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Virginia House of Delegates
2024 Regular Session
House Minutes
Don Scott, Speaker
G. Paul Nardo, Clerk
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Called to order at 12 m. by Don Scott, Speaker

Mace placed on Speaker's table by Sergeant at Arms

Prayer offered by Bishop Gayle Harris, The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, Richmond [at the request of Delegate Carr]

Delegate Herring led the House in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America

Attendance roll call - Quorum present

Leave of Absence granted: Delegate Reaser

Journal for Tuesday, January 23, 2024, approved by the Speaker

Committee reports
CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS READ THIRD TIME
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HB 123 - Passed Block Vote (Y-99 N-0 A-0)
HB 242 - Passed Block Vote (Y-99 N-0 A-0)
HB 592 - Passed Block Vote (Y-99 N-0 A-0)
HB 729 - Passed Block Vote (Y-99 N-0 A-0)
HOUSE BILLS READ THIRD TIME
REGULAR CALENDAR
HB 114 - Passed (Y-88 N-11 A-0)
HB 157 - Passed (Y-50 N-49 A-0)
HOUSE BILLS READ SECOND TIME
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HB 73 - Courts of Justice Committee Substitute agreed to, Engrossed
HB 76 - Engrossed
HB 103 - Public Safety Committee Substitute agreed to, Engrossed
HB 128 - Engrossed
HB 155 - Courts of Justice Committee Substitute agreed to, Engrossed
HB 194 - Engrossed, Moved to Regular Calendar
HB 281 - Passed by until Tuesday, January 30, 2024
HB 294 - Engrossed
HB 332 - Courts of Justice Committee Substitute agreed to, Engrossed
HB 336 - Engrossed
HB 415 - Passed by for the day
HOUSE BILLS READ SECOND TIME
REGULAR CALENDAR
HB 291 - Delegate Cherry floor amendment agreed to, Engrossed
HB 34 - Courts of Justice Committee Substitute agreed to, Engrossed
HB 46 - Engrossed
HB 54 - Passed by for the day
HB 63 - Courts of Justice Committee Substitute agreed to, Engrossed
HB 174 - Engrossed
HB 208 - Counties, Cities and Towns Committee Substitute agreed to, Engrossed
HB 416 - Passed by for the day
HB 456 - Engrossed
HB 459 - Counties, Cities and Towns Committee Amendment agreed to, Engrossed
HB 466 - Engrossed
HB 5 - Passed by for the day
HOUSE BILLS READ FIRST TIME
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL READ FIRST TIME
REGULAR CALENDAR
Motion by Delegate Herring to recess agreed to

House recessed at 1:24 
House reconvened at 1:45 

HJR 99 (Election of a Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, members of the State Corporation Commission, and a member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to (Y-97 N-0  A-0)  

Message from Senate: HJR 99 agreed to

HR 37 (Nominating a person to be elected as a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to    

HR 38 (Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to 

HR 39 (Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to 

HR 40 (Nominating persons to be elected to juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to 

HR 41 (Nominating a person to be elected as a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to    

HR 42 (Nominating persons to be elected as members of the State Corporation Commission) offered by Delegate Ward and agreed to    

HR 43 (Nominating a person to be elected to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission) offered by Delegate Ward and agreed to     

Message from Senate: Nominations made for certain judicial offices of the Commonwealth

HR 37 (Electing a person to the Court of Appeals of Virginia) – (Y-98 N-0  A-0)  

HR 38 (Electing persons to circuit court judgeships) – (Y-97 N-0  A-0) 

HR 39 (Electing persons to general district court judgeships) – (Y-98 N-0 A-0) 

HR 40 (Electing persons to juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships) – (Y-97 N-0 A-0) 

HR 41 (Electing a person as a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission) – (Y-98 N-0 A-0) 

HR 42 (Electing persons as members of the State Corporation Commission) – (Y-98 N-0  A-0)  

HR 43 (Electing a person to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission) – (Y-98 N-0  A-0)  

Motion by Delegate Maldonado to waive the reading of the report of the Joint Committee agreed to (Y-98 N-0  A-0)  

Election of Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge 

Mary Bennett Malveaux

 

Election of Circuit Court Judges 

Marjorie T. Arrington, First Judicial Circuit

Jamilah D. Le Cruise, Fourth Judicial Circuit

S. Anderson Nelson, Tenth Judicial Circuit

J. Overton Harris, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit

Ricardo Rigual, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit

Patrick M. L. Blanch, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit

Jonathan D. Frieden, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit

J. Christopher Clemens, Twenty-third Judicial Circuit

John T. Cook, Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit

Robert M. D. Turk, Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit

 

Election of General District Court Judges 

Michael R. Katchmark, First Judicial District

Daniel R. Lahne, Second Judicial District

Gordon S. Vincent, Judicial District 2-A

Selena S. Glenn, Eighth Judicial District

Theresa W. Carter, Sixteenth Judicial District

Robert V. Bryan, Jr., Nineteenth Judicial District

Anthony H. Nourse, Nineteenth Judicial District

Leslie R. Adams, Twenty-second Judicial District

Sam D. Eggleston, III, Twenty-fourth Judicial District

David B. Spigle, Twenty-fifth Judicial District

J. D. Bolt, Twenty-seventh Judicial District

Gerald E. Mabe, II, Twenty-seventh Judicial District

Jeffrey L. Campbell, Twenty-eighth Judicial District

William E. Jarvis, Thirty-first Judicial District

 

Election of Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges 

David J. Whitted, First Judicial District

Diane P. Griffin, Third Judicial District

Robert M. Smith, III, Fourth Judicial District

J. David Rigler, Twelfth Judicial District

Ashley K. Tunner, Thirteenth Judicial District

Margaret W. Deglau, Fourteenth Judicial District

Ronald L. Morris, Sixteenth Judicial District

Razan Fayez, Nineteenth Judicial District

Michael C. Sprano, Nineteenth Judicial District

Brian H. Turpin, Twenty-second Judicial District

Brooke-Taylor Willse Gaddy, Twenty-fourth Judicial District

H. Cary Payne, Twenty-fourth Judicial District

H. Lee Chitwood, Twenty-seventh Judicial District

Richard S. Buddington, II, Twenty-eighth Judicial District

Marcus F. McClung, Thirtieth Judicial District

 

Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission

Kyung N. Dickerson

 

State Corporation Commission

Kelsey A. Bagot

Samuel T. Towell

 

Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission

Wesley G. Marshall

Motion by Delegate Herring to adjourn agreed to

House adjourned at 2:54 p.m. to meet on Thursday, January 25, 2024, at 12 m.