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House adopts multiple bills, resolutions and committee actions in afternoon session
Summary
In a routine House session the chamber introduced 29 bills by number, adopted a Senate joint resolution in concurrence, approved a House concurrent resolution recognizing school board members, reassigned a bill to a different committee, passed two bills by voice vote, and ordered third reading on two other measures.
Members suspended the usual reading rule and introduced 29 House bills by number only; the introduced bills were referred to standing committees as noted in the calendar.
The House adopted Joint Senate Resolution 14 (JRS 14) in concurrence; the measure sets adjournment and reconvening dates for the two chambers. The chamber also read and adopted House Concurrent Resolution 21 (HCR 21), which designates February as School Board Recognition Month and directs the secretary of state to send a copy of the resolution to the Vermont School Boards Association.
On committee business, the House relieved the Committee on General and Housing of House Bill 175 (an act relating to clarifying the right of adjunct faculty to receive unemployment insurance benefits) and committed H.175 to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development; that reassignment passed by voice vote.
The chamber passed House Bill 13 (an act relating to Medicaid payment rates for home and community-based service providers and designated and specialized service agencies) by voice vote. The House also passed House Bill 44 (miscellaneous amendments to the laws governing impaired driving) by voice vote.
The House took up House Bill 154 (an act designating November as the Vermont Month of the Veteran). The Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs recommended the bill ought to pass (committee vote 10–0–1) and the House ordered third reading by voice vote.
Other floor items included the appointment of Representative Cortes to the Green Mountain Care Board Nominating Committee and a reminder that a joint assembly will meet the following morning to elect the sergeant at arms and trustees of the University of Vermont.
Where floor votes were taken on these calendar items, outcomes were recorded as voice votes; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the floor transcript.
