Vermont House reads 10 bills, refers them to committees and reads an ethics rule change; chamber also recognizes Milton girls soccer team

The Vermont House of Representatives read 10 bills for the first time and referred each to committee, took up a resolution to amend House rules relating to the ethics panel, and read a concurrent resolution honoring the Milton High School Yellow Jackets girls soccer team.

Members heard first readings of House bills H.301 through H.310 and referred them to committee: H.301 (age verification for social media) to Commerce and Economic Development; H.302 (health insurance and Medicaid coverage for fertility care) to Health Care; H.303 (use of septage, sludge, and biosolids) to Environment; H.304 (traffic cameras and school bus passing violations) to Transportation; H.305 (prescriptions for psychotropic medications used by children and youth in the doctor dinosaur program) to Health Care; H.306 (prohibiting deed restrictions that bar commercial or industrial uses) to Judiciary; H.307 (establishing the Vermont Community Radio grant program) to Energy and Digital Infrastructure; H.308 (exempting building materials and supplies from sales and use tax) to Ways and Means; H.309 (creating a housing and conservation trust fund check-off on the Vermont personal income tax return) to Ways and Means; and H.310 (education on the evolving nature of antisemitism) to Education. Each bill was “read the first time” on the floor and formally referred to the committee named in the House reading.

The chamber also read House Resolution 6 — described on the floor as an amendment to House rules relating to the House ethics panel — and treated the reading as a bill before referring it to the Committee on Rules.

The House also read House Concurrent Resolution 6, a concurrent resolution congratulating the 2024 Milton High School Yellow Jackets girls soccer team on a second consecutive Division II championship. The text read into the record named players and listed head and assistant coaches and directed the secretary…