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Senate advances and passes multiple bills on health care access, solar net metering and online safety; immigration measure moves to third reading
Summary
On March 13, 2025, the Vermont Senate passed S.28 (access to legally protected health care services), S.50 (increasing size threshold for expedited solar net metering registration, as amended), and S.69 (age-appropriate design code). The chamber also advanced S.44 to third reading after approving committee amendments.
The Vermont Senate on Thursday passed several bills on third reading and advanced others for further consideration.
On third reading the Senate passed S.28, an act relating to access to certain legally protected health care services. Senators voted to pass the bill without recorded amendments on the floor.
The chamber also passed S.50, which raises the size threshold for solar net-metering projects that qualify for expedited registration. The bill was amended on the floor to clarify wording around the 25-kilowatt threshold (changed from "up to 25 kilowatts" to "25 kilowatts and less" in multiple instances), require registration systems to meet municipal setback requirements where applicable, and allow a one-time change to a small system—s…
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