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2017 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Ralph S. Northam
Prayer offered by The Reverend Rameen M. Jackson, First Baptist Church Logan Park, Norfolk, Virginia
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Lewis dispensed with reading of Journal (40‑Y 0‑N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10210): reading waived (40‑Y 0‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed with amendments the following Senate bills: SB 856, 953, 1127, 1193
The House of Delegates has passed with substitutes the following Senate bills: SB 899, 907, 1001
The House of Delegates has rejected the amendment proposed by the Senate to the following House bill: HB 1874
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolutions: HJ 857, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 910
The House of Delegates has passed the following Senate bills: SB 839, 909, 910, 911, 948, 976, 988, 994, 999, 1003, 1026, 1040, 1042, 1144, 1175, 1182, 1237, 1270, 1289, 1448, 1463, 1469, 1483, 1583
The House of Delegates has agreed to the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1647, 1931, 2308
The House of Delegates has agreed to the substitute proposed by the Senate to the following House bill: HB 1404
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following Senate joint resolutions: SJ 315, 323, 338, 343, 344, 345, 346, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 369
Senate bills with House amendments and substitutes placed on Calendar
House joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk: see February 14 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Courts of Justice: HB 1411, 1485S rereferred to Finance, 1487 rereferred to Finance, 1525, 1616S rereferred to Finance, 1622, 1815S rereferred to Finance, 1851S, 1855S, 1856S rereferred to Finance, 2035, 2051S, 2064A, 2127, 2184, 2231, 2238 rereferred to Finance, 2240A, 2288 rereferred to Finance, 2338A, 2386A, 2410S rereferred to Finance, 2424, 2462, 2467A, 2473 rereferred to Finance
BILL REREFERRED
From Courts of Justice: HB 2000 rereferred to Local Government
SJ 397, 398 and 399 - offered by Senator Mason
SJ 400, 401, 402, 403 and 404 - offered by Senator Petersen
SJ 405 - offered by Senator Edwards
SJ 406 - offered by Senator Norment
SR 145 - offered by Senator Mason
Joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 555: see February 14 Senate Calendar
CALENDAR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - HOUSE
HB1477 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (39-Y 0-N)
HB1520 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (39-Y 0-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB1405 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1426 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1453 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1466 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1474 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1483 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1484 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1494 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1497 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1504 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1512 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1541 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1548 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1551 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1552 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1559 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1567 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1569 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1592 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1610 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1615 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1625 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1642 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1675 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1688 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1705 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1728 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1732 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1741 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1747 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1748 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1750 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1751 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1761 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1763 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1767 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1770 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1777 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1785 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1798 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1799 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1840 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1846 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1878 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1885 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1888 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1911 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2014 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2019 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2032 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2040 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2046 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2072 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2075 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2084 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2140 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2141 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2153 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2163 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2164 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2165 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2167 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2172 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2183 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2214 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2241 - Read third time, Carrico floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2276 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2277 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2282 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2287 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2290 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2301 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2325 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2328 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2329 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2355 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2369 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2432 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB2457 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB1604 - Out of block, Passed by for day
HB2024 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Out of block, Passed by for day
HB2324 - Out of block, Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB1440 - Read third time, Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N)
HB1468 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
HB1534 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
HB1536 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (33-Y 7-N)
HB1578 - Read third time, Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
HB1699 - Read third time, Passed Senate (33-Y 7-N)
HB1721 - Passed by for day
HB1746 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
HB1791 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N), Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
HB1852 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N)
HB1903 - Read third time, Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
HB1924 - Read third time, Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
HB1951 - Read third time, Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
HB2201 - Read third time, Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N), Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N)
HB2257 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
HB2264 - Passed by for day
HB2317 - Read third time, Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
HB2431 - Read third time, Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N), Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB1451 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1472 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1651 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1694 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1716 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1736 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1744 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1780 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1784 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1786 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1795 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1801 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1854 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1922 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1932 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1942 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1945 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2029 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2078 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2161 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2162 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2215 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2216 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2279 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2433 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB1568 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1718 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1727 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1743 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1842 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1926 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1987 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2002 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2156 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2185 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB2418 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING
HJ 548 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 573 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 610 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 612 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 617 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 640 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 649 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 656 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 744 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 745 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 750 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 762 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 765 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 766 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 767 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 780 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 783 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 784 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 793 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HJ 823 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 393 - Rules suspended, taken up for immediate consideration (39-Y 0-N), Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
On motion of Senator Newman, the Senate adjourned at 1:32 p.m. to convene Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 12 m.