Virginia House of Delegates
2025 Regular Session
House Minutes
Don Scott, Speaker
G. Paul Nardo, Clerk
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Called to order at 11:00 a.m. by Don Scott, Speaker

Mace placed on Speaker's table by Sergeant at Arms

Prayer offered by The Honorable Joshua G. Cole, the Delegate from Fredericksburg

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

Participation via electronic communications means: Delegate LeVere Bolling

Attendance roll call - Quorum present

Leaves of Absence granted: Delegates Knight, Marshall, Taylor, and Williams [portion]

Journal for Tuesday, February 18, 2025, approved by the Speaker

Committee reports
HBs 1601, 1743, 1923, 1969, 1970, 2120, 2308 - House accedes to Senate request for Committees of Conference

SBs 822, 871, 875, 936, 942, 955, 1016, 1369 - House insists on substitutes and requests Committees of Conference

HB 1601 - Conferees appointed: Thomas, Sewell, Morefield

HB 1743 - Conferees appointed: Watts, Anthony, McNamara

HB 1969 - Conferees appointed: Watts, Bennett-Parker, Ware

HB 1970 - Conferees appointed: Watts, Laufer, Walker

HB 2308 - Conferees appointed: Cousins, Thomas, Hodges

SB 1056 - Conferees appointed: Lopez, Martinez, Morefield

SB 1228 - Conferees appointed: Jones, Convirs-Fowler, Runion

SB 1449 - Conferees appointed: Thomas, Sewell, Morefield

HR 628 taken up and agreed to

Motion by Delegate Higgins to adjourn in honor and memory of Lewis S. Wiley agreed to

HR 694 taken up and agreed to

HJR 682 taken up and agreed to

Motion by Delegate Leftwich to adjourn in honor and memory of William Flora agreed to

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

CALENDAR

SENATE BILL IN CONFERENCE
SB 1327 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-96 N-0 A-0)
SENATE BILLS READ THIRD TIME
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SB 750 - Transportation Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 838 - Health and Human Services Committee Amendments agreed to, Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 847 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 873 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 892 - Moved to Regular Calendar
SB 924 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 935 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 945 - Privileges and Elections Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 950 - Appropriations Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 956 - Public Safety Committee Amendments agreed to, Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 986 - Courts of Justice Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 987 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 992 - Counties, Cities and Towns Committee Amendment agreed to, Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 999 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1002 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1010 - Courts of Justice Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1044 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1106 - Education Committee Amendments agreed to, Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1158 - Courts of Justice Committee Amendments agreed to, Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1174 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1206 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1272 - Courts of Justice Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1283 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1377 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1395 - Moved to Regular Calendar
SB 1412 - Courts of Justice Committee Amendments agreed to, Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1420 - Moved to Regular Calendar
SB 1422 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1444 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1470 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SB 1472 - Moved to Regular Calendar
SB 1474 - Appropriations Committee Amendments agreed to, Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
SENATE BILLS READ THIRD TIME
REGULAR CALENDAR
SB 913 - General Laws Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed (Y-95 N-2 A-0)
SB 1029 - Rereferred to the Committee on General Laws
SB 1318 - Health and Human Services Committee Substitute rejected, Delegate Sickles floor substitute agreed to, Passed (Y-88 N-9 A-0)
SB 1332 - Passed by for the day
SB 1371 - Passed by temporarily
SB 760 - Passed (Y-54 N-43 A-0)
SB 775 - Privileges and Elections Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed (Y-72 N-25 A-0)
SB 814 - Delegate Convirs-Fowler floor amendment agreed to, Passed (Y-51 N-46 A-0)
SB 882 - Passed (Y-84 N-13 A-0)
SB 940 - Privileges and Elections Committee Amendment agreed to, Passed (Y-94 N-2 A-0)
SB 1009 - Privileges and Elections Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed (Y-50 N-46 A-0)

