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Senate declines to suspend rules for immediate revote on harm-reduction bill; revote set for 10 a.m. tomorrow

SENATE · June 17, 2024
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The Vermont Senate rejected a motion to suspend rules that would have allowed an immediate reconsideration of House Bill 72, a harm-reduction bill concerning overdose prevention centers; senators will reconvene at 10 a.m. tomorrow to take the up the reconsideration.

A motion to suspend Senate Rule 73 and immediately reconsider the previous vote on House Bill 72 — an act relating to harm reduction and the criminal-justice response to drug use — failed after a roll call, and senators agreed to return at 10 a.m. tomorrow to take up the matter.

Senator from Lamoille moved to suspend the rules to permit an immediate reconsideration of the prior vote on H.72, and Senator from Chittenden Central urged colleagues to allow the revote that day,…

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