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Virginia House of Delegates
2024 Regular Session
House Minutes
Don Scott, Speaker
G. Paul Nardo, Clerk
Thursday, March 7, 2024

Called to order at 10:00 a.m. by Don Scott, Speaker

Mace placed on Speaker's table by Sergeant at Arms

Prayer offered by Jeff Noble, Lead Pastor, Northstar Church, Blackburg [at the request of Delegate Obenshain]

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

Attendance roll call - Quorum present

Leaves of Absence granted: Delegates Gardner [portion], Laufer [portion], and Oates

Journal for Wednesday, March 6, 2024, approved by the Speaker

HBs 66, 267, 398, 457, 632, 818, 830, 1361, 1443 - House accedes to Senate request for Committees of Conference

HJR 367  taken up and agreed to

HR 368 taken up and agreed to

HR 310 taken up and agreed to

HJR 427 (Election of Court of Appeals of Virginia Judges, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to (Y-90 N-0 A-0)  

HJR 305 taken up and agreed to

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

CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS READ THIRD TIME
REGULAR CALENDAR
SB 402 - Passed (Y-92 N-4 A-0)
SB 329 - Passed by until after House Bills with Senate Amendments Calendar Category
SB 369 - Rereferred to the Committee for Courts of Justice
SB 584 - Passed by until after House Bills with Senate Amendments Calendar Category
SB 628 - General Laws Committee Amendment agreed to, Passed (Y-78 N-18 A-0)

Message from Senate: HJR 427 agreed to

HR 342 (Nominating  persons to be elected as judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to     

HR 343 (Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to 

HR 344 (Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to  

HR 345 (Nominating persons to be elected to juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to  

HR 346 (Nominating a person to be elected as a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to     

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

HR 342 (Electing persons to the Court of Appeals of Virginia) – (Y-98 N-0 A-0) 

HR 343 (Electing persons to circuit court judgeships) – (Y-98 N-0 A-0) 

HR 344 (Electing persons to general district court judgeships) – (Y-96 N-0 A-0) 

HR 345 (Electing persons to juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships) – (Y-97 N-0 A-1)  

HR 346 (Electing a person as a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review 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-97 N-0  A-0)  

Election of Court of Appeals of Virginia Judges 

Steven C. Frucci

David Bernhard

 

Election of Circuit Court Judges 

David J. Whitted, First Judicial Circuit

Scott J. Flax, Second Judicial Circuit

Salvatore R. Iaquinto, Second Judicial Circuit

Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr., Second Judicial Circuit

Alfred W. Bates, III, Fifth Judicial Circuit

Helivi L. Holland, Fifth Judicial Circuit

Joshua P. DeFord, Ninth Judicial Circuit

Devika E. Davis, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit

Rebecca J. Wade, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit

Susan J. S. Stoney, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit

Brian H. Turpin, Twenty-second Judicial Circuit

Leisa K. Ciaffone, Twenty-third Judicial Circuit

Christopher E. Collins, Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit

Elizabeth Reece H. Robertson, Twenty-ninth Judicial Circuit

 

Election of General District Court Judges 

Jonathan L. Stone, Second Judicial District

Elliott O. Moody, Third Judicial District

Joseph W. Myers, Fourth Judicial District

Robert C. Barclay, IV, Fifth Judicial District

Patricia T. Watson, Sixth Judicial District

Steven D. Bond, Eighth Judicial District

Matthew D. Danielson, Ninth Judicial District

Shajuan Mason House, Twelfth Judicial District

Ali J. Amirshahi, Thirteenth Judicial District

Eric M. Shamis, Twentieth Judicial District

Greg T. Haymore, Twenty-second Judicial District

Anne M. Williams, Twenty-sixth Judicial District


Election of Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges 

Chanel Ann Gray, First Judicial District

Solomon H. Ashby, Jr., Third Judicial District

Peter K. Griffith, Sixteenth Judicial District

Charles F. Koehler, Jr., Twentieth Judicial District

Rachel D. Robinson, Twentieth Judicial District

Pamela Melissa P. Keen, Twenty-second Judicial District

Rachel L. D. Thompson, Twenty-third Judicial District

Lethia C. Hammond, Twenty-fifth Judicial District

Monica D. Cox, Twenty-seventh Judicial District

Ryan D. Hamrick, Twenty-seventh Judicial District

Kiah D. Spinks, Thirty-first Judicial District

 

Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission

Todd G. Petit

CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS WITH SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 277 - Senate substitute with amendment rejected (Y-1 N-97 A-0)
HB 1303 - Rereferred to Committee for Rules
HB 1351 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-99 N-0 A-0)
HB 45 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-57 N-42 A-0), Senate amendment No. 1 rejected (Y-0 N-99 A-0), Senate amendments Nos. 2 and 3 agreed to (Y-61 N-38 A-0)
HB 133 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-99 N-0 A-0)
HB 275 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-99 N-0 A-0)
HB 285 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-99 A-0)
HB 342 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-99 A-0)
HB 351 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-1 N-98 A-0)
HB 405 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-66 N-32 A-0)
HB 419 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-1 N-97 A-0)
HB 624 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-97 A-0)
HB 625 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-97 A-0)
HB 736 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-99 A-0)
HB 838 - Senate substitute with amendment agreed to (Y-49 N-47 A-0)
HB 855 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-98 N-1 A-0)
HB 926 - Senate substitute with amendment agreed to (Y-69 N-30 A-0)
HB 1060 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-56 N-43 A-0)
HB 1089 - Passed by temporarily
HB 1105 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-96 A-1)
HB 1108 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-1 N-97 A-0)
HB 1157 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-65 N-33 A-0)
HB 1247 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-99 A-0)
HB 1286 - Senate amendments agreed to (Y-99 N-0 A-0)
HB 1312 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-98 N-1 A-0)
HB 1357 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-98 N-0 A-0)
HB 1397 - Senate substitute with amendments agreed to (Y-51 N-48 A-0)
HB 1401 - Senate amendment rejected (Y-1 N-97 A-0)
HB 1433 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-98 A-0)
HB 1496 - Senate substitute with amendment rejected (Y-1 N-96 A-0)
HB 1505 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-1 N-98 A-0)
HB 1542 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-98 N-0 A-0)
HB 1089 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-98 N-0 A-0), Senate amendment rejected (Y-0 N-98 A-0)
SENATE BILLS READ THIRD TIME
REGULAR CALENDAR
SB 329 - Passed (Y-51 N-47 A-0)
SB 584 - Passed (Y-51 N-48 A-0)

