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2015 SESSION
Called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Lt. Governor Ralph S. Northam
Prayer offered by The Reverend Dr. John William Turner, St. James Presbyterian Church, King William, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Locke dispensed with reading of Journal (34-Y 4-N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE: (HN10129): reading waived (34‑Y 3‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 1307, 1340, 1345, 1459, 1483, 1484, 1567, 1616, 1626, 1661, 1701, 1704, 1711, 1716, 1724, 1741, 2047
House bills referred: see February 2 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources: SB 693S, 771S rereferred to Finance, 811S, 955S, 1071, 1107A, 1154S, 1201S, 1203, 1284, 1292A rereferred to Finance, 1317S, 1366S, 1376, 1381, 1413S, 1439A
From Rehabilitation and Social Services: SB 1032S rereferred to Finance, 1034A, 1049A rereferred to Finance, 1054 rereferred to Finance, 1055S rereferred to Finance, 1111, 1117, 1123, 1168S rereferred to Finance, 1230S rereferred to Finance, 1273, 1300 rereferred to Finance, 1412S, 1421 rereferred to Finance, 1423S
BILL REREFERRED
From Rehabilitation and Social Services: SB 831 rereferred to Courts of Justice
SB 1462 - offered by Senator Wagner (unanimous consent to introduce)
SJ 318 - offered by Senator Wagner
Bill presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 523: see February 2 Senate Calendar
Leaves of absence granted: Senators Deeds and Vogel
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 675 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 676 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 690 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 692 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 763 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 805 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 808 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 813 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 875 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 903 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 904 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 929 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 930 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 931 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 962 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 991 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 999 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1007 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1008 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1022 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1040 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1042 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1043 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1070 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1074 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1106 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1127 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1133 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1135 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1153 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1163 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1174 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1177 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1219 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1229 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1238 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1334 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1359 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1368 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1431 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1099 - Out of block, Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 1-N 1-A)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 724 - Black floor amendment withdrawn, Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
SB 891 - Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 13-N)
SB 1132 - Passed by for day
SB 1137 - Passed by for day
SB 707 - Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 2-N)
SB 785 - Passed by for day
SB 790 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 849 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 854 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1017 - Passed by for day
SB 1059 - Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 15-N)
SB 1211 - Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 1282 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Edwards floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 691 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 738 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 747 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 801 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 816 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 840 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 842 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 843 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 866 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 868 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 894 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 977 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 978 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1014 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1037 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1062 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1136 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1173 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1205 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1257 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1276 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1335 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1336 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1355 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1364 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1399 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1448 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 719 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 796 - Stricken from Senate calendar (37-Y 0-N)
SB 797 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1061 - Passed by for day
SB 1076 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1089 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1092 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1103 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1248 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1351 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 750 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 753 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 776 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 778 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 787 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 817 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 851 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 895 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 900 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 901 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 923 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 944 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 951 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 963 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 966 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 982 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 989 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1036 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1058 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1116 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1120 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1148 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1184 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1208 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1220 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1227 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1236 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1259 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1303 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1304 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1320 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1358 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1403 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1404 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1411 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1430 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 727 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 793 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 803 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 836 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 847 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 916 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 956 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1021 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1122 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1280 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1297 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1383 - Rules suspended, Constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING
SJ 226 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 228 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 235 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 236 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 237 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 242 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 243 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 245 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 268 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 271 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 272 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 274 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 280 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 299 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING
SJ 216 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SJ 233 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SJ 238 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SJ 252 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SJ 256 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SJ 269 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SJ 278 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SJ 288 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
On motion of Senator Stosch, the Senate adjourned at 11:48 a.m. to convene Monday, February 2, 2015 at 12 m.