Votes at a glance: Rules Committee reports multiple bills including criminal sentencing membership change, cybersecurity review and several commissions and work
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Summary
The Senate Rules Committee reported a number of bills and joint resolutions on the docket, most by unanimous electronic vote. Actions include reporting bills and referring several measures to Finance or other committees for fiscal review.
The Senate Rules Committee cleared a multi-item docket and recorded votes on a series of bills and joint resolutions. Most measures were reported by voice or electronic vote; where rolls were recorded the committee reported Ayes 15, No 0. The following summarizes each item with the formal action recorded in the transcript excerpt.
- Senate Bill 966 — Changes to membership of the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to add the executive director of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission (or designee) to ensure criminal defense representation. Action: moved, seconded and reported. Vote recorded as Ayes 15, No 0.
- Senate Bill 1239 — Directs the State Corporation Commission to review cybersecurity for entities connecting to the electrical grid; sponsor said the SCC can perform the evaluation within existing resources. Action: moved and seconded; electronic vote recorded as Ayes 15, No 0.
- Senate Bill 799 — Extends the sunset for the Health Services Committee from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2028. Action: moved and seconded; electronic vote recorded as Ayes 15, No 0.
- Senate Bill 878 — Consolidates oversight commissions related to unemployment insurance; action moved and seconded and reported. Vote recorded as Ayes 15, No 0.
- Senate Bill 1120 — Establishes a Commission on Women’s Health to study maternal and women's health issues; committee moved to report and refer to Finance. Vote recorded as Ayes 15, No 0.
- Senate Bill 1372 — Changes to factors judges must consider in petitions related to custody relief (per Commission on Youth recommendation); committee re-referred the bill to Rehabilitation and Social Services. Vote recorded as Ayes 15, No 0.
- Senate Joint Resolution 253 — Joint study to examine moving state elections to the federal cycle; motion to report and re-refer to Senate Finance was recorded and the resolution was re-referred to Finance (committee discussion noted a fiscal impact).
- Senate Bill 774 — Modifies a work group that reviews the state benchmark health plan for the exchange and codifies membership and factors to consider; moved, seconded and reported (Ayes 15, No 0).
Many of the motions were handled by voice or electronic roll call; the transcript excerpts show recorded "Ayes 15, No 0" for each reported bill. Where the transcript listed a re-referral (for example, to Senate Finance), that referral was captured and recorded.