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House rejects Senate amendments to budget bill HB1600, later agrees to conference and names conferees
Summary
During a supplemental calendar on Feb. 12, 2025, the Virginia House of Delegates voted on Senate amendments to House Bill 1600, initially rejected those amendments, and later agreed to confer with the Senate; the House named conferees for the budget bill.
The Virginia House of Delegates on Feb. 12 rejected the Senate amendments to House Bill 1600, a biennial budget bill originally passed by the House on Feb. 6, and later agreed to a conference committee after the Senate insisted on its amendments.
House Bill 1600, described on the floor as legislation amending portions of the Acts of Assembly of 2024 Special Session I that appropriated public revenues for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, was read during the House’s supplemental calendar. A motion concerning the Senate amendments was offered during that supplemental calendar; the presiding officer announced the standing amendments were rejected following the recorded vote.
The vote on the standing Senate amendments was announced on the floor as “Aye 0, Noes 89,” and the presiding officer stated the standing amendments were rejected. The record on the floor attributes the motion initiating consideration to a delegate identified on the transcript as “Doug from Prince William (Dougatorre).” Delegate LaVere Boling was recorded as voting “Nay” during the roll call announcement.
Later in the day the House received a communication from the Senate that the Senate had insisted on its amendments to HB1600 and requested a committee of conference. The House adopted a motion to accede to the Senate’s request for conferences. The House then announced its conferees for the budget bill: Delegates Torian, Sickles, Bulova, Carr, Austin, and Bloxham (chair and vice chair and other members as announced on the floor).
The sequence on the floor shows an initial rejection of the Senate substitute language, followed by a separate procedural step in which the Senate insisted and the House agreed to a conference committee to reconcile differences. The House’s actions mean negotiators from both chambers will meet to resolve the amendments before final enactment.
No detailed amendments or line-item changes were read into the record during the supplemental calendar; the amendments were described as printed and available online. The House did not record additional fiscal details on the floor during these motions.
The House’s supplemental-calendar business concluded and the body scheduled additional committee meetings for the afternoon and next day as announced by the clerk.
