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Votes at a glance
- S.117: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment (voice vote recorded as ayes have it). S.117 relates to rulemaking on safety and health standards and technical corrections on employment practices and unemployment compensation.
- H.46: House adopted Human Services Committee amendment and ordered third reading (see separate coverage).
- S.63: House proposed to the Senate to amend the bill as recommended by the Health Care Committee and ordered third reading (voice vote recorded as ayes have it). See separate coverage for details.
- S.50: House concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment to raise expedited registration cap for small solar net-metering projects to 25 kW and allow a brief look-back window for customers to change REC assignment (voice vote recorded as ayes have it).
- S.125: House proposed to the Senate to amend the bill as recommended by the Committee on General and Housing; final recorded roll-call: 81 yes, 51 no (see separate coverage).
- H.41: Postponed for one legislative day (motion adopted by voice vote).
- H.98: House concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment (voice vote recorded as ayes have it); confirmatory-adoption provisions effective 07/01/2025; standby-guardianship provisions effective on passage.

Where roll calls occurred
- S.125: Clerk recorded 81 yeas, 51 nays when the House voted to propose to the Senate to amend the bill.

Ceremonial items
- The House read several concurrent resolutions on the consent calendar (e.g., designating April 2025 as Black Maternal Care Awareness Month, celebrating Robin’s Nest Children’s Center’s 40th anniversary, and honoring leadership at the Vermont Economic Development Authority); those were treated as adopted or read for the first time as noted on the floor.

This summary lists floor outcomes recorded in the transcript; where the transcript shows only voice votes the article notes that the ayes were recorded as carrying the question.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Session: 2025-05-13-10:00 a.m.","oneSentenceSummary","Summary of final actions taken by the Vermont House on May 13, 2025, including passage, concurrence, postponement and roll-call results where recorded.","taxTitle","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative , Vermont","taxId",29454,"location","Vermont","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6562078,"House concurs with Senate changes to confirmatory adoption law and authorizes standby guardianship for immigrant parents",835,5847000,6682000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3281195-67da720be4dd8553b885a0aa68d42d0a&start=5847&end=6682","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3281195-67da720be4dd8553b885a0aa68d42d0a/thumbnail_5847000.jpg","/articles/6562078/Vermont/House-concurs-with-Senate-changes-to-confirmatory-adoption-law-and-authorizes-standby-guardianship-for-immigrant-parents","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6562078-055d7160627f19e982597dae9f7a1c13/orig.mp4?Expires=1771135102&Signature=f11E2Nd~W5fnMiVP2tu2w-tOmfoyAXRY~bxgdYSTXM18I89AYbft8izGY-IofadUY1vWWs6N16lHRYW~iWjhChOGUGlmunkEmXPANGr8c4hmxH-sZIQog5uRUzbwo4IbLM61qErRyKWvhiWrcpGYNXxFPOSWVmURaOlxpW3C~M1ygIGXrqQFX5rFNfEb0o9kHIxrJo6VVfx-Lxiwst8oDMyw-vISlnXIZODWSLDnzYA1v9Os-xBEVT8n~n3LbhmZ1RF8a1NkOlvT5LYiEWGBbtCGMjgLNjH844tIfknQCdL9qTAD6KN3HA9vW-3cCAhDeTb1~D6A9Tdj3PohmB7TUw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Vermont House on Tuesday concurred in a Senate amendment to H.98 that maintains an expedited confirmatory-adoption process for parents who used assisted reproduction and adds a statutory standby-guardianship procedure to help immigrant parents plan for children if the parents are detained or deported.

The bill’s confirmatory-adoption provisions, unchanged by the Senate, create an expedited judicial process to provide a judgment that other states will recognize, giving additional protection for parental rights when families travel outside Vermont. The Senate amendment inserted new sections (2–8) authorizing standby guardianship: a consensual guardianship arrangement a custodial parent and a proposed guardian may prepare in advance so the guardian can seek court recognition if the parent becomes unavailable because of an adverse immigration action.

The House reporter (member from South Burlington) explained that the change responds to existing practices by Vermont Legal Aid and an operating agreement between the Vermont Department for Children and Families and Vermont Legal Aid to reunite children with proposed guardians when possible. The standby-guardianship provisions set petition, notice, hearing and evidence rules, create a rebuttable presumption that certain petitions are in a child’s best interest, allow remote participation, and permit guardians to provide status reports to detained parents via email. The confirmatory-adoption sections take effect July 1, 2025; the standby-guardianship sections take effect upon passage.

