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Vermont House reads six bills, adopts resolution honoring Noah Dines and adjourns
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Summary
On Feb. 14, 2025, the Vermont House of Representatives read six bills for the first time and referred them to committees, adopted a concurrent resolution congratulating skier Noah Dines on a new vertical-skiing record, observed a moment of silence for a former member, and voted to adjourn until Feb. 18.
The Vermont House of Representatives on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, read six House bills for the first time and referred them to committee, adopted a House concurrent resolution honoring Vermonter Noah Dines for a one-year vertical skiing record, observed a moment of silence for a former member and voted to adjourn until Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 10 a.m.
The six bills were read on the floor and each received a formal first reading and committee referral. Representative Arsenal of Williston introduced H.221 (an act relating to the Firearm Surrender Order Compliance Working Group) and H.222 (an act relating to participation in a domestic violence accountability program as a condition of a final relief from abuse prevention order); both were read and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Representatives Personnel (of Williston) and Priestley of Bradford were listed as sponsors on H.223 (an act relating to stalking through the use of tracking technology), which was also referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Representative Morwicki of Putney introduced H.224 (an act relating to establishing a thermal benefits charge) and H.226 (an act relating to conducting a clean heat standard study); both were referred to the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure. Representative Morwicki also introduced H.225 (an act relating to conducting a climate health study), which was read and referred to the Committee on Environment. The bill introductions on the floor consisted of first readings and referrals; the transcript records no legislative debate or votes on the bills themselves.
The House also read and adopted House Concurrent Resolution 19, congratulating Vermonter Noah Dines on establishing a new one-year world vertical skiing record of 3,590,097 feet. A member from Stowe described Dines’s effort, noting travel to several U.S. states and countries to sustain year-round skiing and members in the gallery who were recognized as guests of the House. The resolution directs the secretary of state to send a copy to Dines.
Earlier in the session the House observed a moment of silence for former Representative Sandra Balbert of Burlington, who served from 1993 to 1996 and passed away on Feb. 10, 2025. The chamber also recognized a group of departing legislative pages and called members’ guest visitors to rise for recognition.
With no bills on the action calendar, the House received a motion to adjourn from the Member from St. Albans Town. Members voted; the chair announced that the ayes had it and the House stood adjourned until Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 10 a.m.
No formal committee action, amendments, or recorded roll-call votes on the introduced bills were recorded in the transcript for this floor session. Each introduced bill is now pending before the committee named at its reading.
