Daily Floor Calendars

Daily Floor Calendars list legislation to be consider by the House and Senate for a specific day. Select Daily Floor Calendars and then choose a specific date. Select the desired calendar category to display a list of legislation.

To create a PDF version of the Calendar, select the PDF icon located in the upper right-hand corner of the page. The generated Calendar will be created in the order of the legislation displayed at the top of the page for that day's Calendar.

Understanding the Daily Calendar Categories and Floor Actions

House of Delegates (House) Calendar:

The Calendar is the daily legislative business agenda for the House.  Filing deadlines and other special announcements will be presented on the first page of the PDF version of the Calendar.  The Calendar also includes an Index of all legislation for that day's Calendar, and provides the name of the person giving that day’s Invocation on the last page of the Calendar. A hyperlink to the House Daily Meeting Schedule is also provided – https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/schedule/meetingSchedule.php.  Meetings may also be found on the LIS Schedule of Events - https://lis.virginia.gov/schedule.

The House Calendar will assign legislation to one of the following categories to appear on the daily Calendar as it progresses through the legislative process.  The legislation listed under any category is displayed in numeric order and will name the Bill/Resolution number, the Title, and the Patron or Patrons, and will include the recorded Committee vote, once the bill has been reported from the Committee.  Legislation listed on Second and Third Readings will also include any amendments made to the bill.

Bills Referred
Bills Referred By Committee
Bills Referred by House
Bills Reported and Referred By Committee
House Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar
House Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar
House Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar
House Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar
House Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar
House Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar
House Bills with Senate Amendments
House Bills in Conference
House Bills Vetoed by the Governor
House Bills with Recommendations by the Governor

Senate Bills on First Reading and Referred
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar
Senate Bills in Conference

Resolutions
Resolutions Presented
Memorial Resolutions Laid on Speaker's Table
Commending Resolutions Laid on Speaker's Table
Resolutions Reported - Uncontested Calendar
Resolutions Reported - Regular Calendar
Resolutions Reported and Referred by Committee
Senate Joint Resolutions Referred

Unfinished Business - House (Bills/Resolutions which have been passed in different versions by the Senate and may be resolved in a Committee of Conference.)
Unfinished Business – Senate - (Bills/Resolutions which have been passed in different versions by the House and may be resolved in a Committee of Conference.)
Supplemental Info Senate Bills Vetoed by the Governor
Supplemental Info Senate Bills with Recommendations by the Governor

Depending on the workload of any given day, Supplemental Calendars may be issued and will be numbered sequentially on a given day, e.g., Supplemental Calendar No. 1, Supplemental Calendar No. 2, etc.

Once legislation has been reported from the Committee to which is was referred, it will first appear on the calendar in the category of House Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar or House Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar.  Bills that appear on the “Uncontested Calendar” were reported out of Committee with all “Yea” (Yes) votes, and bills that appear on the “Regular Calendar” were reported out of Committee with a least one “Nay” (No) vote.  Bills and Resolutions listed on an Uncontested Calendar are able to be voted “En Bloc” – meaning multiple bills can be voted at one time rather than being voted individually.  Any member may request that legislation placed in an Uncontested Calendar category be moved to the Regular Calendar – this may be done in order to add an amendment to the legislation or to make oral comments about the legislation.

As required by Section 11 of Article IV of the Virginia Constitution, a bill must receive three Readings. On the First Reading, the bill number and Title (a concise statement of the subject and the contents of a bill) are printed in the Calendar or are read by the Clerk of the House of Delegates (the Clerk) and customarily progresses to the next Reading.

The Second Reading of the bill occurs the next day, when the Patron (member of the House of Delegates that introduced the legislation) “speaks to the bill” – explains the bill/Resolution – to the membership of the House. The legislation is subject to debate and amendment on its Second Reading. First, the Clerk calls the bill by number and reads the Title. After the member has explained the bill, and any amendment to it, the member customarily finishes with the words, "Mister/Madam Speaker, I move that the House engross the bill and pass it to its Third Reading." Keep in mind, that any member of the House of Delegates may request that the bill be “passed by for the day,” meaning the bill will appear in the same assigned category on the next day’s calendar. A bill may be “passed by” numerous times but will not move to the next reading until the bill is taken up and the requirements of that particular reading have been met.