Motion by Delegate Herring to recess agreed to

House recessed at 12:40 
House reconvened at 12:55 
SENATE BILLS READ THIRD TIME 
REGULAR CALENDAR
SB 1013 - Courts of Justice Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed (Y-53 N-43 A-0)
SB 1039 - Passed (Y-81 N-15 A-0)
SB 1155 - Public Safety Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed (Y-54 N-43 A-0)
SB 1191 - Passed (Y-67 N-30 A-0)
SB 1324 - Passed (Y-51 N-45 A-0)
SB 1386 - Public Safety Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed (Y-51 N-45 A-0)
SB 1416 - Passed (Y-75 N-20 A-0)
SB 1450 - Public Safety Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed (Y-51 N-46 A-0)
SB 1489 - Passed (Y-51 N-46 A-0)
SB 892 - Passed (Y-91 N-4 A-0)
SB 1395 - Courts of Justice Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed (Y-83 N-14 A-0)
SB 1420 - Courts of Justice Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed (Y-90 N-5 A-0)
SB 1472 - Appropriations Committee Substitute agreed to, Passed (Y-84 N-13 A-0)
SB 1371 - Passed (Y-63 N-33 A-0)

HJR 760 (Election of 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-97 N-0  A-0)  

HOUSE BILLS WITH SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 1582 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-96 N-0 A-0)
HB 1583 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-2 N-95 A-0)
HB 1589 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-96 A-0)
HB 1609 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-85 N-9 A-0)
HB 1660 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-51 N-46 A-0)
HB 1663 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-79 N-17 A-0)
HB 1694 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-6 N-91 A-0)
HB 1695 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-97 A-0)
HB 1724 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-52 N-45 A-0)
HB 1844 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-96 N-0 A-0)
HB 1867 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-58 N-39 A-0)
HB 1869 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-53 N-44 A-0)
HB 1882 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-96 N-0 A-0)

Message from Senate: HJR 760 agreed to

HR 802 (Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to 

HR 803 (Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to 

HR 804 (Nominating persons to be elected to juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to 

HR 805 (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 802 (Electing persons to circuit court judgeships) – (Y-97 N-0  A-0) 

HR 803 (Electing persons to general district court judgeships) – (Y-97 N-0 A-0) 

HR 804 (Electing persons to juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships) – (Y-97 N-0 A-0) 

HR 805 (Electing a person as a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission) – (Y-97 N-0 A-0)  

Motion by Delegate Maldonado to waive the reading of the report of the Joint Committee agreed to (Y-96 N-1 A-0)  

Election of Circuit Court Judges 

Linda L. Bryant, First Judicial Circuit

Lavonda N. Graham-Williams, Third Judicial Circuit

Michael J. Massie, Third Judicial Circuit

Devon R. Paige, Fourth Judicial Circuit

Jennifer L. Fuschetti, Fourth Judicial Circuit

Rebecca M. Robinson, Seventh Judicial Circuit

Corry N. Smith, Eighth Judicial Circuit

Ray P. Lupold, III, Eleventh Judicial Circuit

Linda Lambert Anderson, Fourteenth Judicial Circuit

Heidi E. Meinzer, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit

Michelle M. Kaminsky, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit

Timothy J. McEvoy, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit

Dipti Pidikiti-Smith, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit

Jeffrey L. Campbell, Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit

Lisa M. Baird, Thirty-first Judicial Circuit

William E. Jarvis, Thirty-first Judicial Circuit

 

Election of General District Court Judges 

Derek A. Wagner, First Judicial District

James Matthew Haynes, Jr., Judicial District 2-A

Vaughn T. Breedlove, Fifth Judicial District.

