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2023 SESSION
Called to order at 10:00 a.m. by Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears
Prayer offered by The Reverend Dr. A. Lincoln James, Jr., Trinity Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America led by Senate Page RJ Wallmeyer of Crozier
ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: quorum present
Motion of Senator Petersen dispensed with reading of Journal (34‑Y 4‑N 1-A)
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN20220): reading waived (33‑Y 6‑N)
The House of Delegates has passed the following Senate bills: SB 798, 867, 914, 928, 959, 1014, 1044, 1050, 1055, 1056, 1062, 1065, 1122, 1129, 1149, 1160, 1169, 1172, 1239, 1277, 1281, 1359, 1376, 1415, 1459, 1499, 1511
The House of Delegates has agreed to the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1375, 1471, 2198, 2354
The House of Delegates has agreed to the substitutes proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1727, 1752, 2010, 2026, 2216, 2422
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following Senate joint resolutions: SJ 309, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 338, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351
BILLS REPORTED
From Commerce and Labor: HB 1770S, 2305S, 2333S, 2389S, 2482
From Finance and Appropriations: HB 1452S, 1842S, 2302A
Joint resolutions/resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 471: see February 22 Senate Calendar
Rules suspended, privileges of the floor given to distinguished guests (39‑Y 0‑N)
Rules suspended, privileges of the floor given to distinguished guests (39‑Y 0‑N)
CALENDAR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - HOUSE
HB 1637 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (39-Y 0-N)
HB 1895 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (33-Y 7-N)
HB 1921 - Senate insisted on substitute and requested committee of conference (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2032 - Senate insisted on amendment and requested committee of conference (39-Y 1-N)
HB 1704 - Conferees appointed: Senators Hashmi, Surovell, and Cosgrove
HB 1735 - Conferees appointed: Senators Ebbin, Rouse, and Vogel
HB 2071 - Conferees appointed: Senators Petersen, McClellan, and Obenshain
HB 2187 - Conferees appointed: Senators Hashmi, Suetterlein, and Lucas
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - SENATE
SB 826 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
SB 899 - House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
SB 1002 - House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
SB 1107 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 1152 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SB 1198 - House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
SB 1255 - Passed by for day
SB 1271 - House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
SB 1350 - House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
SB 1452 - House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
SJ 258 - Passed by for day
SB 887 - Senate acceded to request for committee of conference (39-Y 0-N), Conferees appointed: Senators Morrissey, Favola, and Locke
On motion of Senator Saslaw, the Senate recessed at 11:40 a.m. to reconvene at 12:05 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 12:05 p.m.
CALENDAR (continued)
President pro tempore L. Louise Lucas assumed Chair
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 1604 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1368 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1504 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1524 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1536 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1550 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1572 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1629 - Read third time, Education and Health substitute rejected (voice vote), Finance and Appropriations substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1636 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1643 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1660 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1673 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1726 - Read third time, Education and Health amendments agreed to (voice vote), Finance and Appropriations amendment rejected (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1730 - Read third time, Rehabilitation and Social Services substitute rejected (voice vote), Surovell floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1739 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1744 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1759 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1768 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1769 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1781 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1805 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1820 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Dunnavant floor amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1827 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1840 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1841 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1843 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1892 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1897 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1931 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1950 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1963 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1976 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2008 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2025 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2034 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2046 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2104 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2126 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2146 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2147 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2151 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2153 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2155 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2156 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2157 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2182 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2191 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2200 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2204 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2208 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2255 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2266 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2272 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2296 - Read third time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2304 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2332 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2344 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2345 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2372 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2380 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2415 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2423 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2438 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2450 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2451 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2492 - Read third time, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 2500 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)
HB 1606 - Out of block, Passed by for day
HB 1628 - Read third time, Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources amendment agreed to (voice vote), Finance and Appropriations amendment agreed to (voice vote), Out of block, Engrossed, Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
HB 1664 - Out of block, Read third time, Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
HB 1757 - Read third time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Out of block, Passed by for day
HB 2392 - Out of block, Read third time, Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
HB 1777 - Passed by for day
HB 1924 - Newman floor amendments reconsidered (40-Y 0-N), Newman floor amendments withdrawn, Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
HB 2282 - Passed by for day
HB 1911 - Read third time, Cosgrove floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
HB 2098 - Read third time, Surovell floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Defeated by Senate (8-Y 32-N)
HB 1437 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Passed by for day
HB 1478 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N)
HB 1617 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N 2-A)
HB 1649 - Read third time, Defeated by Senate (19-Y 19-N), Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB1682 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N)
HB 1699 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
HB 1723 - Read third time, Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
