[Gavel pounding]
>> the house will come to order.
Members, please take their
seats.
Sergeant at arms.
>> the house is now in session.
All persons not entitled to the
privileges of the floor will
retire to the gallery.
>> the members will rise and be
led in prayer by pandit
rajagopal thuppal, hindu center
of virginia, the richmond
temple.
Please remain standing for the
pledge of allegiance, to be led
by the delegate from shenandoah,
delegate gilbert.
>> [Chanting]
>> [Singing in foreign language]
These are the words.
They are the script and the
translations are let me to the
truth from darkness lead me to
the light.
From death, lead me to the
immore toll
mortal living.
Peace, peace be to us and all
beings.
May peace radiate in the sky and
in the eternal space everywhere.
May peace reign in all of this
earth.
Pay peace flow over the whole
universe and be in the supreme
being.
May there be always existing all
peace papped peace alone.
Peace, peace and peace to us all
and all being.
Thank you.
>> I pledge allegiance to the
flag of the united states of
america.
And to the republic, for which
it stands.
One nation, under God,
indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
>> the members will answer the
roll call indicating presence on
the electronic voting board.
>> the clerk will close the
roll.
>> Mr. Speaker, a quorum is
present.
>> pursuant to house rule 3 I
examined and approved the
journal of the house of
delegates for March 10, 2018.
Motions and provisions are now
in order.
The clerk shall announce the
first morning hour of business
including announcements and
communications.
>> no communications.
I would simply remind the body
that the governor's vetoes and
recommendations are printed in
the calendar and available on
the legislative information
system.
Enrolled bills are available
electronically via ihad and lis
and hard copies for members that
received bill packets.
On your desk in addition are
house procedures pursuant to
house rule and custom and
approved by the speaker that
govern how legislation will be
handled today during the 2018
reconvened session.
I know everyone has been busy
this morning as well.
Commending and memorial
resolutions aagreed to
commending and memorial joint
resolutions and single house
only from the regular session
prepared as presentation copies
and framed if requested and
placed in your pocahontas office
building.
If you asked for those and you
did not swing by your office in
the pocahontas please do because
that is where they are and it
will save on costs of shipping
them to you later.
Thank you.
>> the death from
the death
delegate from
westmoreland.
>> I rise for a motion to
adjourn in the honor and memory
of barbara bush and I would like
to speak to that motion.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> yesterday our country lost an
he
elgrant
elegant rae
effected and beautiful
soul.
Barbara bush has a love for
children.
As first lady of the united
states she knew three had a
platform to impact the world and
she grabbed ahold of that
powerful platform and changed
countless lives in the process.
She traveled the world to some
of the most December late corn
hes December
he -- desolate corners
championing human rights.
She spoke out against racial
segregation.
Mrs. Bush is truly a trail
blazer for women.
As an outspoken champion for the
rights of all americans, barbara
bush spoke out even when
national discussions tried to
keep her quiet.
She was a constant pillar for
her husband's side during his
run for vice President And
President, becoming the first
wife of a candidate to speak out
in support of their husband at a
national nominating convention.
She also made regular radio
appearances on a program called
Mrs. Bush's story time which
championed the benefits of
parents reading aloud to their
children.
During her time as first lady
she continued to drive to
improve civil rights in america
and was said to have been
influencial in the appointment
of the first african american to
her husband's cabinet.
At the inauguration of george w.
Bush she became the first would
many in U.S. History to have
witnessed both her husband and
son sworn in as President Of the
united states and embraced of
her image as american's
warmhearted grander
grandmother.
During her long career in public
life, barbara bush remained
witty, independent minded and
true to her beliefs.
She is a voice that will always
be cherished in our nation's
history and will be dearly
missed.
I move that when the house
adjourn today weigh do so in
we do so in the
honor and memory of barbara
bush.
>> those in favor of that motion
shall rise.
The motion is agreed to.
The delegate from richmond,
delegate adams.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Today I would like to introduce
pandit and his lovely wife.
The term pandit is a sign of
respect much like rabbi would be
be.
The hindu faith was very
important to him growing up in
india as he was from a family of
priests.
Prior to coming to the community
he served in been
india and in
new york.
He holds a graduate degree in
commerce and speaks six
languages.
He is actively involved in the
interfaith organization.
He has been a guest speaker for
the county schools and stratford
university.
Approximately 80,000 virginians
identify as hindu and there are
over 1 billion hindus worldwide.
Roughly is a percent of the
population.
The center of virginia was
founded in 1988 to serve the
religious spiritual and cultural
needs of hindus in the area.
They host much events.
The hindu center is open to all
people from different faiths and
walks of life.
Please join me in giving a warm
house welcome
to
pandit rajagopal
and his wife.
[Applause]
>> the delegate from henrico,
delegate bagby.
>> I rise for purpose of
introduction.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> joining us are members are
john marshall high school boys
basketball team and I would ask
them to stand.
These gentlemen won the virginia
high school league class 3-a
state championship on March 16
journal.
And Mr. Speaker, I have enjoyed
working with Chairman Landes on
the education committee, but
their aggressive style of play
overwhelmed the western
albermarle high school warriors
taking a 20 point halftime lead
which the warriors were unable
to overcome, leading them, the
justices to a final score of
63-42.
They took it easy on them in the
second half.
They finished first in the
richmond times dispatch
2017-2018 westbound
2018 basketball ratings.
Head coach white received region
and state coach of the year
honors and sophomore isaiah todd
was named region player of the
year.
The successful season is a
testament to the skills and hard
work of all of these young men,
student athletes, the leadership
and guidance of the coaches and
staff and support of the entire
john marshall high school
community which is the pride of
north side.
We look forward to many
victorious seasons to come and
look forward to also these young
people making a significant
impact in our community and our
commonwealth and our country.
Please join me in giving the
pride of north side john
marshall justice's boys
basketball team a warm house
welcome.
[Applause]
>> the house would certainly
like to welcome the john
marshall boys basketball state
championship team.
Probably not a more difficult
sport to win a state
championship in.
Congratulations, great job.
>> the delegate from prince
williams, delegate avala.
>> I rise for purpose of
introduction.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> yes, thank you.
today we have in the gallery the
2018 stem contest award
recipients.
If they are in the gallery with
us now, we would ask that they
please rise.
Thank you.
In 2012, the council on women
launched the annual stem essay
contest.
The intention was to award
$5,000 scholarships provided
through the funding efforts of
the counsel to high school
junior and senior planning who
are planning to pursue a stem
career at an institution of
higher education.
Today, the contest continues and
the council has awarded more
than $150,000 in scholarships to
virginia students.
About the contestityself, each
student is a high school junior
or senior.
You will find the schools and
hometowns listed on the
governor's website.
On behalf of the former members
of the council of women,
delegate aird and price and
myself I wish to congratulate
each of these young people for
not only their accomplishments
but being awarded these
scholarships.
Warm round of applause.
[Applause]
>> the house would like to
welcome the 2018 stem contest
award recipients from the
council of women.
A great accomplishment.
Hope you enjoy your stay at the
capitol.
The delegate from fairfax,
delegate corey.
>> I rise for a thank you, I
guess that is an announcement.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> thank you very much cool
leagues for all of the food and
some of the cash, not some, all
of the food and all of the dash
you
cashthat you donated to feed more in
year.
We have more food than ever
before.
Another goal to beat this year.
It was 229 pounds of food.
Not including a few umbrellas.
So, please give your 70s a
warm welcome and warm applause.
Thanks, everybody.
[Applause]
>> the delegate from
westmoreland county, delegate
ransone.
>> I rise for announcement.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker, from April 21 to
April 28, virginia will be
celebrating
celebrating historic garden week
organized by the garden club of
virginia.
When colonists came from britain
they brought with them their
love of gardening.
This has been preserved
alongside the rest of virginia's
storied history.
The beautiful gardens of over
250 of the most historic homes
will be available for public
tours.
This provides educational grants
to students studying landscape,
architecture and conservation.
It also provides grants to our
state parks.
None of this would be possible
without historic garden week
which is estimated to have a
added $42.5 million to
virginia's economy over the last
45 years.
I will let the body know I'm a
little bit biased.
this year in the northern net
the garden club in my district
is going to be to
focused on
historic homes in warsaw all
from the 18th century including
saban hall built by landon
carter the fourth son of king
carter.
Grove mount constructed by
robert mitchell.
Menoken, the restored
restored ruins of
the residence of francis
lightfee plea.
The jones house built by
congressman william atkins jones
and mount ayrie.
Your $25 ticket will give you
access to stratford hall, birth
place of robert e. Lee and it
will be on wednesday April 25
from 10:00 to 4:00.
Take a break and come to the
northern neck and tour the
historic homes and incredible
gardens and get ideas for
plantings around learn about
virginia history and give back
to virginia.
Visit www.Virginiagardenweek.Org
for more information.
>> I rise for announcement.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker and ladies and
gentlemen of the house I rise
today to recognize April as the
month of the military child.
Prince william and fauquier
counties are the home to many
active duty and retired members
of the armed forces and I would
like to take this opportunity to
thank them for their service to
this country and also to thank
their families who like wise
make sacrifices at home.
A time to applaud military
families and their children for
the daily sacrifices three make
and challenges they overcome.
Nearly 80% of military children
attend public schools throughout
the united states and an average
military family moves three
times more often than their
civilian counterparts.
Their ability to adapt to
present and future changes,
deserve our respect and
admiration and I believe it is
vital that we stress the
importance of providing children
with quality services and
support to help them succeed in
the mobile military lifestyle.
As legislators we must ensure we
give military families just as
much support as we give those
who actively work in defense of
our country.
And please remember, if you wear
purple in April you are
celebrating the military child.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
[Applause]
>> the journal shall reflect the
following members' wear
members away on
pressing personal business and
are granted leave.
Delegate thorn.
The clerk shall announce the
next order of business.
>> the second hour is not
applicable to today's calendar.
>> the third.
>> lidge salt lake
legislation to go by for the
day.
I'm aware of no such requests.
>> the next order of business.
