The House of Delegates met today at Noon to begin debating amendments on 2nd Reading regarding House Bill 106, which seeks to reapportion the House of Delegates districts. An amendment offered to configure members into 100 single member Delegate Districts was voted down prior to members taking a recess.
Other bills on 2nd Reading were advanced to third reading without amendments. These included two supplemental bills, House Bill 104 and House Bill 105 and House Bill 102 which would clarify the authorization of the Higher Education Policy Commission to sell, lease or convey property and to designate where proceeds are to be deposited.
The House also received Senate messages concerning the passage of six bills from that body, took the bills up for immediate consideration and read them a first time. They included Senate Bill 1001 which would gradually reduce the food tax, Senate Bill 1002 which allocates a portion of the coal severance tax to the county from which the coal was mined,and Senate Bill 1003 which clarifies the requirement for deposit and transfer of higher education proceeds from real property.
The following supplemental appropriation bills were also received by the House and read a first time: Senate Bill 1004, Senate Bill 1005, Senate Bill 1007
The House stands in recess until 3:15 p.m. today
Following a recess, members reconvened and advanced two bills to third reading with amendments pending and a limited right to amend for both. Those bills were: House Bill 106, which seeks to reapportion the House of Delegates districts and, Senate Bill 1006, which reapportions Senate districts.
The House is adjourned until tomorrow, Friday, August 5th, 2011 at 12:00 p.m.
UPDATE: House Floor Session for Friday, August 5th, 2011 is delayed until 3:00 p.m.
