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2011 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor William T. Bolling
Prayer offered by Rabbi Jeffrey S. Saxe, Temple Rodef Shalom, Falls Church, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Miller, Y.B. dispensed with reading of Journal (40‑Y 0‑N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10131): reading waived (40‑Y 0‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 1432, 1458, 1514, 1541, 1612, 1723, 1743, 1758, 1825, 1828, 1829, 1886, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1971, 1985, 1998, 2058, 2077, 2123, 2126, 2128, 2230, 2244, 2271, 2315, 2366, 2368, 2370, 2389, 2424, 2461, 2471, 2502
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolutions: HJ 577, 578, 642, 733
House bills and joint resolutions referred: see February 2 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Commerce and Labor: SB 823S, 862S, 916S, 975S, 1062S rereferred to Finance, 1123A, 1124S, 1165, 1294, 1388A, 1390, 1472A
From Finance: SB 745, 772, 774, 805, 848, 904, 1066, 1068, 1137, 1185, 1222, 1233S, 1257A, 1383S, 1408A, 1450A, 1446S
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 785 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 847 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 886 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 974 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1036 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1076 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1085 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1138 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1196 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1206 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1213 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1221 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1231 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 783 - out of block, Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 911 - Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
SB 912 - Passed by for day
SB 757 - Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N), Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N)
SB 938 - Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N)
SB 981 - Passed by for day
SB 997 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB1121 - Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
SB1246 - Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
SB1276 - Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 766 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 771 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 832 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 903 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 924 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 925 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 940 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 946 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 986 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1014 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1024 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1029 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1039 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1074 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1094 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1096 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1110 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1117 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1126 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Stosch floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1149 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1162 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1163 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1184 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1212 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1245 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1275 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1279 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1334 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1357 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1361 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1396 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1399 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1410 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1414 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1425 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 792 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 856 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 893 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 923 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 988 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1020 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1028 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1054 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1083 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1227 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1234 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1258 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1269 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1287 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1308 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1331 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1336 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1379 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1416 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1457 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1462 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1038 - out of block, Passed by for day
SB1191 - out of block, Passed by for day
SB1226 - out of block, Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 747 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 817 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 967 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1150 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1321 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1463 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 776 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote), Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1001 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1109 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1122 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 750 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 841 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 843 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 868 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 902 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 910 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 931 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 990 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 995 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1017 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1059 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1141 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1166 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1167 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1168 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1170 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1182 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1197 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1198 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1199 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1262 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1268 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1318 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1323 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1426 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1436 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1437 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1469 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 754 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 827 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 831 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1055 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1145 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1172 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1195 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1327 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1402 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING
SJ 324 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SJ 327 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SJ 325 - out of block, Read third time and agreed to by Senate in part (40-Y 0-N), Lines 317-319 agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A), Lines 431-433 agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
SJ 326 - out of block, Read third time and agreed to by Senate in part (40-Y 0-N), Lines 146-148 agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING
SJ 300 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
SJ 321 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING
SJ 291 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 292 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 294 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 297 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 308 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 315 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 322 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 328 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 329 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 330 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 331 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 334 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 335 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 341 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 348 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 350 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 355 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 397 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 385 - out of block, Passed by for day
SJ 358 - out of block, Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING
SJ 284 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SJ 363 - Passed by for day
SJ 354 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE RESOLUTION ON SECOND READING
SR 22 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1485 - offered by Senator Newman (request of Governor)
SJ 415 - offered by Senator Ticer
SJ 416 - offered by Senator Miller, J.C.
SJ 417 - offered by Senator Miller, J.C.
SJ 418 - offered by Senator Miller, J.C.
SJ 419 - offered by Senator Martin (unanimous consent to introduce by voice vote)
Bill and joint resolution presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 567: see February 2 Senate Calendar
On motion of Senator Colgan, the Senate adjourned in Memory of former Delegate Lewis W. Parker Jr. at 1:21 p.m. to convene Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 12 m.