The Senate voted to adjourn until 2 p.m. tomorrow after the senator from Chittenden said negotiators had not completed a legislative deal and asked conferees to resume work at 9 a.m.

The move came after the senator from Chittenden told the chamber, “We're going home now. So I will adjourn us tonight,” and said there was not enough time for caucusing or to reach an agreement. “We don't have language, and we don't yet have a finished deal, although things are close,” the senator said.

Why it matters: The schedule set by the senator leaves negotiators (conferees) an early-morning window to try to finalize text that the Senate will consider when it reconvenes. The senator asked conferees to “begin their deliberations again with a goal of getting us a deal in finished language by later in the afternoon” and asked senators to return at 2 p.m.

During the remarks the senator noted that some House members planned to attend a funeral but said he expected those members to return afterward. He said the timing left “uncertainty and tension” but urged colleagues to reconvene the following day.

After the senator spoke, the presiding officer called for the question; the Senate voiced approval and stood adjourned. The motion on the floor was that “the Senate stand in adjournment until 2 p.m. tomorrow,” which was approved by voice vote. The meeting record does not include a roll-call tally.

No substantive bill text, ordinance numbers, statutes or committee votes were entered into the record during this adjournment motion. The principal outcomes recorded were the scheduling direction for conferees to meet at 9 a.m. and the Senate's adjournment until 2 p.m. tomorrow.