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2011 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor William T. Bolling
Prayer offered by The Reverend Kelvin F. Jones, First Baptist Church - Capeville, Cape Charles, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Lucas dispensed with reading of Journal (39‑Y 0‑N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10128): reading waived (39‑Y 0‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 1456, 1505, 1559, 1595, 1609, 1659, 1666, 1729, 1790, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1833, 1860, 1917, 1968, 1975, 2017, 2020, 2034, 2041, 2052, 2177, 2193, 2216, 2218, 2220, 2229, 2279, 2292, 2328
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolutions: HJ 624, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 734, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following Senate joint resolutions: SJ 318, 319, 332, 333, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 342, 343, 347, 351, 352, 356, 362, 366, 367, 368, 370, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 382, 383
House bills and joint resolutions referred/joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk: see February 1 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
From Courts of Justice: SB 750, 754A, 827S, 831S, 841A, 902, 910S, 931A, 1059, 1141S, 1145A, 1166, 1167S, 1168A, 1170S, 1172A, 1182, 1195S, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1262A, 1268, 1318S, 1323A, 1327S, 1369S rereferred to Finance, 1402, 1426S, 1436S, 1437S, 1469S
Rules suspended, privileges of the floor given to distinguished guests (39‑Y 0‑N)
Leave of absence granted: Senator Miller, Y.B.
CALENDAR
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 911 - passed by for day
SB 912 - passed by for day
SB 998 - Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 9-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N)
SB1027 - Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N)
SB1175 - Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 1-N)
SB1264 - Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 2-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
SB1326 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 783 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 785 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 847 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 886 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 974 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1036 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1076 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1085 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1138 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Quayle floor amendments rejected (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1196 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1206 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1213 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1221 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1231 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1038 - out of block, Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 757 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 938 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 981 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 997 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1121 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1246 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1276 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 766 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 771 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 832 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 903 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 924 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 925 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 940 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 946 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 986 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1014 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1024 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1029 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1039 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1074 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1094 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1096 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1110 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1117 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1126 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1149 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1162 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1163 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1184 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1212 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1245 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1275 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1279 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1334 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1357 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1361 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1396 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1399 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1410 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1414 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1425 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 792 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 856 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 893 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 923 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 988 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1020 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1028 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1054 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1083 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1191 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1226 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1227 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1234 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1258 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1269 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1287 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1308 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1331 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1336 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1379 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1416 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1457 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1462 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 747 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 817 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 967 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1150 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1321 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1463 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 776 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1001 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1109 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1122 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING
SJ 324 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 325 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 326 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 327 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 385 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), out of block, Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING
SJ 284 - Passed by for day
SJ 300 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SJ 321 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SJ 363 - Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING
SJ 291 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 292 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 294 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 297 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 308 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 315 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 322 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 328 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 329 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 330 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 331 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 334 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 335 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 341 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 348 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 350 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 355 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 358 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 397 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING
SJ 354 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING
SR 22 - Read first time
SJ 412 - offered by Senator Obenshain
SJ 413 - offered by Senator Obenshain
SJ 414 - offered by Senator Obenshain
Joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 567: see February 1 Senate Calendar
On motion of Senator Colgan, the Senate adjourned at 1:01 p.m. to convene Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 12 m. Pursuant to Rule 21(d)ii, the Clerk was ordered to receive committee reports.
BILL REPORTED
From Education and Health: SB 1451S rereferred to Finance