>> the fourth and final portion
reserved for recognition by the
speaker of members for points of
personal privilege.
[Applause]
>> does any member have any
further announcements,
introductions or motions?
the purpose of the reconvened
session is to consider
governor's vetoes and
recommendations to bills passed
during the 2018 regular session.
The constitution prohibits
prohibits any
other business.
The clerk conveyed the
procedures how the house will
proceed contained in the
document on your desk.
The clerk will call the
calendar.
>> wednesday, April, 18, 2018
for the 018 reconvened session.
The first category, house bills
vetoed by the governor.
First up,
relating to the status of a
franchisee and its employees as
employees of the franchisor.
The governor vetoed.
The veto is available online and
it is before the body.
>> if the clerk will call the
next item.
>> turning to page 2.
Continuing with the category.
Next up is house bill 158.
An act relating to technical
adjustments of legislative
district boundaries of house
delegates and senate districts.
The veto has been distributed
available online and before the
body.
>> the clerk will call the next
bill.
>> house bill 375.
An act to prohibit certain local
government practices.
It is distributed online and
before the body.
Page three of the calendar.
1,167.
It is an act relating to jury
commissioners list of
unqualified persons provided to
general registrars.
distributed, available online
and it is before the body.
>> the delegate from loudoun,
delegate Larock.
>> thank you.
House bill 1167 is a bill to
allow greater efficiency.
The veto statement, however,
shows that he was either misled
as to the effect or is trying to
make it more difficult and time
consuming for local registrars
to clean up the rolls.
It was supported by the voter
registrar association of
virginia.
The legislation clarifies
existing practices and makes
them more efficient.
Every legitimate vote cancels
out a proper vote.
So we should allow our voter
registrars to efficiently update
voter roles when an individual
tells the clerk they are not
eligible to vote unfortunately,
partisan is undermining local
officials' efforts to
efficiently and accurately
conduct elections in the
commonwealth of virginia.
Is there a problem you might
ask?
A crosscheck of voter rolls down
in 2014 by the virginia voter
alliance turned up 44,000 people
registered in both virginia and
maryland.
Over the last five legislative
sessions, republicans have
attempted to preserve the
integrity of elections and to
improve processes and make
technical fixes in legislative
districts.
Governor northham's three see
toes of
vetoesfollow 24 similar by governor
Mcall legislative.
Mcauliffe.
i will include the law.
Which they do by sending
questionnaires to potential
jurors.
If an individual who is
registered to vote returns
claiming they are not eligible
to vote and seven on a jury that
information can and should be
made available for the voter
registrar and they then notify
and allow the individual to
confirm the eligibility to vote.
I will not contest this veto.
>> the clerk will call the next
veto.
>> house bill 1204.
It is an act relating to real
property tax special and
separate assessment of open
space in certain localities.
The governor's veto is available
online, distributed and before
the body.
>> the delegate from fairfax,
delegate hugo.
>> I did want to address the
issue.
I want to first thank the 65
members who voted for it even
the one abstained vote.
I appreciate that, too.
And the 27 members of the
senate.
This bill was attempting to
address an unfair property tax
issue for certain golf courses
that were literally being billed
10 times what others are.
I want to thank the governor,
even in the veto message he said
if we don't fix this we would
come back and work on it again
next year.
I'm pleased to say that because
of the members who voted for
this bill and how it passed the
house and the senate there has
been an equitable resolution
that I believe the golf courses
are now working on that will
take place.
I don't think this would have
happened if the people here
hadn't been able to work on
this.
So I appreciate that bipartisan
agreement.
That we worked on.
And for one course this fixes
600 of my constituents who are
members but also 5,000 military
personnel.
I appreciate it.
Mr. Speaker, I do not wish to
contest the veto.
>> the clerk will proceed to the
next veto on page 4.
>> page 4.
Next up, house bill 1,257.
Act relating to sanctuary
policies.
The veto distributed, available
online and house bill 1257 is
before the body.
>> the delegate from rock
bridge, delegate cline.
>> I rice for a motion.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> I would move that we override
the governor's veto and if I
might speak to the motion.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Ladies and gentlemen of the
house, this is an issue which
has been debated on this floor
many times.
And I have spoken often of the
simplicity of the bill which
simply says no locality shall
adopt any ordinance procedure or
policy that restriction the
enforcement of federal
immigration laws.
I read the veto message and it
didn't even seem like it was
written about this bill.
Because, the governor said that
this legislation could have
negative impacts on public
safety.
Well, you know what actually has
a negative impact on public
safety?
Not enforcing the law.
It is important to remember that
we are a nation of laws and not
of men as john adams said.
And it is important to remember
that when it comes to keeping
our communities safe,
enforcement of the law is key
and that is why we have law
enforcement officers.
It is frustrating when we hear
of incidents that are occurring
in the commonwealth why the laws
are not being enforced and
actual barrier is are being put
in place to enforcement of our
laws such as our federal
immigration laws.
I'm not talking about 287-g
programs which are optional for
each locality to participate in.
I'm talking about policies like
arlington's where the locality
will not honor an I.C.E.
Detainer without presentation of
a warrant issued by a judge.
Or, just two weeks buy
weeks ago in
fairfax where you had a
discussion going on about gang
violence in fairfax and
immigration and customs
enforcement officials disinvited
from the meeting not allowed to
speak at a public meeting and
then according to the washington
post several members of the
board of supervisors
congratulated the sheriff on her
decision to not participate in
287-b
g and asked her and the
police chief to make sure that
I.C.E. Agents aren't easily able
to arrest anyone who is not the
target of a criminal
investigation.
That is actively interfere
ing
with the enforcement of
immigration law.
Those that say we don't have
sanctuary cities in the
commonwealth.
We have a problem of sanctuary
policies in the commonwealth.
Citizens like roanoke there are
petitions being circulated to
declare them to be sanctuary
cities.
Charlottesville is another one.
I would urge my colleagues to
consider overriding the veto.
We do have a problem and if we
ignore it, it will only continue
to grow.
I thank the body.
>> delegate lopez.
>> speaking to the motion.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
The governor vetoed this bill to
ensure that local governments
retain the authority and
autonomy to make decisions
themselves about how to allocate
limited resource and protect
community police relations.
This imposes an unnecessary and
divisive requirement upon
localities.
Currently localities have the
discretion to determine whether
they will expend resources to
enter into a voluntary, let me
repeat that, voluntary agreement
with the united states
immigrations and customs
enforcement agent sill.
This would strip lowe
strip localities of a
autonomy.
This would send a clear message
to people across the
commonwealth that state and
local law enforcement officials
are to be feared and avoided
rather than trusted and engaged.
These policies encourage people
to report crimes to the police
that we have regardless of the
legal status.
They encourage people to report
crimes regardless of their legal
status.
This bill goes the opposite
direction.
A recent university of illinois
study found that 45% of
immigrants documented and
undocumented were less likely to
report a crime you as a result
of increased involvement of
local police in immigration
enforcements.
More alarming and I mentioned
this before in just the first
eight months of last year, in
arlington county, immigrant
communities have seen a drop of
75% in reports of domestic
violence and 85% drop in reports
of sexual violence.
The fear in my community and
across the commonwealth is real.
Immigrants are avoiding police
for fear that their contact
might lead to deportation of a
loved one.
Not only will immigrants be
afraid to report crimes as
witnesses or victims or
coordinate with police and
prosecutors in helping to solve
crimes, their fear of doing so
will make them easy targets for
crime from gangs and bad actors
who prey on them.
In effect, this legislation
makes our communities less safe
by stoking irrational fears of
immigrants and stopping the
community policing that we value
for true public safety.
I hope it is the will of the
body to sustain the governor's
veto and vote no.
>> shall the house override the
governor's veto?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 51, nos 48.
The house fail foss
s to override the
veto.
>> next up, house bill 1270
relating to the regional
greenhouse gas prohibition of
participation by the
commonwealth.
The veto is available online and
before the body.
>> delegate poindexter.
>> thank you.
You recall that house bill 1270
is a whend
method to keep virginia
electricity rates from rising
unnecessarily.
I think of deerskin sometimes.
Folks up north hang them by the
head to skin and down south we
hang them by the feet but both
accomplishes the same thing.
Get the skin off and quarter the
deer and away you go.
According to article 1
section 10 of the constitution
there are other ways for me to
proceed to stop this rising of
electricity rates on virginians
so I will not contest the
governor's veto, Mr. Chairman.
>> the clerk will report the
next veto.
>> finally, Mr. Speaker, on page
5 of today's printed calendar,
the last bill vetoed by the
governor, house bill vetoed by
the governor 1568 an act
relating to the virginia
economic authority small
business authority.
It is vetoed
vetoed online and before
the body.
>> delegate from augusta,
delegate landes for an act to
follow.
[Applause]
>> addressing the governor's
veto and there is more than one
way to skin a cat.
>> oh!
>> and Mr. Speaker.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker, this legislation
house bill 1568 was to address
concerns related to how the
department of small business and
supplier diversity has been
addressing and utilizing in many
cases their grant funds.
The compromise that we came up
with was in an attempt to work
with the administration and the
governor mentions having worked
with moo he
me and others on this.
I have talked to incoming
secretary of commerce and trade
brian balance who
ball who worked with me on
this and members across the
aisle that have been concerned
about the legislation and
Chairman Of the appropriations
committee and we hope to look at
the metrics that the
administration is going to come
forward with related to the
agency and making sure we are
measuring how they do and what
they do related to their
functions related to
certification and also the grant
funds that I have alluded to.
Mr. Speaker, I know we were
going to be doing that over the
next year and we hope to come up
with a solution related to the
concerns that I have raised and
others.
And, therefore, Mr. Speaker, I
will not be contesting the
governor's veto.
>> the clerk will proceed with
the calendar.
>> Mr. Speaker, turning to the
next category of business,
today's calendar.
House bills with recommendations
by the governor.
Begins on page 5 of the printed
calendar.
The first bill in the category,
house bill 83 an act to require
provision of feminine hygiene
products at no cost to fee
female
prisoners or inmates.