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION WITH SENATE AMENDMENT
HJ 169 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-94 N-0 A-0)
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS ON THE SPEAKER'S TABLE
HR 215 - Passed by until Friday, March 8, 2024
HJ 365 - Agreed to
SJ 170 - Agreed to
SJ 175 - Agreed to
SJ 178 - Agreed to
SJ 179 - Agreed to
SJ 180 - Agreed to
SJ 182 - Agreed to
SJ 183 - Agreed to
SJ 185 - Agreed to
SJ 187 - Agreed to
SJ 194 - Agreed to
SJ 200 - Agreed to
SJ 202 - Agreed to
SJ 204 - Agreed to
SJ 209 - Agreed to
SJ 211 - Agreed to
SJ 212 - Agreed to
SJ 213 - Agreed to
SJ 217 - Agreed to
SJ 218 - Agreed to
SJ 219 - Agreed to
SJ 221 - Agreed to
SJ 233 - Agreed to
SJ 234 - Agreed to
SJ 237 - Agreed to
HR 351 - Agreed to
HR 352 - Agreed to
HR 355 - Agreed to
HR 356 - Agreed to
HR 369 - Agreed to
HR 370 - Passed by for the day
HR 373 - Agreed to
COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS ON THE SPEAKER'S TABLE
HR 281 - Passed by for the day
HJ 369 - Agreed to
SJ 171 - Agreed to
SJ 172 - Agreed to
SJ 173 - Agreed to
SJ 174 - Agreed to
SJ 176 - Agreed to
SJ 177 - Agreed to
SJ 181 - Agreed to
SJ 184 - Agreed to
SJ 188 - Agreed to
SJ 189 - Agreed to
SJ 190 - Agreed to
SJ 191 - Agreed to
SJ 192 - Agreed to
SJ 193 - Agreed to
SJ 195 - Agreed to
SJ 196 - Agreed to
SJ 197 - Agreed to
SJ 198 - Agreed to
SJ 199 - Agreed to
SJ 201 - Agreed to
SJ 203 - Agreed to
SJ 205 - Agreed to
SJ 206 - Agreed to
SJ 207 - Agreed to
SJ 208 - Agreed to
SJ 210 - Agreed to
SJ 214 - Agreed to
SJ 215 - Agreed to
SJ 216 - Agreed to
SJ 220 - Agreed to
SJ 222 - Agreed to
SJ 223 - Agreed to
SJ 224 - Agreed to
SJ 225 - Agreed to
SJ 226 - Agreed to
SJ 227 - Agreed to
SJ 228 - Agreed to
SJ 230 - Agreed to
SJ 231 - Passed by for the day
SJ 232 - Agreed to
SJ 236 - Agreed to
SJ 238 - Agreed to
SJ 239 - Agreed to
SJ 240 - Agreed to
SJ 241 - Agreed to
SJ 242 - Agreed to
SJ 244 - Agreed to
SJ 245 - Agreed to
SJ 246 - Agreed to
HR 338 - Agreed to
HR 339 - Agreed to
HR 340 - Agreed to
HR 341 - Passed by for the day
HR 347 - Agreed to
HR 348 - Agreed to
HR 349 - Agreed to
HR 350 - Agreed to
HR 353 - Agreed to
HR 354 - Agreed to
HR 357 - Agreed to
HR 358 - Agreed to
HR 359 - Agreed to
HR 360 - Agreed to
HR 361 - Agreed to
HR 362 - Agreed to
HR 363 - Agreed to
HR 364 - Agreed to
HR 365 - Agreed to
HR 366 - Agreed to
HR 367 - Agreed to
HR 371 - Agreed to
HR 372 - Agreed to
HR 374 - Agreed to

HB 66 - Conferees appointed: Clark, Convirs-Fowler, Campbell

HB 267 - Conferees appointed: Watts, Callsen, Kilgore

HB 398 - Conferees appointed: McQuinn, Cohen, Coyner

HB 457 - Conferees appointed: Callsen, Delaney, Earley

HB 632 - Conferees appointed: Rasoul, Laufer, Scott of Spotsylvania

HB 818 - Conferees appointed: Bennett-Parker, McClure, Cherry

HB 830 - Conferees appointed: Cousins, McQuinn, Cherry

HB 1361 - Conferees appointed: Feggans, Bulova, Runion

HB 1443 - Conferees appointed: Reaser, Keys-Gamarra, Davis

SB 54 - Conferees appointed: Sewell, Gardner, Griffin

Motion by Delegate Herring to recess agreed to

House recessed at 12:40 
House reconvened at 2:45 
HBs 107, 139, 212, 252, 309, 316, 321, 700, 972, 1098 - House accedes to Senate request for Committees of Conference

SB 301 - House insists on substitute and requests Committee of Conference

SB 729 - House insists on amendments and requests Committee of Conference

HB  806 - Senate recedes from substitute

HOUSE BILLS IN CONFERENCE
HB 98 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-94 N-0 A-0)
HB 576 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-51 N-47 A-0)
HB 1087 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-99 N-0 A-0)

SENATE BILLS IN CONFERENCE
SB 217 - Passed by temporarily
SB 256 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-65 N-32 A-1)
SB 313 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-51 N-48 A-0)
SB 453 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-52 N-46 A-0)
SB 217 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-91 N-6 A-0)

SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR NO. 1
HOUSE BILLS WITH SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 1451 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-99 N-0 A-0)
HB 1499 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-99 N-0 A-0)

