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Senate adopts JRS 28, preserves option to reconvene if federal funding changes
Summary
The Vermont Senate adopted JRS 28 and approved a series of procedural motions ordering bills to the governor and directing officials to notify the House and governor that the Senate has completed its business; the resolution specifies a default reconvening on Jan. 6, 2026, at 10 a.m. or earlier if called to address federal funding changes.
The Vermont Senate adopted JRS 28, a joint resolution relating to final adjournment of the General Assembly, and approved related procedural motions that ordered bills to the governor and directed officials to notify the House and governor that the Senate had completed its business.
The resolution states that when the presiding officers adjourn in June 2025 they shall do so to reconvene on the call of the speaker and president if needed, or on Jan. 6, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. The senator who introduced the resolution said the early reconvening language was added because “we may, God forbid, but we may experience severe cuts to our funding federally,” and offered the example that a cut to Medicaid expansion could leave the state “suddenly $200,000,000 off in our budget reckoning.”
Why it matters: the JRS 28 language preserves a…
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