It is online and before the
body.
>> delegate cory.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
>> my fellow delegates, thank
you all for voting for this
bill.
It passed both houses
unanimously.
This is just a technical change
of language from regulation to
standards.
You can't implement standards
but you can implement
regulations.
I ask all of you to support the
governor's amendment.
Thank you.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 96, nos 0.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> continuing with the category
on page 6 of the printed
calendar.
Next up house bill 155.
It is an act
relating to clinics for
treatment of opioid addiction;
location.
The governor's recommendation
distributed available online and
it is before the body.
>> the delegate from richmond
city, delegate quinn.
>> speaking to the governor's
recommendation.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> house bill 155 adds extenned
same allowance for the license
the opioid treatment clinic in
newport news.
A company has purchased the
henrico facility and is planning
to purchase the facility in
newport news and would be unable
to get a license without the
exemption so I move the adoption
of the governor's
recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
Ayes 98, nos 0.
>> the governor's recommendation
is agreed to.
>> next up, house bill 192 and
act
relating to use of rainwater and
gray water; regulations.
The governors if recommendation
distributed, available online
and it is before the body.
>> delegate yancey.
>> house bill 192 which passed
98-0 is legislation that would
among other things provide
opportunities to recognize rain
water as independent source of
freshwater.
The governor amended the
legislation so that the board of
health is the entity that adopts
regulation and make language
regarding water for human
consumption consistent
throughout the code of virginia.
I move to adopt the
recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to.
>> the clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes the 7, nos 0.
>> the governor's recommendation
agreed to.
>> turning to page 7.
Next up house bill 284.
It is an act
relating to historical african
american cemeteries; owners and
localities receiving funds.
The governor's recommendation
has been distributed, it is
available online and it is
before the body.
>> it is recommended by the
office of attorney general.
Without the amendment the sub
section g an act of entering for
maintenance the same as entering
the cemetery to conduct genea
logical research.
I move the adoption of the
governor's recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 99, nos 0.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
House bill 286 an act
relating to food and drink
sanitary requirements; exception
for companion animals in
wineries.
Governor's recommendation has
been distributed.
Available online and it is
before the body.
>> the delegate from loudoun,
delegate bell.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
>> speaking to the governor's
recommendation.
>> speaking to the
recommendation.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker, the bill the
underlying bill allows wineries
and farm breweries and
distilleries to allow dogs on
the premises if they so choose.
This amendment which I requested
the governor to add in was at
the request of the virginia
restaurant association after the
bill passed both chambers and
just makes the restaurant report
facility
or thefacility have a designation of
the area where the dogs are
allowed.
That can prevent problems and
can be done at no cost.
I recommend the adoption of
adoption of the
governor's recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 99, nos 0.
The recommendation is agreed to.
>> house bill 297.
Anin' act
relating to the administrative
process act; guidance documents.
The governor's recommendations
have been distributed and is
before the body.
>> speaking to the governor's
recommendations.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> house bill 297 as it passed
provides greater transparency in
the development of regulatory
guidelines providing a 30 day
comment period before they are
published.
One deals with an incorrect
citation and the other simply
clarifies the point when a
person can challenge a guidance
document and make the case to be
treated as a regulation.
The substantive change is the
delayed effective date,
January 1, 2019.
The pressure for that was the
department of planning and
budget requested time to get the
process up and running so it
works correctly.
With that, I move that we accept
the amendments.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 99, nos 0.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> turning to page 8 and
continuing with governor's
recommendations.
Next up is house bill 365.
It is an act
relating to income tax
subtraction; virginia real
estate investment trust income.
The governor's recommendation is
disdistributed, available online
and it is before the body.
>> speaking to the governor's
recommendation.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> the governor's recommendation
came to us from the legislative
services and it is technical in
nature and I hope it is the
pleasure of the body to accept
the recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 99, nos 0.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> house bill 376 an act
relating to secure and resilient
commonwealth panel; membership.
The governor's recommendation is
distributed, available online
and it is before the body.
>> the delegate from virginia
beach, delegate davis.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Speaking to the recommendation.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
This is a recommendation
technical in nature.
We know that the secretary of
technology position was changed
earlier in year so the amendment
identifies the secondary of
administration as opposed to the
secondary of technology.
I would ask that we adopt and
pass the amendment.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 98, nos 0.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> next is house bill 511, an
act
relating to child abuse or
neglect; sex offenders;
investigations; reports to law
enforcement.
The governor's recommendation
distributed, availableon line
and it is before the body.
>> delegate from albermarle,
delegate bell.
>> this required prompt
investigation by a social
services department when they
receive a complaint that a child
has been left alone with a
nonrelative convicted of a
sexually violative offense.
It would change to the local
attorney's office.
I hope the body would accept.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 97, nos 0.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> house bill 523.
It
is
relating to the board for
architects, professional
engineers, land surveyors,
certified interior designers and
landscape architects;
membership.
Is the governor's recommendation
is available and before the
body.
>> this recommendation is
technical in nature and changes
the composition of the board
from eight to nine members and
includes one citizen member for
purposes of a quorum.
I would move the recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 99, nos 0.
The governors if recommendation
is agreed to.
>> next up is house bill 543 an
act
relating to the department of
general services; lease of
surplus property.
The governor's recommendation
has been distributed, available
online and it is before the
body.
>> the delegate from frederick,
delegate colloquy
collins.
Sorry.
The delegate from culpeper,
delegate freitas.
>> speaking to the governor's
recommendation.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> this bill specified that the
501 c's dealing with things like
addiction recovery can lease
state property at cost.
The governor's recommendation
simply clarifies he wants to be
a part of the approval process
and so as much as it pains me, I
ask that we accept the
governor's recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 98, nos 0.
>> the governor's recommendation
agreed to.
>> next up, house bill 638.
It is an act
relating to trespass; unmanned
aircraft system; penalty.
The governor's recommendation
distributed, available online
and it is before the body.
>> the delegate, delegate
collins.
>> it is the hair, Mr. Speaker.
I would ask that we take the
amendments in two separate
blocks.
One and two in a block and three
and four into a block.
Vote on them separately.
>> we will sever these two.
Would you like to address one
and two?
>> thank you.
I have spoken to the governor
about the amendments they are in
support of the motion I am about
to make that bel
we will pass by
amendments one and two dealing
with the school board
administration wanting to have
their own legislation dealing
with drones and in conversations
with them because we will have
an enactment clause this will
not be enacted until November of
2019 we will look at this
further.
I will ask that amendments one
and two pass by, Mr. Speaker.
>> delegate collins moves to
pass by amendments one and two.
All
all in favor of the motion, say aye.
Those opposed, no.
The motion carries and
amendments one and two are
passed by.
Delegate collins speaking to
amendments three and four.
>> speaking to amendments three
and four.
Amendment number three, ladies
and gentlemen simply clarifying
language to make sure that an
individual operating a drone is
in such a manner consistent with
federal regulations.
This is clarifying language.
Amendment four is an enactment
clause so that we can take a
look at this through the
technology and the innovative
technology commission and make
sure that we are into the doing
anything harmful and I would
accept the governor's
amendments.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation on amendments
three and four be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 95, nos 0.
Abstentions 1.
Will
>> ayes 95, nos 0.
Abstentions 1.
Limits three and four agreed to.
>> house bill 665.
An act
an act
relating to coalfield employment
enhancement tax credit.
The governor's recommendation
distributed, available online
and it is before the body.
>> delegate kilgore.
>> speak to the governor's
recommendation.
>> I would ask that we reject
the governor's amendment and
give him a little more time to
think about this worthy project.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
>> delegate toscano.
>> speaking to the
recommendation.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Ladies and gentlemen of the
house.
I hope that you will accept the
governor's recommendation and
vote yes.
There is confusion not right now
in the coal industry and makes
sense to take time until things
settle down a bit.
The market has been in flux for
some time.
And the recent actions by the
trump administration regarding
the tariffs on steel from china
only exacerbated the issue.
There are several things that
are clearer about the coal tax
credit.
We have had a coal tax credit in
virginia until last year for
since the 1980s.
And, during that time, virginia
taxpayers have invested some
$750 million.
These are your tax dollars, that
have gone to the coal -- largely
coal companies but some
electricity companies.
And but have not brought the
results that the coal tax credit
was supposed to bring.
Y'all don't remember because you
weren't here in the 1980s but it
was sold as a vehicle to create
jobs and increase coal
production and $750 million
later what do we have?
We have an employment situation
where about 12,000 plus were
employed by coal industries in
the 1980's and now down to less
than 3,000 people.
Tonnage to the drop by 67% since
the 1980's.
We tonnage continuing to drop,
in.
>> fact, the most recent date
interest from the U.S.
government and now this is a
government controlled by
President Trump, shows the coal
production based on April
numbers of this year is down
almost 5% in virginia from what
it was last year.
It's not getting any better and
instead of saying we will invest
in virginia in a different way
we will double down and keep
sending tax dollars down for
this.
Two other things happened in the
industry and they have to do
with technology.
Coal is being challenged by the
market.
And by automation.
And if you take a look at what
is happening in coal production,
and what this is supposed to do,
this bill, you have to realize
that the technology is changing
around us.
The delegate from scott is going
to rise and say this is not met
coal, this is not about steam
coal.
>> that's right.
>> I don't have to now.
>> and met coal is effective
because it is the basic
ingredient of steel and we want
more steel and met coal helps
build steel.
The problem here is that that is
the -- that is an old paradigm.
It used to be that steel was
made in these blast furnaces,
these huge furnaces.
But over time, industry,
especially the american steel
industry has gone to a new
technology called electric air
furnaces which are fired by gas,
not coal.
You know who uses electric blast
furnaces?
China.
you know whose tariffs or who is
going to have tariffs on steel
from what country?
China.
So think about where this met
coal is going to go.
China and are we going to get
steel back?
No.
So they are not going to buy it.
So the coal industry is stilling
with
going tosuffer and we are going to
continue to double down.
I encourage you to take a little
time, take another year.
Put on this reenactment clause.