HB 139 - Conferees appointed: Simon, Feggans, Coyner

HB 212 - Conferees appointed: Hope, Glass, Marshall

HB 309 - Conferees appointed: Bulova, Tran, Runion

HB 316 - Conferees appointed: Askew, Hernandez, Kent

HB 700 - Conferees appointed: Rasoul, Hayes, Wiley

HB 972 - Conferees appointed: Rasoul, Herring, McNamara

HB 1098 - Conferees appointed: Delaney, Bennett-Parker, Knight

SB 272 - Conferees appointed: Herring, McQuinn, Gilbert

Motion by Delegate Herring to recess agreed to

House recessed at 3:05
House reconvened at 4:00 
HBs 45, 277, 285, 342, 351, 419, 624, 736, 1108, 1401, 1433, 1496, 1505 - House accedes to Senate request for Committees of Conference

HBs 625, 1247 - Senate recedes from substitutes

HB 1089 - Senate recedes from amendment

Replacement Conference Committee Assignments
HB 139 - Conferees appointed: Simonds, Jones, Knight
HB 212 - Conferees appointed: Watts, Maldonado, Coyner
HB 309 - Conferees appointed: Hope, Glass, Marshall
HB 316 - Conferees appointed: Bulova, Tran, Runion
HB 700 - Conferees appointed: Clark, Cohen, Tata
HB 972 - Conferees appointed: Lopez, Hernandez, Ballard
HB 1098 - Conferees appointed: Rasoul, Herring, McNamara
SB 272 - Conferees appointed: Askew, Convirs-Fowler, Tata

HOUSE BILLS IN CONFERENCE
HB 909 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-96 N-0 A-0)
HB 1174 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-52 N-45 A-0)

SENATE BILL IN CONFERENCE
SB 135 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-97 N-0 A-0)

HB 107 - Conferees appointed: Sullivan, Reid, Orrock

HB 252 - Conferees appointed: Cole, Mundon King, Hodges

HB 321 - Conferees appointed: McQuinn, Thomas, Bloxom

SB 18 - Conferees appointed: Delaney, Bennett-Parker, Knight

SB 80 - Conferees appointed: Carr, Willett, Wyatt

SB 350 - Conferees appointed: Herring, McQuinn, Gilbert

SB 388 - Conferees appointed: Helmer, Ward, Ballard

SB 461 - Conferees appointed: Hope, Bulova, Marshall

SB 488 - Conferees appointed: Henson, Srinivasan, Taylor

SB 496 - Conferees appointed: Bennett-Parker, Thomas, Arnold

SB 504 - Conferees appointed: Mundon King, Feggans, Lovejoy

SB 586 - Conferees appointed: McQuinn, Cohen, Coyner

SB 597 - Conferees appointed: Krizek, Cole, Coyner

SB 726 - Conferees appointed: Sewell, Reid, Freitas

SB 737 - Conferees appointed: Sullivan, Herring, Kilgore

HB 45 - Conferees appointed: Seibold, Simon, Bloxom

HB 277 - Conferees appointed: Helmer, Ward, Ballard

HB 285 - Conferees appointed: McQuinn, Jones, Williams

HB 342 - Conferees appointed: Hope, Shin, Higgins

HB 351 - Conferees appointed: Clark, Simon, Ennis

HB 419 - Conferees appointed: Bulova, Sewell, Griffin

HB 624 - Conferees appointed: Rasoul, Cousins, Cherry

HB 736 - Conferees appointed: Sewell, Glass, Ballard

HB 1108 - Conferees appointed: Carr, Cole, Bloxom

HB 1401 - Conferees appointed: Clark, Willett, Hodges

HB 1433 - Conferees appointed: Reid, Glass, Hodges

HB 1496 - Conferees appointed: Rasoul, Martinez, Lovejoy

HB 1505 - Conferees appointed: Price, Glass, Austin

SB 301 - Conferees appointed: Price, Sickles, Knight

SB 729 - Conferees appointed: Lopez, Willett, Obenshain

HOUSE BILL IN CONFERENCE
HB 1269 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-93 N-3 A-0)

Motion by Delegate Herring to adjourn agreed to

House adjourned at 4:39 p.m. to meet on Friday, March 8, 2024, at 11:00 a.m.