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House adopts weekend adjournment, concurs with Senate on two bills and refers Senate Bill 124
Summary
The Vermont House adopted a joint resolution setting the April 25–29 adjournment schedule, concurred with Senate amendments to two House bills (House Bill 10 and House Bill 243), and referred Senate Bill 124 to the House committee on agriculture, food resiliency, and forestry during its April 23 session.
The Vermont House of Representatives on April 23 adopted a joint resolution setting the legislature's weekend adjournment schedule, concurred with Senate amendments to two House bills and referred a Senate bill to the House committee on agriculture, food resiliency, and forestry.
The House unanimously adopted Joint Resolution JRS 23, which sets that when both chambers adjourn on Friday, April 25, they will reconvene no later than Tuesday, April 29, 2025. The resolution, offered by Senator Ruth and read into the record, was agreed to by voice vote and recorded as adopted in concurrence.
The House also acted on two bills that had passed the Senate with proposals of amendment. On House Bill 10, an act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Barre, the House concurred in the Senate's amendment (a committee straw poll on the concurrence was reported as 10-0-1). The concurrence was taken by voice vote.
On House Bill 243, an act relating to the regulation of business organizations, the House concurred in multiple Senate changes intended to clarify statutory authority for the Secretary of State's Office. The Senate amendments add a specific service-of-process heading for a section now titled to include service of process, create a new section (16 V.S.A. § 16 57 in the calendar) to authorize the Secretary of State to issue certificates of good standing to eligible businesses, and correct an omission by adding the Senate Committee on Finance to a list of committees that will receive a statutorily required report. The Committee on Commerce and Economic Development reported a straw poll of 9-0-2 in favor of concurrence; the House concurred by voice vote.
Separately, the House heard the first reading of Senate Bill 124, “an act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects,” and referred the bill to the House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry. The clerk read the bill title and the presiding officer announced the referral.
Votes at a glance
- JRS 23 (joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment): offered by Senator Ruth; adopted in concurrence by voice vote (ayes declared to have it). - House Bill 10 (charter amendments — City of Barre): Senate proposed amendment concurred in; committee straw poll reported 10-0-1; concurrence by voice vote. - House Bill 243 (regulation of business organizations): Senate proposed amendments concurred in; committee straw poll reported 9-0-2; concurrence by voice vote. - Senate Bill 124 (miscellaneous agricultural subjects): read first time and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry.
The House concluded its session after a motion to adjourn until Thursday, April 24 at 1 p.m., adopted by voice vote. No roll-call vote totals were recorded in the transcript for these actions; outcomes were announced by the presiding officer as adopted or concurred.
