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2011 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor William T. Bolling
Prayer offered by The Reverend Tommy Fleming, Emmaus Baptist Church, Goochland, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Marsh dispensed with reading of Journal (40‑Y 0‑N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN20202): reading waived (40‑Y 0‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 1492, 1501, 1613, 1702, 1746, 1769, 1770, 1773, 1774, 1819, 1842, 1858, 1862, 1907, 1948, 1974, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2040, 2042, 2072, 2078, 2099, 2100, 2105, 2130, 2139, 2142, 2149, 2168, 2184, 2225, 2329, 2358, 2429, 2435, 2467, 2510
House bills referred: see February 4 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Courts of Justice: SB 762, 769S, 820, 956A, 1042, 1047, 1063S, 1103S, 1180S, 1259A, 1260A, 1395A
From Education and Health: SB 810A, 906S, 1031, 1116A, 1146S, 1214S, 1434, 1439S, 1448A, 1464 rereferred to Finance, 1470A
From General Laws and Technology: SB 763, 951, 1016 rereferred to Finance, 1220S, 1255S, 1265S, 1296, 1337A, 1341A, 1375S, 1382A, 1424S, 1429S, 1453S, 1455, 1471S, 1476, 1477S, 1483A, 1485S rereferred to Finance
Rules suspended, privileges of the floor given to distinguished guest (38‑Y 0‑N)
Rules suspended, privileges of the floor given to distinguished guests (39‑Y 0‑N)
SR 27 - offered by Senator McDougle
SJ 428 - offered by Senator Watkins
SJ 429 - offered by Senator Howell
SJ 430 - offered by Senator Howell
SJ 431 - offered by Senator Howell
SJ 432 - offered by Senator Howell
SJ 433 - offered by Senator Howell
SJ 434 - offered by Senator Stanley
Joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 567: see February 4 Senate Calendar
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB1038 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1191 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 750 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 841 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 843 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 868 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 902 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 910 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 931 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 990 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 995 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1017 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1059 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1141 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1166 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1167 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1168 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1170 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1182 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1197 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1198 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1199 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1262 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1318 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1323 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1436 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1437 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB1469 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 912 - Passed by for day
SB1463 - Read third time and defeated by Senate (14-Y 26-N)
SB1001 - Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
SB 754 - Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
SB 827 - Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
SB 831 - Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
SB1145 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
SB1172 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB1195 - Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 2-N 2-A)
SB1327 - Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
SB1402 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB1226 - Read second time, Committee substitute rejected (voice vote), Petersen floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1268 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1426 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 745 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 772 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 823 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 904 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 916 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 975 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1123 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1124 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1137 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1165 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1185 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1222 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1294 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1383 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1388 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1390 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1450 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB1472 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 781 - Read second time, Finance Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1055 - Passed by for day
SB 774 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 805 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 848 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 862 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1066 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1068 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1233 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1257 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1408 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB1446 - Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 801 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 821 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 932 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 972 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 979 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1004 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1062 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1092 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1132 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1153 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1155 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1193 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1211 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1216 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1232 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1300 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1335 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1340 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1348 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1349 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1350 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1359 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1363 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1369 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1371 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1400 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1407 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1428 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1431 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1447 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1451 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1452 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1458 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1459 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1473 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1478 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1484 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 768 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 780 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 973 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 978 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1030 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1051 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1086 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1108 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1136 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1188 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1237 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1282 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1347 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1352 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1354 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1386 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1466 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB1481 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING
SJ 385 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
SJ 358 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON THIRD READING
SJ 363 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate (31-Y 9-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Agreed to by Senate (28-Y 10-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING
SJ 344 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING
SJ 357 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 371 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 401 - Rules suspended, Reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
HJ 720 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 721 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 722 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 723 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 724 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 727 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 728 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 738 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 739 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 740 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 741 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 744 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 745 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 746 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 747 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 381 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 406 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 407 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 412 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 413 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 285 - out of block, Agreed to by Senate
SJ 404 - out of block, Agreed to by Senate
COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS
HJ 725 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 726 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 729 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 730 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 731 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 736 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 737 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 742 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 743 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 748 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 749 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 750 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 751 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 752 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 753 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 754 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 755 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 756 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 757 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 785 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 403 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 405 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 408 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 409 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 410 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 411 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 414 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 415 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 416 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 417 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 418 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 435 - offered by Senator Petersen
Joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 567: see February 4 Senate Calendar
On motion of Senator Colgan, the Senate adjourned in Memory of Owen B. Pickett at 1:49 p.m. to convene Friday, February 4, 2011 at 12 m. Pursuant to Rule 21(d)ii, the Clerk was ordered to receive committee reports.
BILL REREFERRED
From General Laws and Technology: HB 2037 rereferred to Education and Health