SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2023 SESSION
Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears
Prayer offered by The Reverend Sam Frye, First Simple Church, Williamsburg, Virginia
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America led by Senate Page Rylan Opett of Mattaponi
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Dunnavant dispensed with reading of Journal (35‑Y 3‑N)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10120): reading waived (33‑Y 5‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following House bill: HB 1595
House bill referred: see January 24 Senate Calendar
BILLS REPORTED
From Judiciary: SB 898, 909, 940 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 973S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1067, 1135S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1139S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1167, 1181 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1192 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1306, 1382S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1484 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 1492A
From Local Government: SB 822, 829, 874, 961, 1021, 1151, 1322, 1390S, 1455, 1467
BILL REREFERRED
From Local Government: SB 1078 rereferred to Rules
Leaves of absence granted: Senators Bell and Chase
SB 1544 and 1545 offered by Senator Rouse (unanimous consent to introduce by voice vote)
Bills presented, ordered printed and referred/joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 471: see January 24 Senate Calendar
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: The House of Delegates has agreed to HJR 558 and requests concurrence of the Senate
HJ 558 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), Agreed to by Senate (38‑Y 0‑N), House informed
SR 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, and 98 - offered by Senators Edwards and Deeds
Joint order pursuant to HJ 558
SR 93 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 94 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 95 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 96 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 97 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
SR 98 - Rules suspended, committee discharged, readings waived, taken up for immediate consideration (38‑Y 0‑N), Engrossed, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
House informed that nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 558
MESSAGE FROM HOUSE: Nominations have been made pursuant to HJ 558 (Election of a Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and Members of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission)
ELECTION OF A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA, JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT JUDGES, AND MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIAL INQUIRY AND REVIEW COMMISSION
A Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia (38‑Y 0‑N)
Cleo E. Powell
Judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia (38‑Y 0‑N)
Mary Grace O’Brien
Richard Y. AtLee, Jr.
Circuit Court Judges (38‑Y 0‑N)
Third Judicial Circuit: Johnny E. Morrison
Seventh Judicial Circuit: Gary A. Mills
Ninth Judicial Circuit: Richard H. Rizk
Eleventh Judicial Circuit: Dennis M. Martin
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit: John Marshall
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit: Gordon F. Willis
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit: Cheryl V. Higgins
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Penney S. Azcarate
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit: Stephen C. Shannon
Twentieth Judicial Circuit: Douglas L. Fleming, Jr.
Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit: Alexander R. Iden
Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit: H. Lee Harrell
Thirty-first Judicial Circuit: Tracy C. Hudson
Thirty-first Judicial Circuit: Kimberly A. Irving
General District Court Judges (37‑Y 0‑N)
Fifth Judicial District: Alfred W. Bates, III
Eighth Judicial District: Corry N. Smith
Twelfth Judicial District: James J. O’Connell, III
Nineteenth Judicial District: John A. Kassabian
Nineteenth Judicial District: Susan J. S. Stoney
Twenty-third Judicial District: Scott R. Geddes
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: Rupen R. Shah
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges (38‑Y 0‑N)
First Judicial District: Larry D. Willis, Sr.
Third Judicial District: Bryan K. Meals
Fifth Judicial District: Stan Del Clark
Fifteenth Judicial District: Shannon O. Hoehl
Fifteenth Judicial District: Julian W. Johnson
Eighteenth Judicial District: Constance H. Frogale
Nineteenth Judicial District: Divani R. Nadaraja
Twentieth Judicial District: Pamela L. Brooks
Twentieth Judicial District: Melissa N. Cupp
Twenty-fifth Judicial District: Paul A. Tucker
Members of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (38‑Y 0‑N)
Shannon O. Hoehl
Humes J. Franklin, III
Reading of report waived (38‑Y 0‑N)
CALENDAR
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 867 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1053 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1059 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1065 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1068 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1150 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (38-Y 0-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
SB 888 - Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 16-N), Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
SB 986 - Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
SB 1112 - Passed by for day
SB 854 - Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
SB 1287 - Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 10-N)
SB 1408 - Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 10-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 1055 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1056 - Read second time, Peake floor amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 821 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 891 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 948 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 975 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1016 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1024 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1042 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1044 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1060 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1073 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1138 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1146 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1147 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1155 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1198 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1253 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1344 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1373 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SB 1418 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SB 870 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 929 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1005 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1017 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1041 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1045 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1046 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1089 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1096 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1307 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
SB 1330 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 868 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 871 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 938 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 952 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1027 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1028 - 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 1219 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1238 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1318 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1372 - 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
SB 1057 - Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
SB 815 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 855 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1069 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1216 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SB 1456 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (38-Y 0-N), Out of block, Rereferred to Judiciary (voice vote)
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON THIRD READING
SJ 226 - Read third time and agreed to by Senate (22-Y 15-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING
SJ 230 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 232 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 239 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 246 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
SJ 250 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON FIRST READING
SJ 229 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (38-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
On motion of Senator Lucas, the Senate adjourned at 3:07 p.m. to convene Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 12 m.