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Senate advances bank of bills and resolutions Jan. 21; block passages and key votes recorded
Summary
The Virginia Senate used block procedure and recorded final votes Jan. 21, advancing a large set of uncontested bills and recording roll-call outcomes on several contested measures.
The Virginia Senate used block procedure and recorded floor votes on multiple measures during its Jan. 21, 2025 session. The clerk read a block of uncontested Senate bills (Senate bills 768 through 1310) and the chamber placed those bills on final passage as a group; the block passed by voice and was recorded as 40-0 on the roll after passage.
Several individual bills and joint resolutions received recorded votes on the floor:
- SB 748 (Board of Housing and Community Development evaluation of building-code temperature regulation): Passed on final passage, recorded 21-19. - SB 812 (Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act — increase mandatory waiting period after landlord delivers notice from 5 to 14 days): Passed, recorded 20-19. - SB 866 (real estate board membership qualifications — increase experience requirement and other qualifying changes): Passed, recorded 14-0. - SB 884 (early termination of rental agreement for victims of family abuse, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking): Passed after floor reconsideration, final recorded vote 25-15 (see separate article for debate). - SB 1116 (uniform trust code — expands definition of qualified trustee): Passed 40-0. - SB 1118 (registration by localities of cemeteries on private property — changes “may” to “shall” and sets effective date): Passed, recorded 21-19.
Joint resolutions recorded on the floor included:
- SJ 247 (proposed constitutional amendment on reproductive freedom): Passed, recorded 21-19 (first legislative passage). - SJ 248 (constitutional amendment on qualifications of voters and restoration of voting rights after incarceration): Passed, recorded 21-18. - SJ 249 (amendment relating to marriage between two adults and repeal of same-sex-marriage prohibition): Passed, recorded 24-15.
Other procedural and committee actions were announced from the floor, and the Senate adopted multiple committee substitutes and floor substitutes for various bills throughout the session. Several bills were set aside “by for the day” or advanced to engrossment and third reading in blocks.
