Today in the Senate, one resolution was adopted and five bills were passed in a late morning chamber session.
In addition, a quartet of the Senate doorman, known as The Happy Valley Voice, performed.
Senate Resolution 25 was adopted and designated February 14, 2011 “Corrections Day.”
Five bills were also passed today, including Senate Bill 337, which would change the offense of failure to wear a safety belt to a primary offense and House Bill 2537, which would include special rules permitting suppliers of gasoline or other motor fuels to sell product to distributers at a price not to exceed the average of the Oil Price Information Service’s average wholesale rack price for that product at the Montvale/Roanoke, Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania wholesale racks for the previous day during a state of emergency.
Additionally, nine bills were introduced. A sampling includes Senate Bill 503 which would provide that adultery is a bar to receiving alimony in a divorce proceeding and allows an adjustment to be made if a party learns of adultery after entry of divorce decree and Senate Bill 508, which would allow Class A retail licenses, as defined in chapter 60, Article 3A, section 4, or freestanding liquor retail outlets the ability to conduct responsible liquor sampling events on days of the week, other than Sunday.
The following committees will meet today:
Judiciary – 3 p.m. – 208W
Finance – 3 p.m. – 451M
Health and Human Resources – 1 p.m. – 451M
Agriculture – 2 p.m. – 451M
Pensions – 2 p.m. – 208W
Natural Resources – 1 p.m. – 208W
The following committees will meet tomorrow:
Transportation and Infrastructure – 10 a.m. – 451M
Education – 2 p.m. – 451M
Government Organization – 10:15 a.m. – 208W
Economic Development – 9 a.m. – 451M
The Senate will reconvene tomorrow at 11 a.m.