We can take a look at how things
are sorting out in the
international economy at that
time and if we decide that it
makes sense to invest our
hard-earned tax dollars of your
constituents by sending them to
coal companies, then we can put
in the met coal improved coal
tax credit.
You.
>> the delegate from shenandoah,
delegate gilbert.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Speaking to the amendment.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker, I reluctantly
rise to simply avoid having to
do this a second time.
And just want to remind the body
that the minority leader wants
them to vote yes and delegate
kilgore asked them to vote no
and for those who May be doing
something else and need that
reminder I just centley offer
that so that we don't have --
gently offer that so we don't
have to do this a second time.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation -- shall the
governor's recommendation be
agreed to?
the clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 42, nos 55.
The governor's recommendation is
rejected.
>> next up is house bill 680.
House bill 680 an act
relating to motor vehicle sales
and use tax.
The governor's recommendation
veilable, distributed, available
online and it is before the
body.
>> the delegate from james city
county, delegate pogge.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
>> speaking to the governor's
amendment.
>> speaking to the governor's
amendment.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> house bill 680.
It was a bill that reduced the
sales tax on small utility
trailers.
The government recommended that
it shall inside become effective
until the 2019 session.
We the bill was being vetted,
there was no fiscal impact
statement and that is why he is
asking for another year.
I accept the governor's
amendment and ask you to agree
to them.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 97, nos 0.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> turning to page 12 of the
printed calendar.
Continuing house bills with
recommendation by the governor.
Next up, 763, an act
relating to establishment of
revenue reserve fund.
>> this removes the 50% cap on
the amount of resources the
governor could withdraw from the
account.
This establishes the revenue
reserve fund.
Only accessed when we are south
out of session if the governor
issued cost reduction measures
and they do not effect wait
enough savings from
ings from that prevent
us having a cash deficit.
I ask that we accept the
governor's recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 89, nos 8.
The governor's recommendation is
a agreed to.
>> house bill 765, an act
relating to transportation
processes in the commonwealth;
responsibilities of
transportation entities;
funding.
The governor's recommendation
has been distributed, available
online and it is before the
body.
>> the delegate from suffolk,
delegate jones.
>> speaking to the amendment.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> this references the highway
maintenance and operating
program and makes a technical
correction referencing sub
section d of 33.2-357.
I would ask that we accept the
governor's recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 98, nos 0.
>> the governor's recommendation
is agreed to.
>> turning to page 13.
Printed calendar.
house bill -- sorry.
Remaining on page 12.
House bill 770 an act
relating to the virginia
economic development partnership
authority.
The governor's recommendation is
before the body.
>> delegate jones.
>> speaking to the amendment.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> this adds an emergency clause
to thed by and I would ask ask
that we accept the amendment.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 98, nos 0.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> house bill 887 an act
relating to online sewage
systems maintenance.
The governor's recommendation
distributed, available online
and it is before the body.
>> the delegate from caroline,
delegate orrock.
>> speaking to the
recommendation.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> the underlying bill addressed
circumstance whereby sewage
installers will be able to
perform normal maintenance
without having to go through a
permitting process.
The recommendations clarifying
that local ordinances cannot be
less than state standards and
clarifying what maintenance
procedures are.
I would ask that we accept the
governor's recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 94, nos 3.
the governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> house bill 88 an to direct
the department of health to take
steps to eliminate evaluation
and design services for onsite
sewage systems and private wells
provided by the department.
Patrons -- orrock and webert
distributed.
Available online and it is
before the body.
>> delegate orrock.
>> speaking to the
recommendations.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker and members of
the house, the recommendations
are clearly just technical
removing the word actively given
there it no definition for that
as it related to sewage system
operators and since no record is
kept of complaints but remember
disciplinary action this is also
technical.
I would ask that we accept the
governor's recommendations.
>> shall the governor's
recommendations be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 90, nos 3.
>> the recommendations are
agreed to.
>> turning to page 14.
House bill 919 an act
relating to the virginia
community college system.
The governor's recommendation
distributed, available online
and it is before the body.
>> delegate jones.
>> speaking to the substitute.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> speaking to the substitute
before you does several things.
Contains some technical
amendments offered by the
division of legislative services
and also delays by a year to
2020 creation of a passport
program and enactment clause
changes to align the
implementation of the uniform
certificate of general studies
and passport program with
senator dunnavant's previously
enacted timeline.
I would ask that we accept the
substitute.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 98, nos 0.
>> agreed to.
>> house bill 1 o 0.
It is an act to
permit school boards to employ
certain individuals.
The governor's recommendation
distributed, available online
and they are before the body.
>> the delegate from shenandoah,
delegate gilbert.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker and members this was
intended to provide relief for
individuals who are currently
employed with many of our local
school systems who were
terminated as a result of the
way the supreme court
interpreted a particular statute
there were a number of
localities that either ignored
the case report guidance or
ignored both the case and
subsequent guidance from the
board of ed on the issue and
retain the the employees and so
this governor's amendment I'm
thankful they were willing to
work with me to provide an
additional year to give those
individuals a chance to come
into compliance with this and if
they don't I assume the school
board can just ignore this, too.
I appreciate the spirit of
goodwill in which we were able
to work together to provide
relife for everybody involved.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
I would move that we accept the
governor's recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 92, nos 4.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> house bill 1114.
It is an act
relating to voter registration;
persons assisting with
completion or collection of
completed voter registration
applications; certain
identifying information
required.
The governor's recommendation
has been distributed, it is
available online and it is
before the body.
>> the delegate from caroline,
delegate orrock.
>> I rise for parliamentary
inquiry.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker and members of
the body as I look at the bill
as it went to the governor and
has been throughout the process
it was putting requirements on
individuals assisting a voter
registration applicant.
The substitute as I see it from
the governor has removed all
such severenesses and now
and.
>> would the speaker rule
whether this is properly before
us as to whether it is germane
or not to the original measure.
>> I looked at this particular
measure and clearly the purpose
of house bill 1144 specifically
dealt with persons assistling
with the completion or
collection of completed voter
registration applications and
the requirement of certain
identifying information of the
person assisting the applicant.
The governor's substitute
transfers to the applicant and
requires the application to
require that the applicant
provide his telephone number and
e-mail address and further
expands the bill to prohibit any
application from being denied
for failure to provide such
information.
The substitute adds additional
provisions relevant to the
responsibilities from general
registrar.
The substitute goes beyond the
original purpose of the bill and
I will rule it not germane.
Next up is house bill 1163.
An act
relating to fire protection;
applicant preemployment
information with fire
departments.
The governor's recommendation
has been distribute the, is
available online and it is
before the body.
>> the delegate from hopewell,
delegate ingram.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
>> speaking to the governor's
recommendation?
>> yes.
>> house bill 1163 --
[Laughter]
>> speaking to the governor's
recommendation.
[Laughter]
[Applause]
Allows any fire department
pursuant to a local ordinance
adopted in accord nance
accordance to require
applicants for employment to
submit for fingerprinting and
background checks.
The governor's amendments are
technical in nature and I would
move that we accept the
governor's recommendations.
>> shall the governor's
recommendations be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 98, nos 0.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> turning to page 15.
Now the printed calendar.
Next up house bill 1258.
An act
relating to zoning for wireless
communications infrastructure.
The governors it recommendation
has been distributed, it is
available online and it is
before the body.
>> delegate kilgore.
>> speaking to the
recommendations.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> this would ensure that the
locality decision-making like
one wireless carrier cannot be
given preference over another
and maintains some ability of
local government to encourage
the carriers to collocate and
develops a, woulding group to
expand wireless activity the
into the rural areas.
I hope it would be the pleasure
of the house to adopt the
governor's amendments.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
Ayes 87, nos 9, abstentions 2.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> turning to page 16 of the
printed calendar.
1328 an act relating to a local
tree stand ordinance disabled
hunter exempt.
Governor's recommendation has
been distributed, available
online and it is before the
body.
>> the delegate from halifax,
delegate edmonds.
>> speaking to the
recommendation.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker, in the south we
skin a deer starting
starting from the
back leg.
[Laughter]
>> Mr. Speaker, if you recall
house bill 1328 allows hunters
disabled to be exempted from any
local tree stand ordinance.
The governor clarifies only
those with physical disabilities
included in the exemptions and
not those mentally impaired.
I would ask that we accept the
governors if recommendations.
>> shall the governor's
recommendations be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 97, nos 0.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> next up, house bill 1351 an
act
relating to joint legal or
physical custody.
>> delegate davis.
>> I would move that we pass by
the governor's recommendations
and ask to speak to that at the
appropriate time.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> the recommendations would be
a major policy decision related
to the application potentially
of federal immigration law by a
court and other opportunities
way more broad than initially
discussed in the bill.
While it May not be bad policy
it is felt that the needs this
needs to have a full discussion
next year so as not to do any
harm to the concept.
I would rather not ask that it
be rejected but just passed by
for the time being, Mr. Speaker.
>> delegate watts.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Speaking to the motion to pass
by.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
We are dealing with benefits
going to children.
Benefits going to them in a very
important developmental point of
their life.
The reason for this bill is that
recently, the court of appeals
rejected -- excuse me, the
supreme court rejected hearing
the court of appeals' ruling on
a case coming out of northern
judges it done it consistently
for years and gone beyond the
wording in the code and finding
of fact as to what is in the
child's best interest.
The language in the governor's
amendment is'
is' essential.
Again underscoring in the
important developmental years of
a
child eligibility for free and
retuesdayed lunch, family
unification program and housing
vouchers, obtaining a passpart.
Supplemental social security
income.
Delaying this for a year while
we wait to look at this fully in
the next session as opposed to
allowing this application for
these important benefits to go
forward in the months to come
and come back in the 2019
session and look further at the
language to see if there are
additional corrections and such
that might be made.
I urge you to vote on the
amendments to deal with the
needs of the children and carry
on as juvenile and domestic
relations courts judges have
done for years in their finding
of what is in the child's best
interests.
>> the delegate from caroline,
delegate orrock.
>> parliamentary inquiry.
