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Minute Book 2011 Session Senate of Virginia WILLIAM T. BOLLING, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SUSAN CLARKE SCHAAR, CLERK Wednesday, January 12, 2011  

 

Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor William T. Bolling

Prayer offered by The Reverend Charles Colgan, Southeast Christian Church, Parker, Colorado

ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present

COMMUNICATION: Resignation Letter of Senator Hurt

COMMUNICATION FROM STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS: Transmitting name of member-elect of the Senate: William M. Stanley, Jr.

William M. Stanley, Jr., duly sworn in as Senator of the 19^th District on January 12, 2011, at 11:00 a.m.

ELECTION OF PAGES (38‑Y 0‑N)

1^st District: Christopher Carlo Cordasco of Williamsburg

2^nd District: Madison Isabelle Parker of Norfolk

3^rd District: London Khandice Burke of Richmond

4^th District: Theodore William Lutge of Midlothian

5^th District: Mary Catherine Stegall of Patrick

6^th District: David Patterson Cohn of Charlottesville

7^th District: Regginae Mauricesha Fountain of Richmond

8^th District: Charlotte Merrill Brown of Reston

9^th District: Mary Lynn Mullins of Grundy

10^th District: Lara Valerie Frances Reid of Leesburg

11^th District: Ann Marie Bernal of Bealeton

APPOINTMENT OF PAGES

Colleen Elizabeth Chaplin of Gainesville

Nora Teresa O’Leary of Arlington

Liam Glenn Davidson of Newport News

Allison Mae Hart of Williamsburg

Lindsay Anne Jefferson of Hanover

APPOINTMENT OF MESSENGERS

Gavin Miles Brown of Reston

Nathan Koichi Berry of Chesterfield

Virginia Elizabeth Bulger of Herndon

Thomas Joseph Cannella of Poquoson

Timothy Clair Colgan of Warrenton

Marshall Benson Dendy of Richmond

Annie Harris Earley of Leesburg

Benjamin Joseph Gibson of Buena Vista

Tara Marie Patricia Gravallese of Sterling

Richard Henry Griffin of Winchester

Bailey Addison Hardy of Richmond

Lloyd Benjamin Harrison of Dinwiddie

Borden Saunders Hayes of Yorktown

Patricia Sandrine Janowsky of Alexandria

Jay Narasimhan Kaul of Henrico

Madeline Margaret Kelleher of McLean

Heather Ashley Landes of Shenandoah

Araglin Amanda McBreen of Suffolk

Lindsey Nicole Shavers of Henrico

Richard Henry Stuart of Fredericksburg

William Clary Tanner of Mecklenburg

Isaiah Michael Villa of Virginia Beach

Benjamin Gregory Whetzel of Fairfax

MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House is duly organized and ready to proceed

SR 21 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings and engrossment waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), agreed to (39‑Y 0‑N)

House informed that the Senate is duly organized and ready to proceed

Leave of absence granted: Senator Miller, Y.B.

MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJR 612 (Notifying Governor of organization) and request concurrence

HJR 612 - taken up, agreed to (voice vote), House informed

On motion of Senator Saslaw, the Senate recessed at 12:50 p.m. to reconvene at 1:00 p.m.

The Senate reconvened at 1:00 p.m.

MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJR 567 (Establishing a schedule for conduct of business)

MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJR 568 (Establishing a prefiling schedule for 2012)

HJR 567 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), agreed to (39‑Y 0‑N), House informed

HJR 568 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), agreed to (39‑Y 0‑N), House informed

Bills and resolutions prefiled, ordered printed and referred under § 30-19.3 of the Code of Virginia: see January 13 Senate Calendar

Bills and resolutions presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 567: see January 13 Senate Calendar

On motion of Senator Saslaw, the Senate recessed at 1:15 p.m. to reconvene at 6:30 p.m.

The Senate reconvened at 6:30 p.m.

The Senate proceeded at 6:35 p.m. to the House Chamber for Governor’s State of the Commonwealth address

On motion of Senator Howell, the Senate adjourned in Memory of former Delegate Willard R. Finney at 7:57 p.m. to convene Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 12 m.