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Votes at a glance: House adopts multiple bills and resolution, postpones one measure
Summary
On March 27 the Vermont House approved several bills and a House concurrent resolution by voice or third reading and postponed action on H.342 for one legislative day; key roll-call tallies appear where recorded.
The Vermont House completed a number of votes and third readings on March 27. Several bills were passed with limited floor debate and are summarized below. Where the record shows a roll-call or specific tally, that number is included.
- H.R.7 — House resolution reaffirming friendship between the state of Vermont and Taiwan: Read in full and adopted by voice vote (ayes prevailing).
- H.17 — Approval of the charter adoption for the town of Morristown: Third reading ordered and passed (voice vote).
- H.167 — Establishing the Vermonters Feeding Vermonters grant at the Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets: Passed on third reading (voice vote).
- H.237 — Prescribing by doctoral-level psychologists: Passed on third reading (voice vote).
- H.244 — State contracting standards for advertising: Floor amendment withdrawn; third reading ordered and bill passed (voice vote).
- H.397 — Miscellaneous amendments to statutes governing emergency management and flood response: Multiple technical amendments were adopted and third reading ordered and passed (voice vote).
- H.472 — Professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation: Third reading ordered and bill passed (voice vote noted as 'nay' briefly then ayes prevailed per transcript); final passage recorded as ayes prevailing.
- H.479 — Housing-related bill: Passed on third reading (voice vote).
- H.488 — FY2026 transportation program and related changes: Passed on third reading (voice vote with nay(s) recorded but ayes prevailed).
- H.491 — Setting homestead property tax yields and nonhomestead rates (yield bill): Reported by Ways and Means and third reading ordered.
- H.106 — Sale of real property within FEMA-mapped flood hazard areas: Amended per committee recommendation, third reading ordered and bill advanced.
- H.493 (H.4–93) — Making appropriations for the support of government (FY2026 budget): Passed on third reading by roll call, 104–38.
- H.342 — Protecting the personal information of certain public servants: The House postponed action on H.342 for one legislative day at the request of a member to allow time to review a late committee amendment.
Several other items were read for referral or first reading (including a set of Senate bills referred to standing committees) and will proceed through committee consideration. The House used a mix of voice votes, straw polls, committee reports, and recorded roll calls depending on member requests and the nature of the item.
