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Senate refers contractor-liability bill to finance, adopts joint resolution to receive governor—s budget; several bills introduced
Summary
The Senate moved S 182 to the Finance Committee, adopted a joint resolution calling a Jan. 23 joint assembly for the governor—s budget message, introduced six bills for committee referral and adopted SR 14; senators debated scheduling and whether to caucus or hold a conference of the whole on the bottle-bill override.
The Senate took several procedural actions Tuesday, moving one bill to a new committee, adopting a joint resolution to receive the governor—s budget message, introducing multiple bills for first reading and setting scheduling around a pending bottle-bill override.
Senator from Chittenden Southeast moved that the Committee on Economic Development, Housing, and General Affairs be relieved of S 182, "an act relating to contractor liability related to subcontractor work," and that S 182 be referred to the Committee on Finance. "I moved the committee on economic development, housing, and general affairs be relieved of S 182," the senator said. The presiding officer called the question by voice and announced that the ayes prevailed, formally referring S 182 to the Finance Committee.
The chamber next read and adopted a joint resolution asking both houses to meet in joint assembly on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at 1 p.m. to receive the governor—s…
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