Votes at a glance: Senate passes multiple bills on collective bargaining, PFAS, Rutland charter changes, floodplain disclosure, and remote committee voting

The Vermont Senate completed votes on a package of measures on May 20, 2025, approving or concurring in several bills and adopting a joint House resolution. The floor recorded committee reports, committee vote tallies where provided, and voice votes on final actions.

S.125 (collective bargaining). The Senate concurred in the House proposal of amendment to S.125, an act related to collective bargaining. The chamber’s floor reporter summarized that the House deleted four workers’-compensation sections (handled separately in S.117) and that the bill now focuses on collective-bargaining organization and decertification thresholds across multiple statutes, including the Judiciary Employee Labor Relations Act (JELRA), the State Employee Labor Relations Act (SELRA), municipal and other employee-relations acts.…