Although Committees review the bulk of introduced legislation and offer the majority of amendments, a member is not precluded from offering an amendment on the floor of the House. The majority of floor amendments are line-by-line amendments, i.e., instructions to strike or add language at particular places in the printed bills or Resolutions.

When substantial amendments require a complete rewrite of the legislation, an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute is prepared, i.e., the bill or Resolution is completely rewritten. Line-by-line amendments are preferred to Substitutes whenever they can be used without confusion because they are easy to prepare and can be quickly disseminated. Line-by-line amendments clearly indicate all of the changes made, while Substitutes do not.  House Substitute versions of the bill are designated by the letter “H” and the sequential number of the Substitute after the bill number, e.g., the first Substitute for HB10 would be designated HB10H1, the second Substitute would be designated HB10H2, etc.

If a bill passes its Second Reading, which usually occurs with a voice vote, it is engrossed and proceeds to Third Reading. If the voice vote outcome is unclear, the Speaker may initiate or any member may request a "division." When a "division" is called, a vote is then taken by a show of hands. A member may request a recorded division by addressing the Speaker and requesting a vote of "Yeas and Nays." The Speaker will then request a vote of those who wish "Yeas and Nays." In order to call for such a recorded division, there must be twenty percent of those members present supporting such procedure. The call for the "Yeas and Nays" must be timely.

If amendments are adopted, the bill is reprinted incorporating the changes.  The act of engrossing means to incorporate any amendments which may have been adopted by the House. If the bill had no amendments, the bill as Introduced is the "Engrossed” bill. If the House adopts a "Substitute", the Substitute becomes the engrossed bill. In the case of amendments, only the amendments which were adopted are incorporated into the bill and a new version of the engrossed bill is printed – Engrossed versions will be notated by the letter “E” after the number of the bill, e.g., HB10E.  If a Substitute is adopted that subsequently has an amendment added and adopted, the new Engrossed version will be notated by the letter “E” followed by an “H,” for example, HB10 has a Substitute adopted, which then becomes HB10H1.  An amendment is reported out from a subsequent Committee or a Floor amendment is offered and adopted.  The new Engrossed version will be noted as HB10EH1, and the printed version will be available on the individual bill’s history page.  Engrossed amendments are identified by brackets [  ] and are noted at the top of the bill with the language “House Amendments in [ ] – and the date the amendments were adopted.  The next day the bill is placed on the Calendar for its Third and final Reading. At this point, the House determines whether the bill will pass and be sent to the Senate for its consideration. Normally on the Third Reading, after the Clerk reads the Title, the Speaker says, "Shall the bill pass?" A recorded vote is then taken and the bill is either passed or defeated. If a member is seated but fails to vote, this fact may be called to the attention of the Speaker by another member and the member will be recorded as voting "Nay." Note, however, that even after approval on the Second or Third Reading, amendments to the bill may be made. A bill can be spoken to on the Third Reading but not amended, so the procedure used to accomplish such an amendment is rather complicated.

For example, the member who wants to amend the bill after it has passed its Second Reading must first be recognized by the Speaker. The member would then make a motion to move to "reconsider the vote by which the bill was engrossed and passed to its Third Reading for purposes of amendment." This motion can only be made by a member who voted on the prevailing side of the vote on the bill at its previous Reading.

A motion to reconsider is not in order if the action of the House has been communicated to the Senate. If it has not been communicated, the motion to reconsider must be made within two days after the bill's final Reading. If the motion to reconsider is approved, then other motions are in order. Although a member cannot argue for or against a bill on its Third Reading without making a "motion to reconsider," he may "speak to the bill."

Specifically, on the Third Reading, the member may "speak" for or against the legislation, but he cannot yield for argument to another member during the statement. This technique is sometimes used by a member who endorsed a bill as it was originally introduced, but disagrees with it in its amended form. At this time, the member may put "on record" his reasons for not supporting the bill on its Third Reading.

Following the vote, the House bills that are passed are communicated to the Senate for their review and consideration.

For Senate legislation that is communicated to the House:

Senate legislation receives its First Reading  when it is received by the House, placed on a Floor Calendar and referred to the appropriate Committee.

Senate legislation on Second Reading has just been reported from a House Committee the day before. Therefore, the listing shows only the Bill number, Title, Patron and Committee vote. For Senate legislation on Second Reading, the legislation may be read by Title or may have the Reading dispensed pursuant to Section 11 of Article IV of the Virginia Constitution.  Debate on any amendments or Substitutes takes place on Third Reading.