>> the delegate May state it.
>> as I look at the language of
1351 as it went to the governor,
it was very narrow in its
interpretation and only applied
to the actual custody and had no
reference to benefits that would
accrue.
Whether it was joint legal, or
sole custody there was no
presumption of any modification
as related to the child's
ability to receive state or
federal benefits thereby.
I would gentlemen the
germaneness of this amendment.
>> okay.
Let me take that look at it.
>> I think the gentleman is
correct in his analysis and I
would rule it not germane.
Public rights
of way use fees.
The governor's distributed
available online and before the
body.
>> the delegate from scott,
delegate kilgore.
>> speaking to the governor's
recommendation.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker and ladies and
gentlemen of the house, the
governor amended this
legislation and removed
localities from the bill but
maintained the new streamlined
fee schedule for what vdot can
charge wireless providers and
maintains a flexibility of the
local governments to select a
fee that best fits with our
local land use and the value of
the public right-of-way.
I hope it would be the pleasure
of the body to accept the
governor's recommendations.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 97, nos 1.
Abtensions 1.
>> ayes 97, nos 1.
Abstentions one.
The governor's recommendation is
adopted.
>> house bill 1441 an act
relating to all-terrain
vehicles.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> house bill 1441 removes the
sales and stackets from the sale
of atv a and motorcycles and
replaces it with a titling tax
so it is no tax increase.
The recommendation recognized
that as we were making this making this
totally neutral we omitted one
code and that puts that in so
that it is clear so there is no
change in the tax policy, just
where the taxes are collected
and I would ask that we would
adopt the governor's
recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 77, nos 21, aye 77, nos
21.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> turning to page 18.
Next up house bill 1450 an act
relating to the bbu authority.
The governor's recommendation
distribute the, available online
and before the body.
>> the delegate from smith,
delegate campbell.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Speaking to the governor's
recommendation.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Ladies and gentlemen of the
house, I stand before you in a
surreal state today.
>> ooh!
>> to think that a bill I
carried was so compelling to the
governor that he simply could
not wait until July 1 for it to
become law I am just thrilled
by.
Accordingly, I would ask the
body to oblige the governor and
accept his amendment.
[Laughter]
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 98, nos 0.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> next up is house bill 1539.
It is an act
relating to mass transit in the
commonwealth.
The governor's numerous
recommendations distributed,
they are available online and
presently before the body.
>> the delegate from fairfax,
delegate hugo.
>> I rise to speak to the
governor's recommendations.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> and Mr. Speaker, in order to
make sure we get this done in a
prompt time, I might ask or
request that we block some of
these amendments.
>> okay.
So the delegate wants to sever
and block.
>> yes, sir.
>> the delegate May proceed.
>> I ask that in one block
technical, amendment one, two,
three, five, six, nine, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21,
22, and 23.
Get that?
>> delegate hugo wants to, first
of all --
>> 22?
>> yeah, 22 on this.
>> got that, too.
>> delegate hugo, 22?
>> okay.
Yes.
22 is -- we can take 22 and I
will address it separately.
That's fine.
>> take it out.
>> Mr. Speaker, would you like
22 in the block or out of the
block?
>> take it out.
>> out of the block.
1-3, 5-6, 9-15.
8-21 and 23?
>> all right.
The next one I will explain it
step rattly.
Separately.
That is fine.
>> Mr. Speaker?
>> it might be easeor adopt that
block.
>> let me explain.
Many are purely technical.
Some are name changes.
Some address how the moneys move
into the funds but literally
more technical in nature.
I think I spoke with my con
fearee on this and there is
agree on
agreement on that.
I would ask that the amendments
within the block be adopted.
>> shall the recommendations
1-3, 5-6, 9-15, 18-21 and 23 be
agreed to?
the clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 99, nos 0.
The various recommendations are
agreed to.
Delegate hugo?
>> Mr. Speaker, I would ask that
we create another block.
These would be not -- they are
not technical.
The next four amendments deal
with the tax increases that the
governor has proposed within
this bill.
And I would ask that we take
them en bloc.
7, 8, 16 and 17.
>> delegate hugo wants to take
7, 8, 16 and 17 the tax block.
>> Mr. Speaker.
>> the delegate from fairfax,
delegate simon.
>> I have a motion.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> I would move that those be
passed by.
>> delegate simon moves that
amendments or recommendations 7
and 8 and 16 and 17 be passed
by.
Two minutes on each side for
that.
Delegate from shenandoah,
delegate gilbert.
Delegate from fairfax, delegate
hugo.
>> Mr. Speaker, I believe we
will agree to that.
>> all those in favor of passing
by the block of 7 and 8, 16 and
17 will signify by saying aye.
Those opposed, no.
The ayes have it and those four
recommendations are passed by.
Delegate hugo.
>> next I ask that we take
amendment four.
Speak to amendment four.
>> the delegate would like to
speak to amendment four?
>> I would ask that we reject
amendment four.
One of the things in the bill
that we attempted to do in
working with our colleagues on
both sides of the ail
aisle is
making sure that metro has
reforms.
When we had a press conference
we said we would fund metro and
rae form
reform metro and do it without
tax increase is.
One of the key reforms in there
was to make sure that these
costs overruns stop.
Metro sometimes had 7, 8, 9%
funding
increases.
We have a 3% percent cap on
funding.
This would take the ig outside
of the cap.
I would ask that we keep that in
there and keep the cost
restraints in there and keep the
pressure on and keep the 3% cap
firm.
Mr. Speaker, I would ask that we
reject the governor's
recommendation on amendment 4.
>> delegate from fairfax,
delegate simon.
>> the delegate from fairfax
delegate sullivan.
>> speaking to the amendment.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> the delegate from fairfax is
correct.
We have included in this bill
sort of a break because everyone
is concerned with costs at
metro.
Amendment four creates one
exception to the 3% increase and
that is the office of the
inspector general.
No one has expressed any
concerns about metro spending
too much money on its internal
watch dog, if you will.
And it is, frankly, something we
want to make sure it well
funded.
Metro is about to get
$500 million a year in
additional funds.
The current office of the
inspector general is about
$5 million.
This is simply an exception to
that 3% notion so that metro --
we don't create some incentive
to not increase funding to the
oig if they need additional
funding in the oig.
That is something we would all
want metro to be doing to make
sure that its internal
organization is being properly
monitored by the oig.
This I think is an excellent
amendment and I hope you will
vote for it.
>> Mr. Speaker.
>> the delegate from -- the
delegate from fairfax, delegate
hugo.
>> again, Mr. Speaker, we are
trying to keep the cost cap this
there and keep it firm.
Firm.
The first thing it appears we
are trying to do here is create
an exception.
Metro has had cost overrun after
overrun after overrun.
The body is attempting to fund
it, which is what they asked us
to do.
But we also said hand in hand
with the money must come
reforms.
And we did it with no tax
increase.
Again, why would we want to
having a reform why would the
first thing we do is to create
another exception?
i would ask us to vote no.
They can take the money for the
ig out of the moneys they have.
They will I'm sure.
Show have good new leadership
this.
I would ask that we vote no.
Keep the hard cap firm and keep
it in there and keep the
restraints on metra.
Vote no.
>> delegate toscano.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Will the delegate from fairfax,
delegate sullivan resume the
floor for a question?
>> delegate sullivan yield for a
yes?
>> I yield.
>> delegate yields.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
I would ask the delegate we had
just a few minutes ago four
amendments that had to do with
tax issues.
For someone who lives downstate
who is not really affected as
much by metro but might be
worried about a tax increase
does it recommendation say
anything at all about tax
increases.
>> I would answer that amendment
four has nothing to do with
imposing any kind of tax
increase.
>> thank you.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation number 4 be
agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 48, nos 51.
Recommendation number four is
rejected.
The delegate from fairfax,
delegate hugo.
>> I would like to address now
amendment 22.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker, with amendment
22, and we could have said that
was clarify, but I think it is
probably more appropriate to
bring it out.
I'm going to ask that we support
the governor's amendment on it.
One of the things we were
talking about a minute ray
ago.
Trying to make sure that the
reforms go into the bill and
don't come back in a couple of
years and say we Miss This.
What this does and I applaud the
governor, it requires the ctb to
withhold 20% of the state funds
if they have not adopted buy
laws requiring all member
jurisdictions to require certain
journal
jurisdictional procedures.
This was something that was
recommended.
We had talked about with the
governor.
I think the secretary lahood
talked about this.
I appreciate the governor
including this amendment and I
would ask my colloquy leaks on
both sides of the aisle to vote
yes on amendment 22.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation number 22 be
agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 99 nos 0.
>> ayes 99, nos 0.
The delegate from fairfax,
delegate hugo.
>> and Mr. Speaker, addressing
amendment no. 24.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> I would ask, Mr. Speaker that
that amendment be broken into
half.
What is it?
14 -- I guess it would be 17 and
24 -- 18.
>> so the delegate wants
wants to
address 24-17.
>> I think what the governor has
attempted to do is make sure
that nothing in the bill shall
trigger kill switches in other
legislation.
I just want to make sure we
brought that up.
I would think that we can adopt
this amendment.
I would ask that we support the
amendment.
This is something I just wanted
to break it out to make sure
that people understood what we
are doing on this.
Make sure that we don't impact
past legislation.
I ask the members to adopt
24-17.
>> shall the recommendation
dealing with 24-17 be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 99, nos 0.
That recommendation 24-17 is
adopted.
>> delegate hugo.
>> addressing the recommendation
and 24-18.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> the revenue source in here is
currently subject to the
enactment clause and house bill
1887 from 2015 which states
congress enacts the marketplace
fairness county as internet tax
that the revenue source shall be
deo positionitied in the fund
this would' lou it to be
dedicated to a moda capital fund
even if congress enacts the
market fairness act so I would
ask that we adopt this
amendment.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation on 24-18 be
agreed to?
the clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 96, nos 1.
24-18 is agreed to.
>> the clerk will proceed.
>> turning to page 22.
Of the printed calendar.
Next up, next-to-last bill 1595.
