Surovell dispensed with reading of Journal (34‑Y 5‑N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10214): reading waived (33‑Y 6‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed with amendments the following Senate bills: SB 860, 999, 1064, 1155
The House of Delegates has passed with substitutes the following Senate bills: SB 1042, 1120, 1147
The House of Delegates has rejected the amendment proposed by the Senate to the following House bill: HB 1486
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolution: HJ 646
The House of Delegates has passed the following Senate bills: SB 809, 865, 871, 891, 927, 942, 951, 969, 981, 982, 986, 995, 1000, 1027, 1028, 1071, 1100, 1119, 1121, 1123, 1126, 1153, 1154, 1209, 1212, 1213, 1235, 1497
The House of Delegates has agreed to the amendment proposed by the Senate to the following House bill: HB 1442
The House of Delegates has agreed to the substitute proposed by the Senate to the following House bill: HB 2362
Senate bills with House amendments and substitutes placed on Calendar
House joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk: see February 16 Senate Calendar
BILLS AND RESOLUTION REPORTED
From Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources: HB 1421, 1485S, 1577, 1623, 1628A rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1660S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1662, 1663, 1664 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1781S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1804A, 1805 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1807S, 1828, 1839, 1848, 1940A, 1941, 1949S, 1968, 1998, 2095, 2096, 2101A, 2151 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 2181, 2189, 2282, 2285, 2325S, 2390, 2393
From Finance and Appropriations: HB 1408, 1410, 1412, 1463, 1525, 1526, 1582, 1630S, 1775, 1789S, 1887S, 1927A, 2016, 2063, 2150, 2220S, 2275, 2314S, 2317, 2386S, 2411
From Privileges and Elections: HB 1574A, 1576A, 1683, 1948, 2289A, 2324, 2443, 2471; SJ 317
Rules suspended, privileges of the floor given to distinguished guests (39‑Y 0‑N)
SJ 337 - offered by Senator Obenshain (unanimous consent to introduce by voice vote)
Joint resolution presented, ordered printed and referred/ Joint resolutions/resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 471: see February 16 Senate Calendar
CALENDAR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SENATE
SB 910 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 1116 - House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 1392 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 1405 - House substitute rejected by Senate (10-Y 30-N)
SB 1448 - House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 1388 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1978 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2132 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2256 - Read third time Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2258 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2373 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2387 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2445 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1446 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1472 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1512 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1539 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1591 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1625 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1641 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1665 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1676 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1679 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1684 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1755 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1806 - Read third time, Transportation amendments rejected (voice vote), Finance and Appropriations substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1859 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1860 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1896 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1907 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1944 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1962 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1992 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1996 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2038 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2193 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2194 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2383 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2400 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2401 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2410 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2414 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2424 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1400 - Read third time, Senate amendments substituted for House amendments agreed to (voice vote), Out of block, Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N)
HB 1438 - Read third time, Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources substitute rejected (voice vote), Finance and Appropriations substitute agreed to (voice vote), Out of block, Engrossed, Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1832 - Out of block, Read third time, Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2099 - Out of block, Read third time, Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2125 - Out of block, Read third time, Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N 2-A)
HB 2457 - Out of block, Passed by for day
HB 1995 - Out of block, Passed by for day
HB 1422 - Out of block, Passed by for day
HB 1509 - Out of block, Passed by for day
HB 2032 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Out of block, Passed by for day
HB 2165 - Out of block, Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 1481 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
HB 1677 - Read third time, Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2178 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N)
HB 2297 - Read third time, Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
HB 2479 - Read third time, Committee substitute rejected (voice vote), Barker floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N)
HB 1598 - Read third time, Passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
HB 1647 - Read third time, Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
HB 1691 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
HB 1725 - Read third time, Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1756 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)
HB 1834 - Read third time, Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N), Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1835 - Read third time, Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)
HB 2019 - Read third time, Surovell floor amendment withdrawn, Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
HB 2041 - Read third time, Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N), Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN20215): reading waived (36‑Y 4‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed with amendment the following Senate bill: SB 1258
The House of Delegates has passed with substitutes the following Senate bills: SB 788, 1210, 1349
The House of Delegates has passed with a substitute with amendment the following Senate bill: SB 1522
The House of Delegates has passed the following Senate bill: SB 1346
SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR NO. 1
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SENATE
SB 788 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (29-Y 10-N)
SB 860 - House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
SB 1210 - House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N)
SB 1258 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 4-N), House amendment reconsidered (40-Y 0-N), House amendment rejected (6-Y 34-N)
SB 1349 - House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N)
SB 1522 - House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
On motion of Senator Saslaw, the Senate recessed at 1:40 p.m. to reconvene at 3:55 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 3:55 p.m.
CALENDAR (continued)
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 2294 - Read third time, Rehabilitation and Social Services substitute agreed to (voice vote), Finance and Appropriations substitute ruled out of order, Engrossed, Defeated by Senate (18-Y 21-N), Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
HB 2338 - Read third time, Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N)
HB 2431 - Motion to recommit to Finance and Appropriations agreed to (22-Y 18-N)
HB 2449 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 1375 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1471 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1477 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1544 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1546 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1604 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1637 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1640 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1727 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1776 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1778 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1886 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1921 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2009 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2026 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2179 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2198 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2199 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2201 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2216 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2262 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2354 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2418 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2422 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2444 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2463 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 1752 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1777 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1895 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1924 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2010 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN30215): reading waived (32‑Y 8‑N)
The House of Delegates has rejected the Senate amendments as substituted for House amendments to the following House bill: HB 1400
The House of Delegates has insisted on its amendments and has requested committees of conference on the following Senate bills: SB 860, 1258
The House of Delegates has insisted on its substitutes and has requested committees of conference on the following Senate bills: SB 1210, 1349, 1405
The House of Delegates has insisted on its substitute with amendment and has requested a committee of conference on the following Senate bill: SB 1522
The House of Delegates has rejected the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 2178, 2258
The House of Delegates has rejected the substitutes proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 2193, 2373, 2445, 2479
The House of Delegates has agreed to the amendment proposed by the Senate to the following House bill: HB 2256
The House of Delegates has agreed to the substitutes proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1438, 1481, 2387
SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR NO. 2
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - HOUSE
HB 1400 - Senate insisted on amendments and requested committee of conference (39-Y 1-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Howell, Barker, Saslaw, Norment, Lucas, Hanger, Locke, Newman, and Deeds
HB 2178 - Senate insisted on amendment and requested committee of conference (39-Y 1-N), Conferees appointed: Senators: McClellan, Petersen, and Hackworth
HB 2193 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (40-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Howell, Barker, and Newman
HB 2258 - Senate insisted on amendment and requested committee of conference (40-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Favola, Mason, and Hanger
HB 2373 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (40-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Mason, Reeves, and McPike
HB 2445 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (40-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Locke, Dunnavant, and Rouse
HB 2479 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (40-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Barker, McPike, and Pillion
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SENATE
SB 860 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (40-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Locke, Boysko, and Vogel
SB 1210 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (40-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Mason, Reeves, and McPike
SB 1258 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (40-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Lucas, Cosgrove, and Rouse
SB 1349 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (40-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Barker, Howell, and Vogel
SB 1405 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (40-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Barker, Howell, and Newman
SB 1522 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (40-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Barker, McPike, and Pillion
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN40215)
The House of Delegates has acceded to the request of the Senate for committees of conference on the following House bills: HB 1400, 2178, 2193, 2258, 2373, 2445, 2479
On motion of Senator Lucas, the Senate adjourned at 5:23 p.m. to convene Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 12 m.