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Vermont House orders third reading and records 112–24 roll-call on FY24 budget adjustment (H.839) after hours of debate
Summary
House members debated and approved key amendments to H.839, the FY24 Budget Adjustment Act, directing roughly $56.5 million in net adjustments and multiple one-time allocations for flood recovery, housing and homelessness, nursing facilities, and other priorities; the House recorded a roll-call vote of 112 yes, 24 no and ordered third reading.
The Vermont House took up H.839, the FY24 Budget Adjustment Act, for second reading and engaged in extended questioning and debate before taking a roll-call vote that recorded 112 members in favor and 24 opposed and ordered third reading.
Representative Lanford, speaking for the House Appropriations Committee, presented the bill as a midyear ‘‘truing up’’ of the FY24 budget, saying it addresses homelessness, flood recovery, nursing facility relief and technical agency adjustments. He described a net increase in spending associated with the bill of roughly $56,500,000 as presented and listed several targeted allocations, including $30,000,000 of general fund for FEMA matching in response to July flood damage, $6,000,000 for the emergency relief and assistance fund (ERAF) as local FEMA match funding, $10,000,000 to assist…
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