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Senate concurs with House amendments to S.109 after trimming controversial provisions
Summary
The Senate agreed to a House proposal of amendment for S.109, a broad judiciary-related bill, after removing or modifying several contentious or financially impactful items and accepting targeted changes on victim notification, family law, and courthouse funding criteria.
The Vermont Senate moved to concur in the House's proposal of amendment to S.109, a multi-part judiciary bill, and adopted a further amendment. Sponsors said the Senate removed or modified provisions the other body had added that were considered controversial or potentially costly, while accepting several substantive House changes.
On the floor, the senator from Windham described the procedural history: the Senate had earlier passed its version of S.109 and received a House amendment with nearly 20 pages of new policy and task forces. Because the amendment arrived late in the process, committee members said they lacked time for full review and exercised restraint by ordering the bill to lie while negotiating a compromise. The sponsor said the compromise removed provisions already signed into…
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