House reads 10 bills for first time, refers measures on age verification, fertility coverage, biosolids and school-bus enforcement to committees

The House of Representatives read 10 bills for the first time and referred each to the appropriate standing committee during a floor session, the presiding officer said.

The bills introduced at the reading address a range of policy areas: age verification for social media, Medicaid and private insurance coverage for fertility care, the use of septage and biosolids, enforcement and camera use for illegally passing school buses, prescriptions for psychotropic medications for children and youth in the Dr. Dynasaur program, restrictions on deed covenants that prohibit commercial or industrial uses, establishment of a Vermont Community Radio grant program, a sales‑tax exemption for building materials, a housing and conservation trust fund check‑off on the Vermont personal income tax form, and education on the evolving nature of antisemitism.

Why it matters: the package touches consumer protection, health care access, environmental regulation, public‑safety…