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Votes at a glance: House action on third-reading and calendar items, Feb. 20, 2025
Summary
The House processed a large set of third-reading and calendar bills Feb. 20, approving multiple bills on education, public safety, and consumer issues and setting committee-of-conference actions on a subset of bills; key tallies are listed below.
The Virginia House of Delegates on Feb. 20 considered numerous third‑reading and calendar items, passing a range of bills on education policy, public safety, procurement and local government matters. Below are selected bills acted on during the day's calendar with the clerk’s announced tallies and short descriptions drawn from the floor record.
Key outcomes (selected):
- SB 905 (Internet Safety Advisory Council) — Passed; clerk announced Ayes 78, Noes 18. The bill reestablishes the Internet Safety Advisory Council temporarily to develop guidance.
- SB 908 (Cyberbullying and student discipline) — Passed; clerk announced Ayes 89, Noes 7. The bill establishes a definition of cyberbullying and requires school boards to address it.
- SB 1011 (Falls Church — Affordable Dwelling Unit program) — Passed; clerk announced Ayes 67, Noes 31. Adds the City of Falls Church to the affordable dwelling unit program.
- SB 117 (School health services committee sunset extension, SB 799) — Passed; clerk announced Ayes 98, Noes 0. Extends the sunset for the school health services committee.
- SB 1332 (Towing and storage fees) — Passed; clerk announced Ayes 53, Noes 43. The bill raises maximum towing fees for passenger cars from $150 to $210 and addresses a $20 fuel surcharge sunset repeal provision.
- SB 883 (Domestic violence/dating partner gun possession) — Passed; clerk announced Ayes 52, Noes 46.
- SB 886 (Autocorrect/auto sear devices definition and regulation) — Passed; clerk announced Ayes 51, Noes 47.
- SB 1437 (as listed on calendar) and a number of uncontested third-reading bills were acted on in blocks earlier in the session; the clerk recorded roll-call tallies where requested and voice votes where appropriate.
The House also took procedural votes, including rejecting some Senate amendments (for example, to HB 2610) and requesting committees of conference when differences between House and Senate versions remained. Several bills were moved "by for the day" or "by temporarily" at the sponsor’s request and were returned to the calendar later in the session.
Why it matters: items on the third-reading and regular calendars contain statutes and policy changes that affect school operations, public safety, local government programs and consumer protections across Virginia. The day's actions set the next steps — either enrollment and delivery to the governor, or committee-of-conference work where the chambers disagreed.
The clerk’s roll-call announcements and the sponsor floor statements in the transcript provide the primary record of the votes and stated intent on the items listed above.