It is an act
relating to vested rights;
existing landscape cover
materials.
Governor's recommendation has
been available online,
distribute the and before the
body.
>> the delegate from
rockingham,.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Speaking to the governor's
recommendation.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, ladies and
gentlemen of the house, house
bill 1595 is the illustrious
mulch bill.
On its surface it seems kind of
funny that we would have all
this to-do over mulch but we all
well know that the issue at hand
is larger than just the issue of
mulch.
The governor's recommendations
on 1595 make numerous carveouts
as you can see in the language
and for all practical purposes
guts the bill.
After all of those carveouts and
those exemptions, it begs the
question who is left?
Just that would be just you and
I.
But alas, Mr. Speaker, ladies
and gentlemen of the house, if I
want everybody to take a close
lack at the lap -- close look at
the language down in letter d.
Building containing one or more
dwelling units.
i contend that includes single
family dwellings.
What started all this was the
ordinance in the city of
harrisonburg.
They didn't even include that.
They were kind enough, well,
they knew this they were going
to be in for a fight it they
included all of the citizens
half
citizenshalf
citizens'homes.
That is why they exempt them.
The governor doesn't take that
into consideration, Mr. Speaker.
The original bill allowed that
any -- the occupancies issued
prior to January 1 of this year
wasn't going to be affected but
going forward it would be.
That was a good compromise.
Felt like that was a good come
promaze that the lowe
localities
could regulate mulch going
forward.
If we believe that the locality
should not have the authority to
retroactively apply new rules
then we should reject the
amendments and again I want to
reiterate the whole issue of
retroactivity.
And there is always discussions
about the dillon rule.
Ecan oversee issues like this
and prevent because many of you
that supported the resolution
measure in the beginning you saw
the bigger pictures and there is
more than mulch.
It is about the whole notion of
the localities being able to go
in and retroactively enacting
all kinds of ordinance and
regulations on us and our
citizens.
And so with that, Mr. Speaker, I
ask that we reject the
governor's recommendations.
>> the delegate from fairfax,
delegate plum.
>> Mr. Speaker, speak to the
governor's recommendation.
>> the delegate has the
floor.
If we decided to get involved in
the matters of fire safety and
local government, do it in a
practical way.
They take the local fire
department people and say if you
create a situation like this of
where we disallow the mulch,
then we need to make -- take
into account things like the
multifamily dwellings and so on
that are -- that had the most
problems.
The fire services found that
there were 835 total mulch fires
during 2016 and 2017.
Now we are sitting as a local
government and we want to be
responsible for how we adopt the
fire services provisions for
health and safety let's then
accept the governor's
recommendation and take out the
areas where the greatest threat
and concern exists.
I would ask you, please tortion
support the governor's
recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 42, nos 51.
The governor's recommendation is
rejected.
>> the last house bill with
recommendations by the governor
is house bill 1598.
It is an act
relating to standards and
criteria for congressional and
state legislative districts.
The governor's recommendation's
available, distributed and
presently before the body.
>> the delegate from suffolk,
delegate jones.
>> speaking to the amendment.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> I would like to take all of
the eight amendments in a block,
if we could.
>> the delegate has the floor.
We can do that.
>> I would ask that house bill
1598 established criteria and
standards for the next cycle of
redistricting for the
congressional and state
legislative districts and the
governor has chose ton make
amendments to the bill.
Was not consulted, was informed
and I would ask that we would
defeat the governor's
amendments.
>> delegate from newport news.
>> speaking to the amendment.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> H.B. 1598 establishes the
criteria required in drawing the
congressional state districts.
There are eight amendments.
One, four and five are technical
in nature.
Number it allows for political
boundaries to be considered.
It just says that political
boundaries can't be elevated
over the importance of other
criteria listed.
And then number six and number
seven are cleanup language.
Excuse me, five and six.
And number seven revises the sub
section on communities of
interest requiring communities
with similar social cultural and
economic interests be
considered.
And then number eight adds two
new criteria.
The first protect the voting
rights of minorities and the
second prohibits districts from
being drawn to favor or disfavor
political parties and incumbent.
And so, Mr. Speaker, I argue
that the amendments push the
redistricting process to be more
just and more clearly defined
and I offer that we do not have
to wait for a court decision or
wait for someone to tell us the
minimum required standards for
fairness.
Previous court decisions that
have already come down have set
the precedent and we now have an
opportunity today to approve
these amendments and help
protect our democracy and ensure
all virginians' votes matter
equally.
I urge us to support the
governor's amendments by voting
no to encourage trust in the
system and inspire more voter
participation and not less.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
>> the delegate from
charlottesville, delegate
toscano.
>> speaking to the
recommendations.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
I think the -- for those people
who like the recommendations and
want to support the governor,
the vote on this is a green or a
yes.
For those who don't like them,
then you vote no.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to?
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 48, nos 51.
The governor's recommendation is
rejected.
>> Mr. Speaker that completes
this portion of the calendar.
we have done house bills with
vetoes, house bills with
governor's recommendations.
And the senate is still working
through its portion of the
calendar, so we present play
have no business before us but
we will.
>> two things.
I would like to recognize a
special guest in the back and
then we will go at ease.
Don if you will stand up.
He is former georgia state
senator and ncsl President And
also the ncsc President At the
same time as the famous sharyn,
the staff chair and that is the
important thing don as much as
we love you.
It is great to have you with us.
Thank you for visiting.
Let's give don a big hand of
applause.
[Applause]
>> and the house will be at
ease.
[House at ease]
[Gavel pounding]
>> the house will come to order.
The death
delegate from shenandoah,
delegate gilbert.
>> rice for a motion.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> I move the house stand in
recess until 3:25 P.M.
>> delegate gilbert moves the
house stand in recess until 3:25 P.M.
All in favor signify by saying
aye.
Those opposed no.
That motion carries.
The house stands in recess until
3:25.
>> the house republican caucus
meeting in house room 1.
The democratic caucus in his
room 2 and the national has
communicated several but not all
of the bills before us so we
coming back up at 3:25 we will
be able to hopefully proceed.
[Gavel banging]
>> house will come to order.
We're now at the point of the
calendar where we're on senate
bills.
The senate bills will be handled
in the same manner as the house
bills.
However, the clerk will advise
the house if a senate bill is
not before the house or if only
certain amendments to a senate
bill are before the house.
The clerk will proceed with the
calendar.
>> continuing with today's
calendar, page 23 of the printed
version, next category,
supplemental information sent --
I'm sorry, senate bills vetoed
by the governor.
Neither of those bills are
before us, so senate bill 521,
926 are not before us.
Those are the only two senate
bills vetoed, so the next
category in today's calendar,
page 25, printed calendar,
senate bills with
recommendations by the governor.
On page 25, printed calendar for
the house, senate bill 106, that
is not communicated, so it is
not before us.
So accordingly, on page 26 of
today's house calendar, the
first bill communicated for
action by the senate is senate
bill 249.
It is an act related to taxation
of certain all-terrain vehicles,
mopeds and off-road motorcycles.
The governor's recommendation
has been distributed, is
available online, and sb 249 is
before the body.
>> the delegate from caroline,
delegate orrock.
>> speaking to the
recommendation.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> this is the companion to high
house bill 1441, adding an
additional tax.
I ask that we adopt the
governor's recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 76, nos 21.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> next up is senate bill 267.
An act relating to sexually
violent predator assessment
protocol.
The governor's recommendation is
available online, been
communicated, shared with
everybody, and is before the
body.
>> delegate from fairfax,
delegate sickles.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
I rise to speak to the
governor's recommendation.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Sb 267 passed this house on
February 27th, 99-0 and the
porch's recommendations are --
governor's recommendations are
recommendations from the
attorney general and are
technical in nature.
They changed prisoners, inserted
and defendants, subsection to
subsections, things like that,
so I will, therefore, ask the
body to adopt the governor's
recommendations.
>> shall the governor's
recommendations be agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 98, nos 0.
the governor's recommendations
are agreed to.
>> turning to page 27 of the
house printed calendar, next
category -- next bill in this
category, senate bill 278.
It is an act relating to eminent
domain proceeds, payments of
funds for attorney for owner.
The governor's recommendations
have been distributed, available
online and governor's
recommendations are before the
body.
>> the delegate from newport
news, delegate mullins.
>> speaking to the governor's
recommendation.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> sb 278 was a bill that passed
out of this house 100-0.
It's a bill to speed up and
improve the process in which
claimants are able to get paid
in an eminent domain matter.
The governor amended this
legislation to remove the
requirement that funds be
distributed to the owner's
attorney first unless the
property owner consents.
It also clarifies the attorney's
lien does not take priority over
anyone else's lien and also
clarifies the bill does not
change the priority of liens as
to property or funds.
Many of those are technical in
nature and I would ask that the
body accept the governor's
recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 97, nos 0.
The governor's recommendations
are agreed to.
>> next up is senate bill 343,
which is an act to permit school
boards to employ certain
individuals.
Governor's recommendation has
been distributed, available
online and sb 343 is before the
body.
>> delegate from shenandoah,
delegate gilbert.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, members of the
house, this bill and the
governor's recommendation are
identical to house bill 1000
that we approved the
recommendation for earlier and I
would move we approve the
governor's recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 94, no, sir 3.
>> ayes 94, nos 3, the
governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> turning to page 28 of the
printed house calendar, sb 378
has not been sense over, so it
is not before the body.
Next bill before us is on the
same page, senate bill 405.
It is an act relating to zoning
for wireless communication
infrastructure.
The governor's recommendation
has been distributed, is
available online, and sb 405 is
before the body.
>> delegate from scott, delegate
kilgore.
>> speaking to the governor's
amendments.
Mr. Speaker, ladies and
gentlemen of the house, the
governor's recommendations are
identical to house bill 1258
which we passed a few hours ago.
I hope it would be the pleasure
of the house to accept and adopt
the governor's amendments.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 90, nos 6, abstentions
one.
>> ayes 90, nos 6, abstentions
one.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> Mr. Speaker, turning to page
29, page 29, next bill is senate
bill 526.
