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2022 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears
Prayer offered by The Reverend Lee Gandiya, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, King George, Virginia
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America led by Senate Page Cate Slaughter of Charlottesville
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion to suspend the Rules to allow Senators who have been impacted by COVID-19 to vote remotely and electronically agreed to (39‑Y 0‑N)
Motion of Senator Obenshain dispensed with reading of Journal (37‑Y 3‑N)
BILLS REPORTED
From Judiciary: SB 63S, 282 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 327A, 328A, 389, 392, 396S, 404A, 423, 424, 470, 497A, 498A, 514S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
From Local Government: SB 52, 206, 255S, 526A
BILLS REREFERRED,
From Judiciary: SB 199 rereferred to General Laws and Technology
From Local Government: SB 339 rereferred to Transportation
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: The House of Delegates has agreed to HJR 152 and requests concurrence of the Senate
SB 773 - offered by Senator Cosgrove (unanimous consent to introduce by voice vote)
Bill presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 21: see January 25 Senate Calendar
HJ 152 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), Agreed to by Senate (40‑Y 0‑N), House informed
SR 8, 9, 10, 11 - offered by Senator Edwards
SR 12 - offered by Senator Saslaw
Joint order pursuant to HJ 152
SR 8 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 9 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 10 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 11 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 12 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (40‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
House informed that nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 152
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: Nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 152 (Election of Judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and A Member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission)
ELECTION OF JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, AND A MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
Judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia (40-Y 0-N)
Randolph A. Beales
Marla Graff Decker
Circuit Court Judges (40-Y 0-N)
Second Judicial Circuit: Steven C. Frucci
Second Judicial Circuit: James C. Lewis
Second Judicial Circuit: Tanya Bullock
Fourth Judicial Circuit: David W. Lannetti
Fifth Judicial Circuit: L. Wayne Farmer
Fifth Judicial Circuit: Robert H. Sandwich, Jr.
Seventh Judicial Circuit: Bryant L. Sugg
Ninth Judicial Circuit: B. Elliott Bondurant
Ninth Judicial Circuit: Jeffrey W. Shaw
Tenth Judicial Circuit: Donald C. Blessing
Eleventh Judicial Circuit: Joseph M. Teefey, Jr.
Twelfth Judicial Circuit: David E. Johnson
Twelfth Judicial Circuit: Edward A. Robbins, Jr.
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit: Clarence N. Jenkins, Jr.
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit: W. Reilly Marchant
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit: Lee A. Harris, Jr.
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit: Herbert M. Hewitt
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit: Victoria A. B. Willis
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Grace Burke Carroll
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Christie A. Leary
Twentieth Judicial Circuit: Stephen E. Sincavage
Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit: James W. Updike, Jr.
Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit: Clark A. Ritchie
Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit: Bradley W. Finch
Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit: Josiah T. Showalter, Jr.
Twenty-ninth Judicial Circuit: Richard C. Patterson
Twentieth Judicial Circuit: Jeanette A. Irby (nominated but not elected)
General District Court Judges (40-Y 0-N)
Judicial District 2-A: Patrick A. Robbins
Third Judicial District: Douglas B. Ottinger
Fourth Judicial District: Joseph C. Lindsey
Fifteenth Judicial District: David B. Caddell, Jr.
Fifteenth Judicial District: John S. Martin
Fifteenth Judicial District: Richard T. McGrath
Sixteenth Judicial District: Claiborne H. Stokes, Jr.
Nineteenth Judicial District: Vanessa R. Jordan
Twenty-third Judicial District: Thomas W. Roe, Jr.
Twenty-fourth Judicial District: Randy C. Krantz
Twenty-sixth Judicial District: Christopher E. Collins
Twenty-seventh Judicial District: Randal J. Duncan
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges (40-Y 0-N)
Fifth Judicial District: James E. Wiser
Tenth Judicial District: Marvin H. Dunkum, Jr.
Tenth Judicial District: Nora J. Miller
Twelfth Judicial District: D. Gregory Carr
Thirteenth Judicial District: Mary E. Langer
Fifteenth Judicial District: William L. Lewis
Seventeenth Judicial District: Robin Robb Kendrick
Nineteenth Judicial District: Todd G. Petit
Twenty-second Judicial District: Dale M. Wiley
Twenty-fourth Judicial District: Robert Louis Harrison, Jr.
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: Correy R. Smith
Twenty-sixth Judicial District: Elizabeth Kellas Burton
Twenty-ninth Judicial District: Laura F. Robinson
Thirty-first Judicial District: D. Scott Bailey
A Member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (40-Y 0-N)
Robert Ferrell Newman
Reading of report waived (40‑Y 0‑N)
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 25 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 115 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 131 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 142 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 212 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 222 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 357 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
SB 77 - Out of block, Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
SB 93 - Out of block, Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 8 - Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
SB 37 - Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N)
SB 39 - Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N)
SB 298 - Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
SB 318 - Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 15-N)
SB 472 - Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 55 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 64 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 78 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 100 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 106 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 149 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 150 - Read second time, Edwards floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 154 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 183 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 193 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 207 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 258 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 291 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 308 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 317 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 369 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 409 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 421 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 444 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 479 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 533 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 597 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 68 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 102 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 121 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (39-Y 0-N), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 143 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 225 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 263 - Read second time, Hashmi floor amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 300 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 439 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 494 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 607 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 22 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 34 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 247 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 259 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 325 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 342 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 435 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 478 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 527 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 547 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 246 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 362 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING
SJ 12 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SJ 13 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SJ 39 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SJ 40 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING
SJ 26 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 34 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 47 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 50 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING
SR 4 - Read first time
SR 5 - Read first time
On motion of Senator Lucas, the Senate adjourned at 3:19 p.m. to convene Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 12 m.