Senate legislation on Third Reading, will have any amendments, or Substitutes debated and the vote for passage will take place. The procedure on amendments or Substitutes is the same as amendments to House Bills on Second Reading. The procedure for votes on passage is the same as House Bills on Third Reading.

Senate of Virginia (Senate) Calendar:

The Calendar is the daily legislative business agenda for the Senate.  Filing deadlines and other special announcements will be presented on the first page of the PDF version of the Calendar.  The Calendar includes an Index of all legislation for that day's Calendar, and provides the name of the person giving that day’s Invocation on the last page of the Calendar, as well as a listing of all Senate meetings scheduled for that day and for the next Session day. Meetings may also be found on the LIS Schedule of Events - https://lis.virginia.gov/schedule.

The Senate Calendar will assign legislation to one of the following categories to appear on the daily calendar as it progresses through the legislative process.  The legislation listed under any category is displayed in numeric order and will name the Bill/Resolution number, the Title, and the Patron or Patrons, and will include the recorded Committee vote, once the bill has been reported from the Committee. Legislation listed on Second and Third Readings will also include any amendments made to the bill.  The Senate Calendar also includes any bills introduced the day before and lists the Committee to which the bill was referred.

Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred
Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar
Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar
Senate Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar
Senate Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred
Bills or Resolutions Recommitted
House Bills Read First Time and Referred
House Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar
House Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar
House Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar
House Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar

Resolutions Presented
Memorial Resolutions
Commending Resolution
Senate Resolutions Referred
Senate Joint Resolutions on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar
Senate Joint Resolutions on First Reading - Regular Calendar
Senate Joint Resolutions on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar
Senate Joint Resolutions on Second Reading - Regular Calendar
Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar
Senate Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Regular Calendar
House Joint Resolutions Received and Laid on the Clerk's Desk
House Joint Resolutions Read First Time and Referred
House Joint Resolutions on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar
House Joint Resolutions on Second Reading - Regular Calendar
House Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar
House Joint Resolutions on Third Reading - Regular Calendar

Bills in Conference
Unfinished Business - House (Bills/Resolutions which have been passed in different versions by the Senate and may be resolved in a Committee of Conference.)
Unfinished Business – Senate - (Bills/Resolutions which have been passed in different versions by the House and may be resolved in a Committee of Conference.)
Awaiting House Action
Senate Bills with Governor's Recommendations
Senate Bills Vetoed by Governor
House Bills Vetoed by the Governor (For Information Purposes)

Depending on the workload of any given day, Supplemental Calendars may be issued and will be numbered sequentially on a given day, e.g., Supplemental Calendar No. 1, Supplemental Calendar No. 2, etc.

Once legislation has been reported from the Committee to which is was referred, it will first appear on the calendar in category of either Senate Bills on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar or Senate Bills on First Reading - Regular Calendar.  Bills that appear on the “Uncontested Calendar” were reported out of Committee with all “Yea” (Yes) votes, and bills that appear on the “Regular Calendar” were reported out of Committee with a least one “Nay” (No) vote.  Bills and Resolutions listed on an Uncontested Calendar are able to be voted “En Bloc” – meaning multiple bills can be voted at one time rather than being voted individually.  Any member may request that legislation placed in an Uncontested Calendar category be moved to the Regular Calendar – this may be done in order to add an amendment to the legislation or to make oral comments about the legislation.  Keep in mind, that any member of the Senate may request that the bill be “passed by for the day,” meaning the bill will appear in the same assigned category on the next day’s calendar. A bill may be “passed by” numerous times but will not move to the next reading until the bill is taken up and the requirements of that particular reading have been met.

As required by Section 11 of Article IV of the Virginia Constitution, a bill must receive three Readings. On the First Reading, the bill number and Title (a concise statement of the subject and the contents of a bill) are printed in the Calendar or are read by the Clerk of the Senate of Virginia (the Clerk) and customarily progresses to the next reading.

Senate legislation reported from the Committees of the Senate appears on the Senate Calendar the day after the Committee meeting in the category of First Reading – either in the Uncontested or Regular category. The Senate usually votes to dispense with the First Reading of legislation, as allowed by Section 11 of Article IV of the Virginia Constitution.

