WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

SENATE JOURNAL

EIGHTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

FIRST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION, 2017

FOURTEENTH DAY

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Charleston, West Virginia, Wednesday, May 17, 2017

The Senate met at 11 a.m.

(Senator Carmichael, Mr. President, in the Chair.)

Prayer was offered by the Honorable Michael T. Azinger, a senator from the third district.

The Senate was then led in recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance by the Honorable Craig Blair, a senator from the fifteenth district.

Pending the reading of the Journal of Tuesday, May 16, 2017,

At the request of Senator Unger, unanimous consent being granted, the Journal was approved and the further reading thereof dispensed with.

Pending announcement of a meeting of the Committee on Rules and a majority party caucus,

On motion of Senator Ferns, the Senate recessed until 1 p.m. today.

Upon expiration of the recess, the Senate reconvened and proceeded to the fourth order of business.

Senator Carmichael (Mr. President), from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report, which was received:

Your Committee on Rules has had under consideration

Senate Bill 1003, Relating generally to WV Parkways Authority.

Now on second reading, having been referred to the Committee on Rules on May 5, 2017;

And reports the same back with the recommendation that it do pass.

Respectfully submitted,

  Mitch Carmichael,

    Chairman ex officio.

At the request of Senator Ferns, unanimous consent being granted, the bill (S. B. 1003) contained in the preceding report from the Committee on Rules was taken up for immediate consideration and read a second time.

At the request of Senator Ferns, and by unanimous consent, the bill was advanced to third reading with the right for amendments to be considered on that reading.

The Senate proceeded to the ninth order of business.

Senate Bill 1006, Increasing funding for State Road Fund.

On second reading, coming up in regular order, was read a second time.

At the request of Senator Ferns, and by unanimous consent, the bill was advanced to third reading with the right for amendments to be considered on that reading.

Senator Ferns then moved that the Senate recess until 4:30 p.m. today.

The question being on the adoption of Senator Ferns’ aforestated motion, and on this question, Senator Ferns demanded the yeas and nays.

The roll being taken, the yeas were: Azinger, Beach, Blair, Boley, Boso, Clements, Cline, Facemire, Ferns, Gaunch, Hall, Jeffries, Karnes, Mann, Maynard, Mullins, Ojeda, Palumbo, Plymale, Prezioso, Romano, Smith, Stollings, Swope, Sypolt, Trump, Unger, Weld, Woelfel and Carmichael (Mr. President)—30.

The nays were: None.

Absent: Maroney, Miller, Rucker and Takubo—4.

So, a majority of those present and voting having voted in the affirmative, the President declared Senator Ferns’ motion had prevailed.

In accordance with the foregoing motion, the Senate recessed until 4:30 p.m. today.

Upon expiration of the recess, the Senate reconvened.

On motion of Senator Ferns, the Senate adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, May 18, 2017, at 6 p.m.

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