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Votes at a glance: key Senate floor actions Feb. 17, 2025
Summary
The Virginia Senate recorded multiple roll-call votes and conference recommendations during its Feb. 17 floor session. This roundup lists formal outcomes noted on the record, including concurrence, rejection, and requests for conference committees.
During the Feb. 17 Senate session the chamber recorded a series of formal actions on House and Senate measures. Below are the distinct motions and recorded outcomes that were taken up on the floor (sorted roughly by time of action). For bills debated in more depth, see separate articles.
Selected roll-call outcomes and formal actions recorded on the Senate floor that day:
- House Joint Resolution No. 659 (commending Mecky Becton Sr.): Agreed to on immediate consideration (voice vote recorded as agreed). (Clerk entry: "The resolution is agreed to.")
- Senate Bill 7-46: Motion to concur with House substitute failed, Ayes 18, Noes 21. (See separate article for full debate.)
- Senate Bill 8-17: Senate concurred with House substitute (Ayes 39, Noes 0). Floor motion to concur adopted.
- Senate Bill 8-97: Senate rejected the House amendments (roll-call recorded 0 Ayes, 39 Noes — House amendments rejected).
- Senate Bill 9-21: Senate rejected the House substitute (roll-call recorded 0 Ayes, 39 Noes — Senate does not concur).
- Senate Bill 9-27: Senate concurred with the House substitute (Ayes 39, Noes 0).
- Senate Bill 10-06: Senate concurred with House substitute (Ayes 39, Noes 0).
- Senate Bill 10-69: Senate concurred with House amendments (Ayes 39, Noes 0).
- Senate Bill 11-20: Senate concurred with House amendments (Ayes 39, Noes 0).
- Senate Bill 11-42: Senate concurred with the House amendments (Ayes 39, Noes 0).
- Senate Bill 11-94: Senate rejected the House substitute (Ayes 2, Noes 37; Senate rejects House substitute).
- Senate Bill 12-00: Senate concurred with the House substitute (Ayes 39, Noes 0).
- Senate Bill 12-02: Senate rejected the House substitute (Ayes 2, Noes 36).
- Senate Bill 12-21: Senate concurred with the House substitute (Ayes 39, Noes 0). (Recorded twice after reconsideration; final concurrence recorded.)
- Senate Bill 12-31 (and related docket items): Senate rejected several House amendments in committee-reconciliation discussions (multiple roll-call rejections recorded where noted in the calendar).
- Senate Bill 12-51: Senate concurred with the House substitute (Ayes 38, Noes 0 per roll-call entry; clerk recorded concurrence).
- Senate Bill 12-71: Senate did not concur with House substitute (roll-call recorded "The Senate does not concur").
- Senate Bill 13-07 / 13-27 / others: Several items where the House insisted on its substitute led to the Senate acceding to or requesting committees of conference. Specific conference accedences recorded on the floor included: SB 7-38 (Senate acceded to a House request for a committee of conference), SB 8-46 (acceded), SB 10-34 (acceded), SB 13-27 (acceded).
- Senate Bill 13-35: Senate concurred with House substitute (Ayes 39, Noes 0).
- Senate Bill 13-61: Senate rejected the House substitute (0 Ayes, 39 Noes recorded).
- Senate Bill 14-65 and 14-66: Both bills had disagreement; the Senate rejected the House substitutes so the matters will proceed to conference.
- Uncontested calendar: The Senate advanced a block of uncontested House bills (House Bills 2252 through 2781 and others on the uncontested calendar) and passed the listed uncontested measures en bloc after adopting committee or floor substitutes where required. Several individual bills were removed from the block for separate consideration and final passage.
- Committee appointments and confirms: The joint resolution confirming governor appointments (Senate Joint Resolution 335) was adopted; separate committee meeting schedules and conferee appointments for proposed conference committees were announced on the floor.
- Adjournment and procedural motions: The Senate adopted a motion to adjourn until 11 a.m. the next day and directed the clerk to accept joint memorial/commending resolutions until 5 p.m. that day (voice and roll-call recorded; final roll-call Ayes 39, Noes 0).
This roundup captures formal recorded outcomes that were explicitly announced by the clerk or recorded in the transcript. Where the clerk recorded a roll-call, the tally is noted. Items that were placed "by for the day" or otherwise postponed are marked as such; items that require follow-up (committee of conference or negotiation) are noted.
For fuller context on any single bill—debate, sponsor remarks, committee references, and next steps—read the individual articles on the items that drew floor debate.
