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Votes at a glance: House action on multiple bills including energy reporting, hospital workplace safety and wildlife technical corrections
Summary
Several bills received floor action Wednesday; some were passed on third reading after committee amendments, while other items were postponed or advanced for further action.
The Vermont House on Wednesday considered a range of bills that were passed or advanced with limited floor debate. Below are the items the chamber disposed of or advanced by voice vote or brief floor action.
Passed or advanced on the floor:
- H.125 — An act relating to reporting on the energy transition. The House passed the bill on a voice vote.
- H.259 — An act relating to preventing workplace violence in hospitals. Committee amendments clarified that hospitals should prioritize staff safety "to the extent permitted under state and federal law," removed an incorrect statutory cross-reference, and added language that "nothing in this section shall require a hospital to make capital investments to implement its security plan." The amended bill passed on third reading.
- H.231 (H.2 31 in calendar) — An act providing technical corrections to fish and wildlife statutes. The House adopted an amendment removing a contested section 4 and passed the bill as amended.
- H.396 (H.3 96 in calendar) — An act to create the Molly Bitty Distinguished Service Award. The House passed the bill.
- H.243 — After committee amendments and technical corrections, third reading was ordered (see separate article covering H.243).
Other actions and procedural outcomes:
- The House postponed action on H.474 (miscellaneous election law changes) and H.244 (state contracting and standards for advertising) for one legislative day.
- The House adopted JRS 18 (a joint resolution) to set weekend adjournment dates and adopted HCR 13, a concurrent resolution honoring the late Robert Louis Piche, former clerk of the House.
- A number of bill introductions and first readings were noted earlier in the session, and the House referred items to the appropriate committees as recorded in the calendar.