Senate legislation in the Second Reading category contains the same information as First Reading, including any amendments reported by the Committee. Senate legislation on Second Reading is amendable. On the Second Reading, amendments are usually taken up and adopted or rejected by the Senate. When substantial amendments require a complete rewrite of the legislation, an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute is prepared, i.e., the bill or resolution is completely rewritten. Line-by-line amendments are preferred to Substitutes whenever they can be used without confusion because they are easy to prepare and can be quickly disseminated. Line-by-line amendments clearly indicate all of the changes made, while Substitutes do not.  Floor amendments or Floor Substitutes may be offered by any Senator. The debate is limited to discussion on the amendments or Substitute. Debate on the passage of the bill occurs on Third Reading.

Votes on amendments or Substitutes are voice votes. Only when the votes are close and the President cannot determine which is the prevailing side is a recorded vote taken. Following the taking up of any amendments or Substitute, the bill is "engrossed" and advanced to its Third Reading. The act of engrossing means to incorporate any amendments which may have been adopted by the Senate. If the bill had no amendments, the bill as Introduced is the "Engrossed” bill. If the Senate adopts a "Substitute," the Substitute becomes the engrossed bill. In the case of amendments, only the amendments which were adopted are incorporated into the bill and a new version of the engrossed bill is printed – Engrossed versions will be notated by the letter “E” after the number of the bill, e.g., SB10E.  If a Substitute is adopted that subsequently has an amendment added and adopted, the new Engrossed version will be notated by the letter “E” followed by an “S,” for example, SB10 has a Substitute adopted, which then becomes SB10S1.  An amendment is reported out from a subsequent Committee or a Floor amendment is offered and adopted.  The new Engrossed version will be noted as SB10ES1, and the printed version will be available on the individual bill’s history page.  Engrossed amendments are identified by brackets [  ] and are noted at the top of the bill with the language “Senate Amendments in [ ] – and the date the amendments were adopted.

On Third Reading, Senate bills are passed or defeated. As required by Section 11 of Article IV of the Virginia Constitution, final passage of legislation requires a recorded vote with the name of each member voting for and against the legislation recorded in the Journal.  Senate members may vote Yea, Nay, or Rule 36.  Rule 36 of the Rules of the Senate of Virginia states, “36. Every Senator present in the Chamber, when any question is put or vote taken, shall vote or be counted as voting on one side or the other, except in the case of pairs, as hereinafter provided. A Senator who has a personal interest in the transaction, as defined in § 30-101 of the Code of Virginia, shall neither vote nor be counted upon it, and he shall withdraw, or invoke this rule not to be counted, prior to the division and the fact shall be recorded on the voting machine. If a Senator invokes this rule, the Senator shall not participate, directly or indirectly, in the matter wherein the rule is invoked. Pairs upon any question pending may be made and entered upon the Journal, and in such cases shall be announced immediately upon completion of the roll call, and before the announcement of its result. Pairs may be general or special. General pairs shall extend to and include all motions, amendments, or other proceedings in aid of or against the question pending, and which is the subject of the pairs. Special pairs shall depend in their scope upon the agreement between the Senators making the same, but in absence of a specific agreement, the presumption shall be conclusive that the pairs are general. The Senator announcing a pair shall be counted as present for the purposes of establishing a quorum. Pairs may be taken in Committee votes under this rule herein set forth.”

Following the vote, the Senate bills that are passed are communicated to the House for their review and consideration.

For House legislation that is communicated to the Senate:

House legislation receives its First Reading when it is received by the Senate and referred to the appropriate Committee (most often, the First Reading is dispensed by the Senate with the term "Constitutional reading dispensed."

House legislation on Second Reading has just been reported from a Senate Committee the day before. Therefore, the listing shows only the Bill number, Title, Patron and Committee vote. For House legislation on Second Reading, the legislation may be read by Title or may have the Reading waived for Resolutions or dispensed for bills, pursuant to Section 11 of Article IV of the Virginia Constitution.  Debate on any amendments or Substitutes takes place on Third Reading.

House legislation on Third Reading, will have any amendments, or Substitutes debated and the vote for passage will take place. The procedure on amendments or Substitutes is the same as amendments to Senate Bills on Second Reading. The procedure for votes on passage is the same as Senate Bills on Third Reading.