Votes at a glance: House approves multiple bills and adopts resolutions during Feb. 17, 2025 floor session

What happened: During the Feb. 17, 2025 floor session, the Virginia House took final action on a lengthy calendar of Senate and House measures. Much of the day was spent moving uncontested third‑reading blocks, adopting committee substitutes and floor substitutes, and recording votes on individual bills and blocks.

Votes at a glance (selected items recorded on the floor): - Uncontested third‑reading block (calendar pages covering numerous Senate bills including SB 742, SB 796, SB 822, SB 851, SB 879, SB 890, SB 903, SB 933, SB 942 and others): motion to pass the block recorded; final tally announced as Ayes 95, Nos 0; outcome: passed.

- SB 871 (printed-calendar regular third reading; omnibus sunset extension item): committee substitute agreed; final vote Ayes 92, Nos 4; outcome: passed.

- SB (nonhuman primates / animal testing facilities): House voted to require certain state-run animal testing facilities to offer nonhuman primates to certified sanctuaries when no longer needed. Final tally announced as Ayes 75, Nos 21; outcome: passed.

- SB 955 (textbook review / Department of Education study on instructional materials): committee substitute agreed and bill passed; final tally announced as Ayes 84, Nos 11; outcome: passed.

- SB 1016 (codifying food pantry grant program for higher education campuses, as reported in discussion): committee substitute agreed; final tally announced as Ayes 69, Nos 27; outcome: passed.

- SB 1051 (boarding establishments / inspections by local authority): passed with final tally Ayes 63, Nos 32; outcome: passed.

- SB 1093 (Erosion and Stormwater Management Program right of entry adjustments): passed with Ayes 87, Nos 0; outcome: passed.

- SB 1125 (propagation of mammalian wildlife; revised prohibitions and exemptions): passed with Ayes 55, Nos 41; outcome: passed.

- SB 1166 (invasive plant labeling at retail): passed with Ayes 62, Nos 33; outcome: passed.

- SB (hunter education staffing): passed with Ayes 92, Nos 4; outcome: passed.

- SB 1230 (public schools / temporarily employed teachers extension of time limits): committee substitute agreed; final tally Ayes 50, Nos 46; outcome: passed.

- SB 1319 (PFAS self‑reporting by industrial users to publicly owned treatment works): committee amendment agreed; final vote Ayes 69, Nos 27; outcome: passed.

- SB 1402 (transient occupancy tax / distribution cost sharing info for intermediaries): passed with Ayes 87, Nos 7; outcome: passed.

- SB 1413 (indoor air quality standards for public school buildings; floor substitute adopted): floor substitute adopted and bill passed; final tally announced as Ayes 59, Noes 37 (vote recorded as Ayes 59, Noes 37); outcome: passed.

- SB 857 (dam safety, flood prevention / multiple revisions): committee amendments adopted; final tally Ayes 89, No 6; outcome: passed.

Other procedural and contested actions recorded on the floor: - Multiple committee substitutes and floor substitutes were adopted across the calendar (textbook review, VCU Health System governance changes, tax‑sunset extensions, county/education‑related measures). The transcript records numerous roll calls with their tallies as shown above.

- The House also considered and adopted many ceremonial and commending resolutions in block; several resolutions were taken out of the block for separate consideration and adoption.

What this means: The day’s actions advanced a broad set of policy and technical changes across education, natural resources, agriculture, public safety and administrative processes. Most measures were passed with comfortable majorities, though several education and technical bills carried closer margins.

Chronology and process notes: Many of the bills above were considered as part of uncontested calendar blocks or after adoption of committee/floor substitutes. In each instance, the transcript records the member moving the committee or floor substitute, the speaker calling the question and the clerk announcing the recorded roll (tally). Where the transcript lists a specific bill number and final tally, those numbers are reported above; where a series of bills was passed in block, the block vote and the bills listed as part of that block are noted.

Ending: The House adjourned and reconvened the next day at 11:00 a.m. according to a motion adopted on the floor. The transcript shows several members used the morning hour for personal privilege remarks, guest introductions and ceremonial recognitions, and the bulk of the day focused on final passage of Senate and House measures listed above.