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Senate concurs with House changes to H.472 (OPR bill); early childhood provisions removed for lack of funding
Summary
The Senate concurred with House amendments to H.472, a bill about professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation (OPR), including four noncontroversial technical amendments and removal of early childhood education provisions that lacked appropriations.
The Vermont Senate concurred in the House proposal of amendment to H.472, legislation affecting professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation, approving four instances of amendment described on the floor as largely technical.
The amendments included replacing the word "exempt" with "classified" for an executive officer position related to Rutland mental health, a technical correction the presenter said OPR originally intended. The Senate also accepted the Housechange that struck sections 14 through 18 dealing with early childhood education because the appropriations required for implementation had been removed; without funding those sections could not be implemented.
A renumbering correction and a new effective-date section were also adopted. The new date requires the Secretary of State to submit a written report by Dec. 1, 2025, to several legislative committees detailing revenues generated from optional services and sales of data authorized under Title 3, the reporter said. The committee reported the changes were noncontroversial and voted unanimously to concur.
The motion to concur was approved by voice vote and the Senate recorded that it had concurred in the House proposal of amendment to H.472.
