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2011 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor William T. Bolling
Prayer offered by The Reverend Andre P. Jefferson, Sr., Bethel AME Church, Hampton, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Smith dispensed with reading of Journal (39‑Y 0‑N)
BILLS REPORTED
From Commerce and Labor: SB 786, 787, 788, 791, 930S, 1009, 1010, 1015, 1113, 1127A, 1131, 1134, 1356, 1367
From Finance: SB 742A, 743, 784A, 790, 844, 863, 984, 1032, 1073, 1129, 1130A
BILLS REREFERRED
From Commerce and Labor: SB 779 rereferred to Finance, 1166 rereferred to Courts of Justice
From Finance: SB 902 rereferred to Courts of Justice, 1267 rereferred to Courts of Justice
Leave of absence granted: Senator Miller, Y.B.
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJR 704 (Election of Judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges)
Bills presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 567: see January 19 Senate Calendar
HJR 704 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), readings waived, agreed to (39‑Y 0‑N), House informed
SR 23, 24, 25 and 26 offered by Senator Marsh
SR 23 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 24 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 25 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 26 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
House informed that nominations have been made pursuant to HJR 704
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: Nominations have been made pursuant to HJR 704
ELECTION OF JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGES AND JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT JUDGES
Judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia (38‑Y 0‑N), reconsidered (39-Y 0-N), agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
D. Arthur Kelsey
Elizabeth A. McClanahan
Circuit Court Judges (39‑Y 0‑N)
First Judicial Circuit: V. Thomas Forehand, Jr.
Fourth Judicial Circuit: Everett A. Martin, Jr.
Fifth Judicial Circuit: Carl Edward Eason, Jr.
Sixth Judicial Circuit: Samuel E. Campbell
Seventh Judicial Circuit: David F. Pugh
Seventh Judicial Circuit: C. Peter Tench
Eighth Judicial Circuit: Christopher W. Hutton
Eighth Judicial Circuit: Wilford Taylor, Jr.
Twelfth Judicial Circuit: Herbert Cogbill Gill, Jr.
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit: Bradley B. Cavedo
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit: Richard D. Taylor, Jr.
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit: Timothy K. Sanner
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Randy I. Bellows
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Dennis J. Smith
Twentieth Judicial Circuit: James H. Chamblin
Twenty-first Judicial Circuit: Martin F. Clark, Jr.
Twenty-third Judicial Circuit: Robert P. Doherty, Jr.
Twenty-third Judicial Circuit: Clifford R. Weckstein
Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit: Brett L. Geisler
Thirtieth Judicial Circuit: John C. Kilgore
General District Court Judges (39‑Y 0‑N)
Second Judicial District: Calvin R. Depew, Jr.
Thirteenth Judicial District: Phillip L. Hairston
Fourteenth Judicial District: John Marshall
Fourteenth Judicial District: James Stephen Yoffy
Fifteenth Judicial District: Frank L. Benser
Fifteenth Judicial District: Peter L. Trible
Fifteenth Judicial District: Gordon A. Wilkins
Sixteenth Judicial District: Roger L. Morton
Nineteenth Judicial District: Michael J. Cassidy
Twenty-first Judicial District: Edwin A. Gendron, Jr.
Twenty-third Judicial District: M. Frederick King
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: William D. Heatwole
Twenty-ninth Judicial District: Jack S. Hurley, Jr.
Thirty-first Judicial District: Charles F. Sievers
Thirty-first Judicial District: Peter W. Steketee
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges (39‑Y 0‑N)
First Judicial District: Rufus A. Banks, Jr.
First Judicial District: Larry D. Willis, Sr.
Second Judicial District: Gerrit W. Benson
Fourth Judicial District: M. Randolph Carlson II
Seventh Judicial District: Thomas W. Carpenter
Twelfth Judicial District: Bonnie C. Davis
Fifteenth Judicial District: Gerald F. Daltan
Fifteenth Judicial District: Julian W. Johnson
Fifteenth Judicial District: David F. Peterson
Sixteenth Judicial District: Susan L. Whitlock
Seventeenth Judicial District: Esther L. Wiggins
Eighteenth Judicial District: Constance H. Frogale
Twentieth Judicial District: Pamela L. Brooks
Twenty-fourth Judicial District: Kenneth W. Farrar
Twenty-fourth Judicial District: Michael T. Garrett
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: Paul A. Tucker
Twenty-sixth Judicial District: William H. Logan, Jr.
Twenty-seventh Judicial District: Marcus H. Long, Jr.
Twenty-ninth Judicial District: Henry A. Barringer
Thirty-first Judicial District: William Alan Becker
Thirty-first Judicial District: Paul F. Gluchowski
Reading of report waived (35‑Y 2‑N)
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 894 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 895 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 896 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 897 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 915 - out of block, passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 756 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 770 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 961 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 963 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 964 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 982 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 991 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1064 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILL ON FIRST READING
SB 851 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (37-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
Committee Nominations Report agreed to (38-Y 0-N)
COURTS OF JUSTICE
Marsh, Chair; Saslaw; Quayle; Norment; Howell; Lucas; Edwards; Reynolds; Puller; Obenshain; McDougle; Deeds; McEachin; Petersen; and Stuart
GENERAL LAWS AND TECHNOLOGY
Locke, Chair; Colgan; Houck; Wampler; Stosch; Martin; Ruff; Wagner; Herring; Petersen; Barker; Vogel; Miller, J.C.; Marsden; and Stanley
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Lucas, Chair; Marsh; Quayle; Martin; Hanger; Ticer; Reynolds; Puller; Ruff; Obenshain; Herring; Locke; Smith; Marsden; and Stanley
REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Puller, Chair; Miller, Y.B.; Hanger; Ticer; Wagner; Locke; McDougle; Herring; Barker; Northam; Vogel; Stuart; Miller, J.C.; McWaters; and Stanley
On motion of Senator Colgan, the Senate adjourned at 1:16 p.m. to convene Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 12 m.