Vermont Senate moves multiple bills, adopts remote-participation resolutions and routine referrals

The Vermont Senate on March 11, 2025, approved several committee reassignments, held first readings and referrals for a group of bills (S105–S113 and others), and adopted resolutions extending rules for electronic participation and confirming adjournment instructions.

The procedural business included three motions from the senator from Bennington to relieve the Senate Committee on Education of specific bills and remit them to other committees. The chamber approved each motion by voice vote. The Senate also conducted first readings for S105 through S113 and referred each bill to the committee noted at its reading. Senators adopted two Senate resolutions extending electronic participation rules and passed joint resolutions related to adjournment and a joint assembly on judicial retention.

Why it matters: the actions were largely procedural but affect which committees will consider several bills that may reach substantive debate later in the session. Extending remote participation rules preserves the option for senators and committees to meet electronically through the extended period the resolutions specify.

Key procedural actions and referrals

Votes at a glance

- Motion: "I move that the committee on education be relieved of S.21, an act relating to cell phone free schools,…