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2024 SESSION

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Minute Book
2024 Session
Senate of Virginia
WINSOME EARLE-SEARS, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SUSAN CLARKE SCHAAR, CLERK
Thursday, February 01, 2024
 

 

Called to order at 12 m. by Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears

Prayer offered by The Very Reverend Protopresbyter Nicholas G. Bacalis, Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Richmond, Virginia

Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America led by Senate Page Sofia Nikolenko of Hanover

ROLL CALL: quorum present

Motion of Senator French dispensed with reading of Journal (35‑Y 4‑N 1-A)

COMMUNICATION FROM HOUSE: (HN10131): reading waived (37‑Y 3‑N)

The House of Delegates has passed the following House bills: HB 188, 225, 255, 257, 275, 281, 353, 380, 428, 510, 522, 526, 595, 648, 688, 692, 714, 723, 781, 820, 840, 844, 845, 894, 906, 1040, 1165, 1349

House bills referred: see February 2 Senate Calendar

BILLS REPORTED

From Courts of Justice: SB 20S, 44S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 57, 88S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 258A, 327S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 394S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 448S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 514S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 515S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 633S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 696S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

From Education and Health: SB 21S, 34S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 72S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 119 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 140S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 186S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 199S, 225, 227S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 228S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 231A rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 264S, 272 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 277S, 331S, 347S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 379S, 390S, 403S, 418A rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 443, 445A rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 474S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 484 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 488S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 498S, 501S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 506S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 553S, 608 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 609 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 610A, 614S rereferred to Courts of Justice, 624, 678S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 716S, 726S

From General Laws and Technology: SB 213A, 247S rereferred to Commerce and Labor, 388S, 401 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 408 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 436S rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 437S, 538, 554S, 560, 636 rereferred to Finance and Appropriations, 704, 734

BILL REREFERRED

From General Laws and Technology: SB 597 rereferred to Local Government

Rules suspended, privileges of the floor given to distinguished guests (40‑Y 0‑N)

Joint resolution/resolution laid on Clerk’s Desk under Senate Rules 11(b), (26)g and HJR 48: see February 2 Senate Calendar

CALENDAR

UNCONTESTED CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING

SB 439 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)

SB 121 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)

SB 460 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)

SB 641 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)

SB 727 - Read third time and passed Senate block vote (40-Y 0-N)

SB 151 - Out of block, Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N), Suetterlein floor amendments 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)

REGULAR CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING

SB 357 - Passed by for day

SB 368 - Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)

SB 413 - Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

UNCONTESTED CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING

SB 4 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB 27 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB 43 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB 135 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB 240 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB 325 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB 392 - Read second time, Committee amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB 455 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB 495 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SB 663 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate block vote (voice vote)

REGULAR CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING

SB 143 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

SB 245 - Read second time, General Laws and Technology amendments agreed to (voice vote), Finance and Appropriations amendment agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

SB 271 - Read second time, Committee amendments agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

SB 276 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

SB 306 - Read second time, Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources amendment rejected (voice vote), Finance and Appropriations substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

SB 372 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

SB 477 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

SB 517 - Read second time, Committee substitute agreed to (voice vote), 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 145 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 155 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 181 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 324 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 382 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 412 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 487 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 616 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 674 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

REGULAR CALENDAR

SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING

SB 2 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 35 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 99 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 100 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 210 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 215 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 229 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 238 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 239 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 273 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 320 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 363 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 370 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 377 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 442 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 456 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 522 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SB 542 - Rules suspended, constitutional reading dispensed block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

UNCONTESTED CALENDAR

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION ON SECOND READING

SJ 3 - Read second time, Engrossed by Senate (voice vote)

UNCONTESTED CALENDAR

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING

SJ 31 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SJ 32 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SJ 33 - 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 36 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

SJ 64 - Rules suspended, reading waived block vote (40-Y 0-N), Passed by for day

MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS

HJ 89- Agreed to by Senate block vote

HJ 93 - Agreed to by Senate block vote

SJ 43 - Agreed to by Senate block vote

SJ 68 - Agreed to by Senate block vote

SJ 71 - Agreed to by Senate block vote

SJ 72 - Agreed to by Senate block vote

SJ 74 - Agreed to by Senate block vote

SJ 75 - Agreed to by Senate block vote

SJ 77 - Agreed to by Senate block vote

SJ 78 - Agreed to by Senate block vote

SR 23 - Agreed to by Senate block vote

COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS

HJ 79 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

HJ 80 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

HJ 85 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

HJ 88 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

HJ 90 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

HJ 91 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

HJ 92 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

HJ 94 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

HJ 95 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

HJ 96 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote))

HJ 97 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

HJ 98 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

HJ 100 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SJ 63 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SJ 67 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SJ 69 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SJ 70 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SJ 73 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SJ 76 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SJ 79 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SJ 80 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SR 24 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

SR 25 - Agreed to by Senate block vote (voice vote)

On motion of Senator Lucas, the Senate adjourned at 2:10 p.m. to convene Friday, February 2, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.