It is an act relating to
trespass, unmanned aircraft
systems, penalty.
The governor had four
recommendations.
The senate rejected amendments
one and two, so the only two
amendments -- recommendations by
the governor are three and four.
Those have been distributed,
available online, and the
governor's recommendations three
and four to sb 526 are before
the body.
>> the delegate from frederick,
delegate collins.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Speaking to the amendments.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> ladies and gentlemen, this is
what we did just previously.
The senate followed us.
It is now in the same posture.
Imd ask that we approve the
amendments.
>> shall the governor's
recommendations three and four
be agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 94, nos 0, abstentions
one.
>> ayes 94, nos 0, abstentions
one.
The governor's recommendations
on three and four are agreed to.
>> the next bill is senate bill
631.
It is an act relating to the
virginia community college
system.
The governor's recommendations
are available online, have been
distributed, and are before the
body.
>> delegate from suffolk,
delegate jones.
>> Mr. Speaker, speaking to the
governor's substitute.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> this is identical to house
bill 919, we heard a little
while ago, and this has
technical amendments.
Also moves back by one year the
passport program.
I would ask that we would
support the governor's
substitute.
>> shall the governor's
recommendations be agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 97, nos 0.
The governor's recommendations
are agreed to.
>> turning to page 30 of the
printed calendar, continuing
senate bills with
recommendations by the governor,
next up is page 30, 669, senate
bill 669.
It is an act relating to
involuntary mental health
treatment, minors access to
firearms.
The governor's recommendations
have been distributed, they're
available online and sb 669 is
before the body.
>> the delegate from albemarle,
delegate bell.
>> Mr. Speaker, members of the
body, this is a bill that would
treat commitment orders for
juveniles the same as commitment
orders for adults with regards
to the purchase of firearms.
It passed this body unanimously
and the governor had added an
emergency clause.
I would ask us to support the
governor's amendment.
Thank you.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 98, nos 0.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> next up is senate bill 755.
It is an act relating to annuity
contracts purchased to fund
certain retirement benefits,
limits on de-risking
transactions.
Limitation on transfers,
protection from creditors
claims.
The governor's recommendations
have been distributed, they're
available online, and they are
before the body.
>> delegate from richmond,
delegate adams.
>> yes, Mr. Speaker.
Speaking to the bill.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> and the governor's
amendments, my apology
ies.
This bill passed in the house
96-0 with one abstention.
It set limits on transfers.
The governor's language changes
it slightly so that no transfers
occur unless an agency has a
grade of a.
I hope it will be the pleasure
of the house to accept the
governor's recommendation.
>> shall the governor's
recommendations be agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 98, nos 0.
The governor's recommendations
are agreed to.
>> turning to page 31 of the
printed calendar, senate bill
823 is an act relating to
wireless support structures,
public rights-of-way use fees.
Governor's recommendation is
available online, been
distributed, and sb 823 is
before the body.
>> delegate from scott, delegate
kilgore.
>> Mr. Speaker, ladies and
gentlemen of the house, speaking
to the governor's amendments.
>> the delegate has the floor.
>> ladies and gentlemen of the
house, these recommendations are
the same we adopted in house
bill 1427.
I ask that you adopt these
amendments.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 94, nos 3, abstentions
one.
>> ayes 94, nos 3, abstentions
one.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
>> next up is senate bill 834.
It is an act relating to voter
registration, list maintenance
of voters identified as
registered in multiple states.
The governor's recommendations
are distribute, available online
and his recommendations on sb
834 are before the body.
>> delegate from spotsylvania,
delegate cole.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Speaking to the governor's
amendments.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker, the original
bill was, the intent of it was
to have the department of
elections compare lists -- or
virginia voter lists with those
of other states and identify
people who are registered in
other states and then provide
that information to local
registrars so that they can
follow up on it.
The governor's amendments
basically gut the bill, we
mofrgt requirement -- removing
the requirement that the lists
be provided, those registered in
multiple states be, be provided
to the local registrars and I
hope we reject the governor's
amendment.
>> the delegate from fairfax,
delegate silks.
>> I rise to speak to the
governor's amendment.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
You might recall the photo
registration list is one thing
that the state does for our
registrars and for our elections
system that we pay for, and the
fact of the matter is, we
already do this.
There are several programs that
maintain our list and to provide
a list and assume that our --
give another responsibility to
our registrars is something the
governor doesn't agree with and
I hope you will accept the
governor's amendment because
this is not necessary and the
department of elections already
tracks duplicate registrations
across jurisdictional boundaries
and provides all that
information for general
registrars for their purposes,
so I hope you will sment the
governor's recommendation.
Thank you.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to.
Clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 48, nos 49.
the governor's recommendation is
rejected.
>> Mr. Speaker, turning to page
32 of the printed calendar,
senate bill 844 has not been
communicated from the senate, so
it is not before the body.
The next bill before us is
senate bill 856.
It is an act relating to mass
transit in the commonwealth.
Like the house bills a little
bit ago, the governor's
recommendations, there are a
number of them, they have been
distributed, available online
and the governor -- excuse me,
the senate adopted them all in
one block and communicated them
all, so all of those amendments
are before the body.
>> delegate from fairfax,
delegate hugo.
>> Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak
for the governor's
recommendations.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker, and the clerk
can -- I'd like to move that we
break this from the block like
we did with the house, so make
the recommendation for the first
block, 1, 2, 3, 56, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21,
and 23.
>> okay, we're going to take
that first.
Delegate sullivan, if you want
to talk to the technical
amendment or are you waiting
for --
>> speaking to those amendments?
>> yes, sir, delegate has the
floor.
>> maybe I'll address the
speaker, but ask the delegate
from fairfax, I was wondering
why we wouldn't include 24 and
22 since ultimately while we
voted on them separately, we
ended up passing those
amendments.
>> will the delegate yield for a
question?
>> I'd be happy to yield for a
question.
>> delegate yields.
>> notify problem.
They were truly -- notify I have
no problem.
They truly weren't technical.
It's going to take 20 seconds to
explain them again, but they're
not technical.
>> I was looking to save time,
but I've already used too much.
However the delegate wants to do
it.
>> so we are going to do the
same thing we did last time and
that is one through three, 5 and
6, 9 through 15, 18 through 21,
and 23.
Those were all technical.
So shall the governor's
recommendation of those
previously just mentioned block
of recommendations be agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 98, nos 0.
Those recommendations are
adopted.
The delegate from fairfax,
delegate hugo.
>> Mr. Speaker, also as we did
on the house bill, I would ask
that we include amendments 7, 8,
16 and 17 in a block, and with
that, I make a motion that we
pass by those amendments.
>> the motion is to pass by 7
and 8, 16 and 17.
Two minutes on each side if
anybody wants to discuss that.
The delegate from fairfax,
delegate sullivan.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Speaking to the motion.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Ladies and gentlemen of the
house, I would urge you to vote
against passing by these
amendments.
Let's have a vote on these
amendments.
This has --
>> Mr. Speaker.
>> delegate from shenandoah,
delegate gilbert.
>> will the delegate yield for a
question?
>> I yield.
>> Mr. Speaker, I'm certain that
I observed the gentleman earlier
join his colleague who made the
motion to pass by these
amendments in voting to do the
very thing he's asking us not to
do at this time.
I would ask him why he chose to
support the motion to pass by
earlier as well as the entirety
of his caucus and why he is now
asking us and in fact urging us
to do the opposite.
>> Mr. Speaker, I would answer
the delegate, this is a
different bill.
We now have different
information, different actions
from the other body down the
hall, and we ought to respond to
that body with a vote of our
own.
>> Mr. Speaker --
>> delegate from shenandoah,
delegate gilbert.
>> will the delegate yield for
another question?
>> will the delegate yield for a
question.
>> I will.
>> I would ask the delegate to
tell the body even one word that
is different from the house
bill.
>> Mr. Speaker, I would answer
the amendments are the same, but
the bill number is different,
the sponsor is different, it's a
different bill.
And we need to vote on a
different bill than the one we
voted on just a couple hours
ago.
>> Mr. Speaker, will the
delegate yield for another
question.
>> I think we have time for one
more question.
Will the delegate yield for twon
more question.
>> I yield.
>> will the delegate give us any
reason of substance as to why we
should do the opposite of what
he encouraged us to do earlier?
>> Mr. Speaker, I would answer
that that's precisely what I
want to do is have a substantive
debate on this floor about these
amendments that the governor has
proposed, which I believe are
good amendments and this body
ought to consider.
>> okay, the two minutes is up,
so the motion is to pass by 7,
8, and 16 and 17 --
>> Mr. Speaker.
>> delegate toscano.
>> is it not -- parliamentary
inquiry.
>> delegate May state it.
>> is it not true that the two
minutes to each side is reserved
to each side and when one side
sucks up the entire two minutes
of the other side, it is not
really two minutes.
>> you're technically right.
I would say the delegate is
right, so if you would like to
speak for 49 seconds, it's all
yours.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
>> delegate sullivan.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
These particular amendments add
two taxes to the bill.
They come up with a new way of
funding over $35 million which
absent these amendments will
come out of the northern
virginia transportation
authority.
This bill has not been
controversial until we started
talking about the funding.
It has become very controversial
because it takes money out of
nvta and out of local road
projects and I don't understand
why any delegate in this
chamber, whether they are in the
metro jurisdictions or not,
would be against these metro
funding sources because what
it's going to do is drive
northern virginia transportation
projects into the smart scale
system, competing with other
projects around the state for
money.
This is a way to tax two small
taxes on northern virginians,
northern else in virginia.
This is a way to -- and by the
way, localities are all in favor
of this.
All of the localities are in
favor of this because what the
passed bill, the conference
committee report does is take
local money out of their system
and will require them to raise
taxes on their own citizens to
do local road projects.
And none of us want to do that.
So Mr. Speaker, we should not
pass this by.
We should have a substantive
debate on these amendments.
>> delegate from shenandoah,
delegate gilbert.
>> speaking to the motion,
Mr. Speaker.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> well, the gentleman said he
doesn't understand why.
