Senate places judicial retention resolution on tomorrow’s calendar and gives first reading to nine bills

The Vermont Senate placed a joint resolution on the calendar for action tomorrow and gave first readings to nine bills, referring each to the appropriate standing committee.

Senator Collimore of the Rockland District offered JRS 16, "a joint resolution providing for a joint assembly to vote on the retention of 7 superior court judges and 1 magistrate." The president announced that the reading of the resolution had been heard and that it would be placed on the calendar for action the following day.

The chamber then received first readings for the following Senate bills (titles as read into the record) and referred them to committees:

- S96, "An act relating to the calculation of recidivism and other related criminology measures" — referred to the Committee on Judiciary. (Introduced by Senator Hashim.) - S97, "An act relating to creating municipal and regional civilian oversight of law enforcement" — referred to the Committee on Government Operations. (Introduced by Senator Vyhovsky.) - S98, "An act relating to miscellaneous changes to election law" — referred to the Committee on Government Operations. (Introduced by Senator Bihofsky.) - S99, "An act relating to analyzing benefit cliffs within Vermont's public assistance benefits structure" — referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. (Introduced by Senators Douglas and Beck.) - S100, "An act related to administration of the concentrated animal feeding operation water quality permit" — referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Energy. (Introduced by Senator Hardy and others.) - S101, "An act relating to revoking Vermont's use of California's Clean Air Act waiver" — referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Energy. (Introduced by Senator Beck and others.) - S102, "An act relating to land use and housing development" — referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Energy. (Introduced by Senator Beck.) - S103, "An act related to updating the periodic inspection manual" — referred to the Committee on Transportation. (Introduced by Senator Douglas and others.) - S104, "An act related to income based education funding" — referred to the Committee on Finance. (Introduced by Senator Dihofsky.)

Each bill received only its first reading in the chamber; no committee hearings or floor debate on the merits were recorded in the transcript. The Senate then recessed until 1 p.m. to continue work on the budget adjustment conference committee.

The record shows the clerk reading each bill title into the record and the presiding officer stating the committee referral. The transcript does not contain further detail about the substantive provisions of the bills beyond their titles as read.