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Vermont House advances FY25 budget after lengthy floor presentations; third reading ordered after 104-39 roll call
Summary
After hours of agency-by-agency floor reports from the House Appropriations Committee, the chamber ordered third reading of H.883, the fiscal year 2025 budget, on a 104-39 roll-call. The package preserves pension commitments, restores childcare base funding and reallocates ARPA dollars for housing and FEMA matching.
The Vermont House ordered third reading of H.883, the fiscal year 2025 budget, after extended floor reports from the House Appropriations Committee and a roll-call vote of 104-39.
The Appropriations Committee's reporting member emphasized that the House's recommendation remains close to the governor's proposal, noting the chamber accounted explicitly for a $12 million "pension-plus" payment to improve long-term retiree funding and kept reserves fully funded. "This budget is balanced," the member reporting for the committee said, adding that the House restored a $9 million base funding line for childcare that the governor had proposed to remove.
Why it matters: The budget frames the state's fiscal priorities for the…
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