Committees heard from legislative counsel, Vermont Legal Aid, court officials and DCF; the committee voted to concur with the Senate amendment. The House recorded a voice vote to concur in the Senate proposal of amendment.","The House concurred in the Senate's amendment to H.98, keeping an expedited confirmatory-adoption process for assisted-reproduction parents and adding standby guardianship provisions to help immigrant parents arrange care for children if detained or deported.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6562082,"House approves amendment expanding collective-bargaining rules, raises decertification threshold",2105,3666000,5771000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3281195-67da720be4dd8553b885a0aa68d42d0a&start=3666&end=5771","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3281195-67da720be4dd8553b885a0aa68d42d0a/thumbnail_3666000.jpg","/articles/6562082/Vermont/House-approves-amendment-expanding-collective-bargaining-rules-raises-decertification-threshold","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6562082-8ca8552d720e8bf3d9b454b34fe05a0c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771135102&Signature=U6Jzjr5Kpje0Vy1WJx1zzQepflP2mvBB46hH6Ml33fX6nnCelCwZurCoBy3VgrjTDNmGyK8t8JrvG~-coQ29gzHF1ATfopurCak2J8uilYsDwu5XQp-jog4e31QUa5U8dJGfJ9JolZ~KQrdM~yfMfMLjctt08vbunm9xh7zfgcg8GfgJz7NUH2zUZLFXcYsVZ672Yvzbjf8Qb26jCptCG-AMwFuL1uMNROSSv0Ns713wYAr2WSR~UElWre9Dj2qmSmkhdXflnacKW8N0RHsk-8pRSfSJcSnwRqAlE7p9gWHbLOxuGzGAXXw1gZXp~VBR0QlIi~GYEePlQpCNVabpqg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Vermont House on Tuesday voted to propose to the Senate amendments to S.125 that would allow supervisors employed in the judiciary to organize and bargain collectively and increase the showing-of-interest threshold required to decertify an incumbent bargaining representative from 30% to 50% plus one across the state's labor-relations statutes.

Representative Dodge (member from Essex), reporting for the committee on General and Housing, said the change would give judicial supervisors the right to organize while leaving determinations about managerial status to the Vermont Labor Relations Board. The bill deletes several workers' compensation provisions that were moved into S.117 and removes a proposed certified-payroll requirement for certain state construction projects after committee testimony raised administrative concerns.

Supporters said organizing thresholds differ for forming versus decertifying a union and cited testimony that decertification is susceptible to destabilizing tactics. Opponents on the floor argued the change makes it harder for workers to force a decertification vote. Member floor debate included extended questioning and a request that the final vote be taken by roll call.

When the clerk called the roll, the tally was 81 yeas and 51 nays; the House approved the committee-recommended amendment by that recorded vote and then ordered third reading. Representative Greer (member from Bennington) had withdrawn a separate amendment earlier after the clerk ruled it nongermane.","The House approved proposed changes to S.125 that allow supervisors in the judiciary to organize and raise the petition threshold to decertify a bargaining representative to a majority (50%+1) across Vermont labor-relations statutes; the measure passed on a roll-call vote, 81–51.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6562087,"House proposes amendments to Green Mountain Care Board duties, certification and fees for ACOs",1077,2407000,3484000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3281195-67da720be4dd8553b885a0aa68d42d0a&start=2407&end=3484","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3281195-67da720be4dd8553b885a0aa68d42d0a/thumbnail_2407000.jpg","/articles/6562087/Vermont/House-proposes-amendments-to-Green-Mountain-Care-Board-duties-certification-and-fees-for-ACOs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6562087-88c9d0c26a5837437fbc2726b2662b0d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771135102&Signature=nDEAkJUjkt7E0lV~vFbHlsZUHmBZegIghskkIMw1LoVF1UBbLW~C07bsTesn-h6Vh0LXM68pdfhHfbzfPAu0ye3UvTNJkB2gdSVfhsrYT~UwJ1aTIrhKun1a2NwPfzkR~yhVmD9sAQ7URE3irIl2OoEJBwwWDOJiofZKDRBGPQjeCI7B2Zm3yMLwHm4~yKXKbqS5R4bQqAoJHm3QFWpc7kWHq5lddy6Km6aesxPQKx~3rJfy2vo994X~z0esSOODBzFyYil1KparAFUokQOztNdCkzr7D1Rwszj7jO-rFMiu8i5FwwUYyVzaZYSRECYn6Rnq092W8jgjsAfm13x1vg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Vermont House on Tuesday voted to propose to the Senate amendments to S.63 that would modify regulatory duties of the Green Mountain Care Board and change how accountable care organizations (ACOs) are certified and feeed.

