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2017 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Ralph S. Northam
Prayer offered by The Reverend Dr. John F. Sloop, Spring Hill Presbyterian Church, Staunton, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Peake dispensed with reading of Journal (37‑Y 2‑N)
BILLS REPORTED
From Finance: SB 804, 843, 912, 977, 1025
From Local Government: SB 786, 901, 919, 926, 936A, 964S, 1001, 1073A, 1083, 1084, 1134, 1135, 1225
From Privileges and Elections: SB 864, 960, 961, 1104A, 1236, 1254A, 1302S, 1303, 1304
BILLS REREFERRED
From Privileges and Elections: SB 1251 rereferred to Transportation, 1270 rereferred to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, 1272 rereferred to Transportation
Bills presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 555: see January 19 Senate Calendar
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: House agreed to HJ 782 (Election of A Judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, Members of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, A Member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission, and The Auditor of Public Accounts)
Committee Nominations Report agreed to (40‑Y 0‑N)
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Stuart, Chair; Hanger, Ruff, Obenshain, Petersen, Marsden, Stanley, Black, Ebbin, Lewis, Chafin, Dance, Suetterlein, Mason, and McClellan
COMMERCE AND LABOR
Wagner, Chair; Saslaw, Norment, Newman, Obenshain, Stuart, Stanley, Cosgrove, Chafin, Dance, Lucas, McDougle, Black, Sturtevant, and Spruill
COURTS OF JUSTICE
Obenshain, Chair; Saslaw, Norment, Howell, Lucas, Edwards, McDougle, Stuart, Stanley, Reeves, Chafin, Deeds, Sturtevant, Petersen, and Peake
EDUCATION AND HEALTH
Newman, Chair; Saslaw, Lucas, Howell, Locke, Barker, Black, Carrico, Petersen, Cosgrove, Lewis, Dunnavant, Chase, Suetterlein, and Peake
FINANCE
Norment, Co-Chair, Hanger, Co-Chair; Howell, Saslaw, Lucas, Newman, Ruff, Wagner, McDougle, Vogel, Carrico, Obenshain, Barker, Dunnavant, Stuart, and Dance
GENERAL LAWS AND TECHNOLOGY
Ruff, Chair; Locke, Barker, Vogel, Black, Ebbin, Reeves, Wexton, Surovell, DeSteph, McPike, Suetterlein, Dunnavant, Sturtevant, and Mason
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Stanley, Chair; Hanger, Marsden, Favola, Lewis, Surovell, DeSteph, Dunnavant, Chase, Sturtevant, McPike, Carrico, and McClellan
PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS
Vogel, Chair; Howell, Deeds, Edwards, Reeves, Ebbin, Chafin, DeSteph, Chase, Ruff, Cosgrove, Dance, Spruill, and Peake
REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Reeves, Chair; Hanger, Wagner, Locke, McDougle, Black, Favola, Wexton, Chafin, Cosgrove, Surovell, DeSteph, McPike, Spruill, and Mason
TRANSPORTATION
Carrico, Chair; Newman, Deeds, Marsden, Favola, Cosgrove, Edwards, Wexton, DeSteph, Chase, Suetterlein, McClellan, and Peake
RULES
McDougle, Chair; Norment, Hanger, Newman, Ruff, Wagner, Obenshain, Vogel, Stuart, Stanley, Carrico, Reeves, Saslaw, Locke, and Howell
HJ 782 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (39‑Y 0‑N), readings waived, agreed to (40‑Y 0‑N), House informed
Joint order pursuant to HJ 782
SR 109, 110, 111, 112, and 113 offered by Senator Obenshain
SR 109 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 110 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 111 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 112 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 113 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 114 offered by Senator Wagner
SR 114 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
SR 115 offered by Senator Vogel
SR 115 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), engrossed, agreed to (voice vote)
House informed that nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 782
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: Nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 782 (Election of A Judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, Members of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, A Member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission, and The Auditor of Public Accounts)
ELECTION OF A JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIAL INQUIRY AND REVIEW COMMISSION, A MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION, AND THE AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
A Judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia (39‑Y 0‑N)
Rossie D. Alston, Jr.
Circuit Court Judges (39‑Y 0‑N)
Second Judicial Circuit: Leslie L. Lilley
Second Judicial Circuit: William R. O’Brien
Second Judicial Circuit: H. Thomas Padrick, Jr.
Fourth Judicial Circuit: John R. Doyle III
Fourth Judicial Circuit: Mary Jane Hall
Fourth Judicial Circuit: Jerrauld C. Jones
Eighth Judicial Circuit: Bonnie L. Jones
Twelfth Judicial Circuit: Timothy J. Hauler
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit: Charles S. Sharp
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit: William T. Newman, Jr.
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Jan L. Brodie
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Richard E. Gardiner
Twentieth Judicial Circuit: Jeffrey W. Parker
Twenty-second Judicial Circuit: Joseph W. Milam, Jr.
Twenty-third Judicial Circuit: James R. Swanson
Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit: William C. Goodwin
Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit: C. Randall Lowe
Thirty-first Judicial Circuit: Craig D. Johnston
General District Court Judges (39‑Y 0‑N)
Fifth Judicial District: Alfred W. Bates III
Sixth Judicial District: Stephen D. Bloom
Seventh Judicial District: Matthew W. Hoffman
Eleventh Judicial District: Mayo K. Gravatt
Twelfth Judicial District: James J. O’Connell III
Thirteenth Judicial District: Claire G. Cardwell
Fourteenth Judicial District: Thomas O. Bondurant, Jr.
Nineteenth Judicial District: Michael J. Cassidy
Nineteenth Judicial District: Susan J. Stoney
Twentieth Judicial District: J. Gregory Ashwell
Twenty-third Judicial District: Scott R. Geddes
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: Rupen R. Shah
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges (40‑Y 0‑N)
First Judicial District: Rufus A. Banks, Jr.
First Judicial District: Larry D. Willis, Sr.
Fourth Judicial District: M. Randolph Carlson II
Seventh Judicial District: Thomas W. Carpenter
Twelfth Judicial District: M. Duncan Minton, Jr.
Fourteenth Judicial District: Denis F. Soden
Fifteenth Judicial District: Shannon O. Hoehl
Fifteenth Judicial District: Julian W. Johnson
Eighteenth Judicial District: Constance H. Frogale
Twentieth Judicial District: Pamela L. Brooks
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: Paul A. Tucker
Members of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (40‑Y 0‑N)
H. Gayland Lyles
Robert H. Simpson
A Member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (40‑Y 0‑N)
Robert Alan Rapaport
The Auditor of Public Accounts (40‑Y 0‑N)
Martha Sedwick Mavredes
Reading of report waived (39‑Y 1‑N)
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 852 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 856 - 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 941 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 968 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 1122 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 1164 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 909 - Out of block, Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
SB 911 - Out of block, Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 6-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 981 - Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Stanley floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote), Rules suspended, third constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 899 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
SB 906 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
SB 948 - Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
SB 1196 - Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 6-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (33-Y 7-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 796 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 817 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 867 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 874 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 903 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 913 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 935 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1068 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 898 - Passed by for day
SB 870 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 879 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1055 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 873 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 891 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 896 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 905 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 988 - 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 994 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1003 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1037 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1042 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1113 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1237 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILL ON FIRST READING
SB 1126 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 317 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), Agreed to by Senate
On motion of Senator Newman, the Senate adjourned at 1:56 p.m. to convene Wednesday, January 19, 2017 at 12 m.