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Virginia House of Delegates
2024 Regular Session
House Minutes
Don Scott, Speaker
G. Paul Nardo, Clerk
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Called to order at 12 m. by G. Paul Nardo, Clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates, Richmond

Mace placed on Speaker's table by Sergeant at Arms

Prayer offered by The Reverend Milton Blount, Pastor, New Mount Olivet Baptist Church, Portsmouth [at the request of Delegate Scott of Portsmouth]

G. Paul Nardo, Clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates, led the House in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America

Communication received: Department of Elections (Certifications of Members-elect)

Attendance roll call - Quorum present

Members-elect sworn in

Election of Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates: Don Scott duly elected (Y-99 N-0 A-0)

Election of Clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates: G. Paul Nardo duly elected (Y-100 N-0 A-0)

Bills and resolutions prefiled, ordered printed, and referred pursuant to Section 30-19.3 of the Code of Virginia 

Resolutions prefiled and laid on the Speaker's table pursuant to Section 30-19.3 of the Code of Virginia 

HR 10 (Establishing the 2024 - 2025 Rules of the House of Delegates) offered by Delegate Herring and agreed to (Y-100 N-0 A-0)

HJR 47 (Notifying Governor of Organization) offered by Delegate Herring and agreed to

Message from Senate: Senate duly organized and ready to proceed to business

Message from Senate: HJR 47 agreed to

HJR 48 (Establishing a schedule for the conduct of business coming before the 2024 Regular Session) offered by Delegate Herring and agreed to (Y-99 N-0 A-0)

HJR 49 (Establishing a schedule for the conduct of business for the prefiling period of the 2025 Regular Session) offered by Delegate Herring and agreed to (Y-99 N-0 A-0)

HR 11 (Salaries, contingent and incidental expenses) offered by Delegate Torian and agreed to (Y-100 N-0 A-0)

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS

Price (Chairman), Convirs-Fowler (Vice Chairman), Sickles, Krizek, Reid, Maldonado, Glass, Cole, Srinivasan, Henson, Anthony, LeVere Bolling,  O’Quinn, Gilbert, Leftwich, Bloxom, Scott (of Spotsylvania), Wachsmann, Cherry, Milde, Green, Phillips.

 

COURTS OF JUSTICE

Hope (Chairman), Simon (Vice Chairman), Watts, Sullivan, Delaney, Maldonado, Hernandez, Cousins, Reaser, Thomas, Callsen, Keys-Gamarra, Kilgore, Leftwich, Ballard, Williams, Batten, Cordoza, Arnold, Davis, Obenshain, Earley.

 

EDUCATION

Rasoul (Chairman), Simonds (Vice Chairman), McQuinn, Sewell, Convirs-Fowler, Askew, Clark, Cousins, Reaser, Laufer, Cohen, LeVere Bolling, Batten, Freitas, Coyner, Cherry, Tata, Scott (of Spotsylvania), Garrett, Ennis, Green, Zehr.

 

GENERAL LAWS

Bulova (Chairman), Carr  (Vice Chairman), Torian, Price, Krizek, Simon, Delaney, Bennett-Parker, Seibold, Cole, McClure, Thomas, Knight, Leftwich, Morefield, Fowler, Coyner, Austin, Bloxom, Wiley, Campbell, Arnold.

 

TRANSPORTATION

Delaney (Chairman), Reid (Vice Chairman), Ward, McQuinn, Carr, Watts, Sewell, Glass, McClure, Anthony, Cohen, Feggans, Austin, Wyatt, Tata, Wright, O’Quinn, Williams, Griffin, Milde, Higgins, Zehr.

 

FINANCE

Watts (Chairman), Sullivan (Vice Chairman), Mundon King, Bennett-Parker, Convirs-Fowler, Tran, Simonds, Hernandez, Laufer, Anthony, Gardner, Keys-Gamarra, Orrock, Ware, Fowler, Freitas, McNamara, Walker, Runion, Wiley, Davis, Kent.

  

APPROPRIATIONS

Torian (Chairman), Sickles (Vice Chairman), Bulova, Carr, McQuinn, Krizek, Hayes, Reid, Rasoul, Willett, Sewell, Askew, Knight, Austin, Morefield, Bloxom, Marshall, Hodges, Coyner, Wyatt, Wiley, Campbell.

 

COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS

Mundon King (Chairman), Bennett-Parker (Vice Chairman), Sewell, Shin, Simonds, Askew, Reaser, Callsen, Cohen, Jones, Gardner, Martinez, Morefield, Hodges, McNamara, Wyatt, Ballard, Scott (of Spotsylvania), Tata, Wachsmann, Campbell, Milde.

 

LABOR AND COMMERCE

Ward (Chairman), Herring (Vice Chairman), Lopez, Sullivan, Convirs-Fowler, Helmer, Mundon King, Maldonado, Shin, Jones, LeVere Bolling, Feggans, Kilgore, Marshall, O’Quinn, Webert, Wilt, McNamara, Gilbert, Runion, Ballard, Williams.

 

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Sickles (Chairman), Tran (Vice Chairman), Hope, Price, Hayes, Willett, Herring, Shin, Cole, Srinivasan, Henson, Gardner, Orrock, Hodges, Walker, Cherry, Taylor, Ennis, Obenshain, Higgins, Owen, Lovejoy.

 

AGRICULTURE, CHESAPEAKE AND NATURAL RESOURSES

Lopez (Chairman), Clark (Vice Chairman), Bulova, Tran, Helmer, Simonds, Willett, Herring, Krizek, Glass, Hernandez, Laufer, Ware, Wright, Orrock, Marshall, Wilt, Webert, Bloxom, Fowler, Runion, Kent.

 

PUBLIC SAFETY

Simon (Chairman), Mundon King (Vice Chairman), Hope, Lopez, Rasoul, Clark, Helmer, Seibold, Bennett-Parker, McClure, Thomas, Feggans, Wilt, Kilgore, Webert, Batten, Cordoza, Taylor, Ennis, Obenshain, Owen, Phillips.

 

COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Hayes (Chairman), Shin (Vice Chairman), Lopez, Ward, Clark, Glass, Seibold, Maldonado, Henson, Jones, Keys-Gamarra, Martinez, McNamara, Hodges, Taylor, Cordoza, Freitas, Wachsmann, Garrett, Griffin, Earley, Lovejoy.

 

RULES

Scott (of Portsmouth) (Chairman), Helmer (Vice Chairman), Watts, Ward, Sickles, Herring, Carr, Torian, Simon, Hayes, Tran, Gilbert, Kilgore, Austin, O’Quinn, Batten.

Message from Senate: HJRs 48 and 49 agreed to

Motion by Delegate Herring to recess agreed to

House recessed at 2:31
House reconvened at 3:30
Joint Assembly convened at 3:45 p.m.

Roll call of the Senate - Quorum present

Roll call of the House - Quorum present

Joint Assembly Resolution (Notifying Governor of organization) agreed to

Governor Glenn Youngkin addressed the Joint Assembly

Motion by Senator Craig to print 1000 copies of the Governor's address as Senate Document No. 1 agreed to

Motion by Senator Salim to adjourn Joint Assembly sine die agreed to

Business of House resumed

Bills and resolutions presented, ordered printed, and referred pursuant to House Rule 37

Resolution presented and laid on Speaker's table pursuant to House Rule 39(a)

HJR 3 stricken from Calendar

Motion by Delegate Herring to adjourn agreed to

House adjourned at 4:59 p.m. to meet on Thursday, January 11, 2024, at 12 m.