William S. Newsome, Sixth Judicial District

Shukita L. Massey, Eighth Judicial District

James Anderson Mullins, Ninth Judicial District

Brian H. Jones, Eleventh Judicial District

Jennifer E. S. Rosen, Thirteenth Judicial District

Adam M. Krischer, Seventeenth Judicial District

Raymond J. Obregon, Nineteenth Judicial District

Suzan E. Moore, Twenty-eighth Judicial District

Fernando Villarroel, Thirty-first Judicial District

 

Election of Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges 

Regis N. Rice, Second Judicial District

Kimberly H. Phillips, Fourth Judicial District

Michael W. Smith, Seventh Judicial District

Nael A. Abouzaki, Fourteenth Judicial District

Stephen A. Mutnick, Fourteenth Judicial District

Sean A. O. Sherlock, Eighteenth Judicial District

Christina L. Slate, Twenty-first Judicial District

Claudette S. Robertson, Twenty-second Judicial District

Bryan M. Cave, Twenty-sixth Judicial District

William Ethan Stewart, Thirtieth Judicial District

Susan M. Butler, Thirty-first Judicial District

 

Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission

Brenda C. Spry

HOUSE BILLS WITH SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 1900 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-96 N-0 A-0)
HB 1910 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-96 N-0 A-0)
HB 1933 - Senate substitute with amendment agreed to (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1945 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-52 N-43 A-0)
HB 2040 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-88 N-7 A-0)
HB 2105 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-95 N-0 A-0)
HB 2109 - Senate amendments agreed to (Y-96 N-1 A-0)
HB 2122 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-70 N-27 A-0)
HB 2153 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-52 N-45 A-0)
HB 2156 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-96 N-0 A-0)
HB 2219 - Senate amendments agreed to (Y-96 N-0 A-0)
HB 2226 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 2269 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 2321 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 2384 - Senate amendments agreed to (Y-96 N-0 A-0)
HB 2401 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-1 N-96 A-0)
HB 2430 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-81 N-16 A-0)
HB 2446 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 2501 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 2548 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 2601 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-57 N-40 A-0)
HB 2606 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-95 A-0)
HB 2610 - Passed by for the day
HB 2617 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-96 N-0 A-0)
HB 2627 - Senate amendment rejected (Y-4 N-92 A-0)
HB 2637 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 2657 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-46 N-51 A-0)
HB 2659 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 2686 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-84 N-11 A-0)
HB 2692 - Senate amendment agreed to (Y-51 N-46 A-0)
HB 2730 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-97 A-0)
HB 2749 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-0 N-97 A-0)
HB 2753 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 2774 - Senate substitute rejected (Y-2 N-94 A-0)

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION WITH SENATE AMENDMENT
HJ 440 - Senate substitute agreed to (Y-55 N-42 A-0)
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS ON THE SPEAKER'S TABLE
HR 701 - Passed by until Thursday, February 20, 2025
HR 781 - Agreed to
HR 782 - Agreed to
HR 783 - Agreed to
HR 784 - Agreed to
HR 786 - Agreed to
HR 787 - Agreed to
HR 788 - Agreed to
HR 789 - Agreed to
HR 790 - Agreed to
HR 791 - Agreed to
HR 792 - Agreed to
HR 793 - Agreed to
HR 797 - Agreed to
HR 799 - Agreed to
COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS ON THE SPEAKER'S TABLE
HJ 622 - Passed by until Thursday, February 20, 2025
HJ 645 - Agreed to
HR 686 - Passed by for the day
HR 702 - Passed by until Thursday, February 20, 2025
HR 703 - Passed by until Thursday, February 20, 2025
HR 704 - Passed by until Thursday, February 20, 2025
HR 705 - Passed by until Thursday, February 20, 2025
HR 706 - Passed by until Thursday, February 20, 2025
HJ 683 - Agreed to
HJ 717 - Passed by for the day
HR 776 - Passed by until Friday, February 21, 2025
HR 785 - Agreed to
HR 794 - Agreed to
HR 795 - Agreed to
HR 796 - Agreed to
HR 798 - Agreed to
HR 800 - Agreed to
SENATE BILLS READ SECOND TIME
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
SENATE BILLS READ SECOND TIME
REGULAR CALENDAR
HB 1923 - Conferees appointed: Ward, Mundon King, Webert

HB 2120 - Conferees appointed: Maldonado, Hernandez, Kilgore

Motion by Delegate Herring to adjourn agreed to

House adjourned, in honor and memory of Lewis S. Wiley and William Flora, at 2:54 p.m. to meet on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.