I tell you what I continue to
not understand is why there's
been a sudden change of heart
from the entirety, apparently,
of our colleagues across the
aisle on this issue.
I mean, if the gentleman felt so
strongly about it, about having
this vote --
>> Mr. Speaker.
>> I would say that time is up.
Let's go to the vote.
I think the delegate has made
his point.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
>> is the motion once again,
don't forget if you're tracking
at home, we're doing 7 and 8 and
16 and 17.
All those in favor of passing by
the recommendations 7, 8, and 16
and 17, signify by saying aye.
[Ayes expressed]
>> those opposed no.
[Nos expressed]
>> the chair is in doubt.
Shall -- ayes and nays are
called for.
Shall the recommendation of the
governor on amendments 7 and 8
and 16 and 17 be agreed to -- be
passed by, excuse me, be passed
by.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 50, nos 48.
Those four recommendations are
passed by.
Delegate from fairfax, delegate
hugo.
>> Mr. Speaker, going --
addressing amendment 4.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker, I think we spoke
about this earlier.
Again, we've made an effort to
keep the operating costs under
that 3% cap.
We don't want to create an
exception to this cap.
I would urge our colleagues to
vote no on the exception to a 3%
cost cap that will keep the
money in there and keep the
costs from escalating out of
control.
Vote no.
>> Mr. Speaker.
>> yes, delegate sullivan.
Delegate from fairfax.
>> speaking to the amendment.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> apologize, Mr. Speaker.
Suddenly my speak button is for
the working.
We did talk about this a couple
hours ago.
One thing I didn't say and I
urge you to take into
consideration, there are already
several exceptions to this cap.
This is simply one additional
small exception that the
governor is suggesting because
of the importance of the office
of the inspector general, which
we should all want to be sure is
robustly funded to watch how
it's spending our money.
This is not one we should
reject.
We should pass this amendment.
>> all right.
The recommendation we're voting
on is number four.
Shall the governor's
recommendation number four be
agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 48, nos 50.
Recommendation number four is
rejected.
The delegate from fairfax,
delegate hugo.
>> Mr. Speaker, addressing --
rise to address amend number 22.
-- amendment number 22.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker, amendment number
22 is a strengthening amendment.
One of the things we talked
about is making it easier,
making sure that the reforms are
in this bill.
This is a recommendation from
the governor and just wanted to
explain it again.
It's not technical.
That's why we pulled it out of
the block, but I hope it would
be the will of the body to adopt
this recommendation from the
governor as we did in the
previous house bill.
>> okay.
All those in favor of the
governor's recommendation --
shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 98, nos 0.
The recommendation is agreed to.
Delegate from fairfax, delegate
hugo.
>> Mr. Speaker, lastly, I rise
to address amendment number 24.
>> delegate has the floor on
amendment 24.
>> Mr. Speaker, in the house
version, we have split this.
I don't think we need to do this
at this point.
Both passed.
There was some questions about
whether we had -- how this would
be done.
I think those questions were
resolved.
I would ask the body, both
sides, to adopt the
recommendations from the
governor on amendment number 24.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation on amendment 24,
recommendation 24 be agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 97, nos one.
The recommendation 24 is agreed
to.
>> Mr. Speaker, that takes care
of everything on senate bill
856.
Therefore, turning ahead to page
36 of the house printed
calendar, the next bill before
us is senate bill 902.
It is an act relating to
property tax, exemption for
solar energy equipment and
facilities.
The governor's recommendations
have been distributed, available
online and they are before the
body.
>> the delegate from fairfax,
delegate keen.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Speaking to the governor's
recommendation.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Ladies and gentlemen of the
house, senate bill 902
originally can't the 150
megawatts the existing property
tax exemption already available
for projects that are five
megawatts.
The governor's amendment would
allow for certain large size
companies to continue to take
advantage of this existing law
up until July as long as they
file by July, and the reason
behind that is that there's some
companies that have already
announced they're going to be
investing here, but if they were
to be cut out from July, they
would not be able to invest.
I ask that the governor's
amendments be adopted.
>> delegate from spotsylvania,
delegate cole.
>> speaking to the governor's
amendment.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> I would hope that we would
not accept the governor's
amendment to this legislation.
The project that the gentleman
is speaking of is in
spotsylvania county and this
would basically -- the effect of
this amendment would exempt from
one project from the provisions
of the law and that's something
I think is a poor practice, plus
given the state of that project
and that application, the
applicants May actually wish
they had this as leverage as
they go forward.
Otherwise, you know, I'm
concerned that if you do adopt,
this it could have the opposite
effect that what the gentleman
is wanting to get.
So I hope that we would vote no
and reject the governor's
amendment.
>> the delegate from fairfax,
delegate sullivan.
>> Mr. Speaker.
>> delegate from fairfax,
delegate sickles.
>> would the delegate from solve
yield for a question many.
>> will the gentlemen yield for
a question?
>> I yield.
>> I'd ask the gentleman effect
tell us more detail about this
project in spotsylvania.
If it's something I've heard b
it's a major, major economic
development project in virginia.
Is that the project we're
talking about?
>> Mr. Speaker, I would answer
yes, the applicant has applied.
My understanding, it would be
the largest -- if it were
approved, it would be the
largest solar project on the
east coast and it has become
quite controversial in
spotsylvania, and to be honest
with you, I'm not -- the
application has just been made
and is under technical review,
has not even gone before the
planning commission or the board
of supervisors, so I think it's
premature to assume that this
project is going to get off the
ground.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to.
Clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 48, nos 50.
The governor's recommendation is
rejected.
>> Mr. Speaker, senate bill --
page 37 on today's printed
calendar, senate bill 934 and
935, those have not been
communicated, they are not
before the body.
So the final measure that has
been communicated before us will
be on page 38, senate bill 942.
It is an act relating to state
sales and use tax, historic
triangle.
The governor's recommendations
have been distributed, they're
available online, and they are
before the body.
>> the delegate from
charlottesville, delegate
toscano.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
There are a number of --
speaking to the recommendations.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker, ladies and
gentlemen of the house, there
are a number of recommendations
and I hope we can take them all
as a block.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Ladies and gentlemen of the
house, this bill related to
imposing some taxes in the
historic triangle of virginia,
of williamsburg, directing half
the revenue to market tourism in
the area.
Along the way, the governor made
some recommendations, the
primary recommendations of which
are that substantive involve
taking -- removing the increase
in the sales tax on food that
was previously in the bill, and
removing the enrolled bill's
repeal of the existing $2 per
night transient occupancy tax in
the historic triangle.
And I believe the senate has
agreed with the recommendations,
the senate approved them, and I
hope it would be the pleasure of
the body to approve the
governor's recommendations.
>> shall the governor's
recommendations be agreed to.
The clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 70, nos 26.
The governor's recommendations
are agreed to.
>> Mr. Speaker, senate bill 964
on page 39 and on page 40,
senate bill 972 have not been
communicated from the senate.
So the last bill, senator
norment's senate bill 942 is the
last bill before the body on
today's calendar.
>> per house rule 51, the house
has returned to the morning
hour.
The delegate from shenandoah,
delegate gilbert, will notify
the senate that the house has
completed its business and is
ready to adjourn sine die.
The house will be at ease.
[Gavel banging]
House will come to order.
Delegate in powhatan, delegate
ware.
Delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker, I have a motion.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> having voted on the
prevailing side by which we
failed to adopt the governor's
amendments to senate bill 902, I
move that we reconsider that
vote.
>> delegate ware moves that
having voted on the prevailing
side by which the house defeated
the governor's recommendation on
sb 902, the house reconsider
that vote.
All those in favor of that
motion signify by saying aye.
Those opposed no.
That motion is reconsidered and
that recommendation is back in
front of us.
The delegate from fairfax,
delegate hugo.
>> Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak
to the motion.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> Mr. Speaker, senate bill 902
has passed the house and senate,
limits the property tax
exemption for solar projects to
greater than 20 megawatts and
less than 150.
The governor's amendments to
senate bill 902 simply
grandfather in large-scale
projects that already have an
interconnection agreement with
pjm in place prior to June 30th,
2018.
This amendment will preserve
over $1.5 billion in solar
investments that are in the
pipeline and that will be
deployed in the commonwealth.
1.5 billion.
I ask that the house accept the
governor's amendment.
>> shall the governor's
recommendation be agreed to.
the clerk will close the roll.
>> ayes 83, nos 13, abstentions
one.
>> ayes 83, nos 13, abstentions
one.
The governor's recommendation is
agreed to.
And if delegate gilbert will
communicate to the senate.
[Gavel banging]
>> does the clerk have any
additional announcement many or
communications?
>> Mr. Speaker, immediately upon
adjournment of the house, the
committee on privileges and
elections will be meeting
downstairs in house room one.
Committee on p&e meeting briefly
in house room one upon
adjournment.
Also, since we're here, I'm not
sure when we'll be gathered
next, yesterday you recall
during special session one, we
adopted and approved this
morning, two budget bills, house
bill 5001 and 5002, we'll have
to come back together another
time to get those into
conference, but when we do, the
speaker will continue to make a
good faith toefrt try to advance
the ball, is going to appoint
conferees for house bill 5001
and 5002 delegates of jones of
suffolk, peake, knight, gair
yet, torian and sickles.
Conferees the same as they were
for 29 and 30 will be the same
for 5001 and 5002.
Delegate jones of suffolk,
peace, night, garrett, torian
and sickles.
That's all the announcements I
have at this time.
>> the delegate from shenandoah,
delegate gilbert.
>> I rise for a motion.
>> delegate has the floor.
>> I just informed the senate,
no one was over there, so I made
sure to tell them we were ready
to adjourn sine die since nobody
was there.
However, Mr. Speaker, I move
that the house do now adjourn
sine die.
>> the delegate from shenandoah,
delegate gilbert, moves that the
house adjourn sine die.
As many as favor that motion
will say aye.
Those opposed no.
The motion is agreed to.
The house stands adjourned sine
die.
[Gavel banging]