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2016 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Ralph S. Northam
Prayer offered by James Ronald Smith, Poet Laureate of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Petersen dispensed with reading of Journal (36-Y 3-N 1-A)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10210): reading waived (37‑Y 3‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 9, 111, 268, 301, 304, 587, 647, 684, 784, 815, 832, 879, 919, 945, 1030, 1101, 1146, 1163, 1182, 1188, 1209, 1223, 1232, 1237, 1300, 1322, 1371, 1386, 1387, 1391
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolution: HJ 97
House bills and joint resolution referred: see February 12 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Courts of Justice: SB 9S, 178S, 478S, 510S, 543, 567S, 568S, 577S, 587S, 590, 760S
From Education and Health: SB 224, 313, 458S, 553A, 576S, 734S, 740A, 776, 780
From Transportation: SB 113, 277, 476S rereferred to Finance, 710A, 719
SJ 153 - offered by Senator DeSteph
Joint resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 37: see February 12 Senate Calendar
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL ON THIRD READING
HB 31 - Read third time, Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 566 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 572 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 728 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 197 - Passed by for day
SB 588 - Passed by for day
SB 488 - Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
SB 120 - Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-N)
SB 125 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 391 - Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
SB 393 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 534 - Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
SB 687 - Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
SB 707 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 729 - Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
SB 746 - Previous question ordered (23-Y 15-N 1-A), Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 88 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 104 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 105 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 205 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 456 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 865 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1145 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 4 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 254 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 64 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 85 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 136 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 282 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 493 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 508 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 562 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 564 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 580 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 688 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 727 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 329 - Out of block, Passed by for day
SB 60 - Out of block, Passed by for day
SB 449 - Out of block, Passed by for day
SB 115 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Out of block, Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
SB 459 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Out of block, Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
SB 602 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Out of block, Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 560 - Passed by for day
SB 41 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 202 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 362 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 440 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 552 - Passed by for day
SB 645 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 717 - Read second time, Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources substitute rejected (voice vote), Finance substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 736 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 737 - Passed by for day
SB 742 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 58 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 291 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 354 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 364 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 369 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 422 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 433 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 436 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 468 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 535 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 601 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 711 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 743 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 775 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 19 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 44 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 93 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 190 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 216 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 339 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 457 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 542 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 677 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION ON THIRD READING
HJ 210 - Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING
SJ 6 - Passed by for day
SJ 93 - Passed by for day
SJ 127 - Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION ON SECOND READING
HJ 123 - Read second time
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION ON SECOND READING
HJ 2 - Read second time
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING
SJ 83 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 95 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 96 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
HJ 219 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 221 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 223 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 225 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 226 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 230 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 233 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 234 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
HJ 236 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 143 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 144 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 149 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 39 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 40 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS
HJ 42 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 105 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 174 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 191 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 212 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 220 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 222 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 224 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 227 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 228 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 231 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 232 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 235 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 237 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 238 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 239 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 240 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 242 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 243 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 142 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 145 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 146 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 147 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 148 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 150 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 151 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 152 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 38 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 41 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 44 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 213 - Out of block, Passed by for day
HJ 241 - Out of block, Passed by for day
On motion of Senator Newman, the Senate adjourned at 1:51 p.m. to convene Friday, February 12, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.