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Votes at a glance: Senate adopts weekend adjournment resolution, concurs on two bills; H.488 moved to third reading
Summary
The Vermont Senate adopted a housekeeping joint resolution on adjournment, concurred with House amendments on S.27 and H.96, and advanced H.488 to third reading after floor amendments and committee reports on April 30, 2025.
The Senate recorded several formal actions on April 30, 2025.
• JRS 24 (weekend adjournment): The joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment (JRS 24) was adopted by voice vote. The resolution sets that when the two houses adjourn on Friday, May 2, 2025, they are to meet again no later than Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
• S.27 (medical debt bill): The Senate concurred in the House proposal of amendment with a further proposal of amendment and deleted Section 2 (as described on the floor) by voice vote. Senator Lyons (Chittenden Southeast) explained the deletion related to appropriations language that better belongs in the budget.
• H.96 (certificates of need thresholds): H.96, an act relating to increasing monetary thresholds for certificates of need, was read for third reading and passed in concurrence with the proposal of amendment (voice vote recorded on the floor).
• H.488 (transportation): The Senate adopted committee amendments and an additional amendment offered by Senator Westman and others, proposed to the House to amend H.488 as recommended by the Committee on Transportation (as amended), and ordered the bill for third reading.
• SR13 (Madawi): See separate coverage — SR13 was adopted by roll call (yeas 24, nays 5).
These actions were recorded on the Senate floor; where the transcript records voice votes, the floor journal and official roll calls (where recorded) are the formal record for final vote tallies.
