House insists on its amendments and requests conference committee after Senate rejects several amendments

The Virginia House of Delegates moved Monday to insist on its amendments and to request a committee of conference after the Senate rejected a set of House changes.

Clerk communications read that the Senate had rejected House amendments to multiple Senate bills, listing Senate Bills 27, 74, 323, 337, 425, 589, 581 and 589. In response, Delegate Herron moved that “the House insist on its amendments and request a committee of conference on the previously reported legislation.” The motion was agreed to by voice vote; the clerk said committee conference reports will be issued on the announced legislation.

A committee of conference is a standard interchamber procedure that seeks a negotiated agreement between the two chambers when one rejects the other's amendments. The motion preserves the House position and initiates formal discussions between appointed conferees from both bodies.

The House recorded the motion by voice and the clerk announced the result as agreed to; no individual roll-call vote or member-by-member tally was recorded in the floor transcript.

The House then continued its morning hour with introductions, ceremonial resolutions, and scheduling announcements before adjourning to reconvene the following day at 11 a.m.