HB 1745 - Read third time, Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N), Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Defeated by Senate (17-Y 21-N)
HB 1779 - Read third time, Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
HB 1846 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N), Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N)
HB 1881 - Motion to recommit to Rehabilitation and Social Services agreed to (voice vote)
HB 1885 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N)
HB 1912 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
HB 1987 - Read third time, Rouse floor substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (34-Y 3-N 2-A)
HB 2013 - Passed by for day
HB 2018 - Motion to recommit to Rehabilitation and Social Services agreed to (voice vote)
HB 2024 - Read third time, Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2029 - Read third time, Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2129 - Read third time, Judiciary substitute agreed to (voice vote), Finance and Appropriations amendment agreed to (voice vote), Passed by for day
HB 2166 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
HB 2169 - Read third time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N)
HB 2195 - Read third time, General Laws and Technology substitute rejected (voice vote), Finance and Appropriations substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
HB 2368 - Read third time, Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N)
HB 2398 - Read third time, Judiciary substitute rejected (voice vote), Finance and Appropriations substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed, Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N), Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N), Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 1374 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1583 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1634 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1671 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1674 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1675 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1678 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1959 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1961 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1964 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2005 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2027 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2037 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2186 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2224 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2250 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2290 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2298 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2330 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2348 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2403 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2433 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2467 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 1510 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2028 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2161 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2171 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2184 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2230 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2331 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION ON THIRD READING
HJ 548 - Read third time, Agreed to by Senate (voice vote)
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
HJ 663 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 352 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 354 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 355 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 357 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 358 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 361 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 362 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SJ 367 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 137 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 138 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 139 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 140 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 141 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 142 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 144 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 146 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 147 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 148 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
SR 149 - Agreed to by Senate block vote
COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS
HJ 681 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 684 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 688 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
HJ 705 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 323 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 339 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 353 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 356 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 359 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 360 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 363 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 364 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 365 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 366 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 368 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 369 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 370 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 371 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 372 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 373 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 374 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 375 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SJ 376 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 131 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 135 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 136 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 143 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SR 145 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)
SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR NO. 1
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 2389 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2482 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
REGULAR CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
HB 1452 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1770 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 1842 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2302 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2305 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2333 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (39-Y 0-N), Passed by for day
HB 2175 - Read second time
On motion of Senator Saslaw, the Senate adjourned at 2:57 p.m. to convene Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 10:30 a.m.
COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE (HN10221)
The House of Delegates has passed with amendments the following Senate bills: SB 825, 983, 988, 1052, 1337, 1343, 1426, 1453, 1477, 1513, 1533
The House of Delegates has passed with substitutes the following Senate bills: SB 861, 868, 938, 1029, 1085, 1087, 1231, 1265, 1370, 1454, 1464
The House of Delegates has passed with a substitute with amendment the following Senate bill: SB 1300
The House of Delegates has insisted on its amendments and has requested committees of conference on the following Senate bills: SB 789, 1221
The House of Delegates has insisted on its substitutes and has requested committees of conference on the following Senate bills: SB 821, 841, 903, 973, 1099, 1106, 1188, 1207, 1211, 1289, 1299, 1479, 1521
The House of Delegates has agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the following Senate bill: SB 860
The House of Delegates has rejected the amendments proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 2317, 2411
The House of Delegates has rejected the substitutes proposed by the Senate to the following House bills: HB 1623, 1630, 1775, 1887, 1949, 2220, 2222, 2275, 2370
The House of Delegates has acceded to the request of the Senate for committees of conference on the following House bills: HB 1512, 1691, 1866, 2294, 2428, 2487
The House of Delegates has agreed to the reports of the committees of conference on the following House bills: HB 2258, 2479
The House of Delegates has agreed to the following House joint resolutions: HJ 722, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 799, 800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 819, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844
Senate bills with House amendments, substitutes, and substitute with amendment placed on Calendar
House joint resolutions laid on Clerk’s Desk