Representative Critchlow (member from Colchester), reporting for the House Health Care Committee, described the measure as largely housekeeping: removing some board duties such as approving the statewide health information technology plan and VITAL’s budget, adding the board to the health information exchange steering committee, and updating hospital and ACO allocation formulas. The bill would expand the scope of ACOs that must be certified to operate in Vermont and set certification and budget-review fees ($10,000 initial certification, $2,000 annual renewal, $125,000 for a budget review) while delaying some effective dates to give the Green Mountain Care Board time to adopt rules.

Committee amendments clarify that hospital budget proceedings are not contested cases under the Vermont Administrative Procedures Act and that final actions under the hospital budget statute would be appealable to the Vermont Supreme Court. Representative Brannigan (member from Georgia) spoke for Ways and Means, noting the fee amounts mirror existing bill-back flows and the committee approved the measure on fiscal review.

The House adopted the Health Care Committee’s proposed amendment by voice vote and then ordered the bill read a third time. The Health Care Committee recorded an 8–3 vote in favor of its amendment and the Ways and Means Committee reported fiscal review support.","After committee debate, the House proposed to the Senate amendments to S.63 that reduce certain oversight duties of the Green Mountain Care Board, change ACO certification requirements, and create fees for accountable care organizations.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6562089,"House advances bill to create Vermont Rare Disease Advisory Council",450,1995000,2445000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3281195-67da720be4dd8553b885a0aa68d42d0a&start=1995&end=2445","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3281195-67da720be4dd8553b885a0aa68d42d0a/thumbnail_1995000.jpg","/articles/6562089/Vermont/House-advances-bill-to-create-Vermont-Rare-Disease-Advisory-Council","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6562089-290e34cd738e8c80c965ce2f8a08c636/orig.mp4?Expires=1771135102&Signature=X6weM9KGxZITpbbi2KTPE5D3g2nMPk7Al2cT6e589gBN6lZOCe6pBAMtlXrYYWy8mBd3avfRnwKEZCGCZ24qHEHtIQUwtdvIVe11nadrvkLrWByA8cFUyU0wjaaU0Fdtsrp7RtwSwRAyJ8j5VWq~7u9V2YBz9GPpU6g-mlzJLeEWlt-KLTMPkfOIQ24t0LHcZyPhK5Ph~SCUkz9ykNwo6~8jGUWayMPZmpamw1X8nbGxoIW~sn3~2zzdZU~JZ16lM7mDeRR8xBjHodVHvXwfA7kDixV508O9fX6K1lC7VVZCCZF0zjmaH0bMcA1uh6jMyODBBNoYHqBvxXRkr3Z8yQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Vermont House on Tuesday advanced H.46, an act to establish a Rare Disease Advisory Council within the Department of Health to advise state decisionmakers on barriers facing people with rare diseases.

The bill would set council membership to include two individuals with a rare disease, a parent or guardian of someone with a rare disease, department designees, a representative of the Health Equity Advisory Commission, clinicians and researchers, and others. The council’s duties would include convening public hearings, producing a needs assessment, advising on newborn screening recommendations, and supporting access to diagnostics and specialist care. The House Human Services Committee reported the bill with a 10–1–0 vote and the Appropriations Committee reported no additional appropriation needed, noting a nominal fiscal impact estimated at about $5,000 annually for per diem and related expenses.

Representative Garifano (member from Essex), speaking for the Human Services Committee, said the council could affect about 60,000 Vermonters and help address delays in diagnosis, limited treatment options and high out-of-pocket costs. Representative Bloomley (member from Burlington) spoke for Appropriations, noting the Department of Health could absorb anticipated costs within its proposed FY26 budget.

The House adopted the human services committee amendment by voice vote and then ordered third reading by voice vote. The bill, if enacted as written in the House calendar, would take effect on July 1, 2026.

The House hearing record cited testimony from legislative counsel, Department of Health officials, patient advocates and clinicians; the Human Services Committee recommended passage.","Lawmakers advanced H.46 to create a Rare Disease Advisory Council within the Vermont Department of Health, outlining membership, duties, a July 1, 2026 effective date and minimal fiscal impact.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: House actions on major bills and resolutions, May 13, 2025

House concurs with Senate changes to confirmatory adoption law and authorizes standby guardianship for immigrant parents

House approves amendment expanding collective-bargaining rules, raises decertification threshold

House proposes amendments to Green Mountain Care Board duties, certification and fees for ACOs

House advances bill to create Vermont Rare Disease Advisory Council