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Votes at a glance: House floor actions, March 31, 2025
Summary
Summary of final votes recorded on the Vermont House floor on March 31, including key tallies and brief descriptions of each bill or action.
This session recorded final actions on several bills. Below are the recorded outcomes and key details based on the floor transcript.
H.342 — Protecting the personal information of certain public servants - Action: Committee amendment adopted (roll call) and bill passed - Amendment vote: Yes 106, No 38 (roll call) - Final disposition: Bill passed (voice vote) - Key point: Amendment added Attorney General enforcement authority, $10,000 civil penalty per violation, a 15‑day notice safe harbor for data brokers, and a study on public‑agency disclosure practices due Dec. 1, 2026.
H.106 — Selling real property within a FEMA‑mapped flood hazard area - Action: Third reading and passed (voice vote) - Key point: Third reading read on floor and bill passed; transcript did not include additional floor debate during the reading.
H.218 — Fiscal year 2026 appropriations from the opioid abatement special fund - Action: Passed (roll call) - Vote: Yes 119, No 24 (roll call) - Key point: Implements advisory committee and Department of Health recommendations; floor debate focused on whether funding for a safe injection site should instead be directed to recovery beds and transitional housing.
H.491 — Setting the homestead property tax yields and non‑homestead property tax rate - Action: Passed (voice vote) - Key point: Third reading ordered and bill passed; transcript shows no extended floor debate during the reading.
H.494 — Capital construction and state bonding - Action: Third reading ordered (voice vote) - Key point: Committee presented a two‑year capital spreadsheet (approx. $123M two‑year box) covering state building maintenance, clean water projects, corrections and veterans home projects, courthouse work and other capital priorities; third reading was ordered on the floor.
H.493 — Making appropriations for the support of government - Action: Amendment adopted (Vermont Saves auto‑escalation restored to 8%) and bill passed (voice vote) - Key point: Member from Northfield offered and the House adopted an amendment removing a proposed increase in Vermont Saves automatic escalation from 8% to 10%; bill then passed.
Procedural notes - Several bills were introduced on first reading earlier in the session (e.g., H.495 and H.496; S.18, S.122, S.123, S.125) and were referred to committees but were not substantively debated during this floor action.
This summary lists recorded floor actions and vote tallies as transcribed on March 31. For bills passed on voice vote, no roll‑call tally was recorded in the transcript.
