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Vermont Senate adopts adjournment resolution but leaves door open to reconvene if federal cuts hit
Summary
The Vermont Senate adopted Joint Resolution JRS 28 to adjourn the 2025 session and authorized an option to reconvene on joint call if federal budget cuts—cited by senators as a possible Medicaid shortfall—require further action. The Senate also ordered bills delivered to the governor and appointed a committee to notify him of adjournment.
The Vermont Senate on the final day of its 2025 session adopted Joint Resolution JRS 28, formally completing its business while preserving the option to reconvene if federal budget actions create a material state funding shortfall.
The resolution, read on the floor and approved by voice vote, instructs that when the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House adjourn their respective chambers in June 2025 they may reconvene on the joint call of those leaders if necessary, or otherwise meet in January 2026. "We may, God forbid, but we may experience severe cuts to our funding federally," the Senator from Chittenden told colleagues while explaining why the language allowing a special reconvening was included. The senator cited an illustrative example: "If Medicaid were to be cut ... we were suddenly…
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