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House Adopts Multiple Conference Reports and Concurred on Amendments in Late‑Session Floor Votes
Summary
In a late‑session floor sequence the Vermont House adopted conference reports or concurred on amendments for a set of bills addressing literacy (S.204), retail theft (H.534), motor‑vehicle offenses (H.563), tax administrative changes (H.546), capital construction (H.882), and professions regulation (H.870); several actions were taken by voice vote and several were messaged to the Senate.
During a single floor session the Vermont House took up several Committee of Conference reports and Senate proposals of amendment, disposing of numerous items by suspension of rules, voice votes, and procedural messaging to the Senate.
Senate Bill 204 (evidence‑based literacy instruction): The House suspended rules to take up the conference report and adopted it after a floor summary by the Member from Williston, who described technical edits, additions requiring diagnostic assessment for students with substantial reading deficits or dyslexia characteristics, and a revised expectation that approved independent schools develop grade‑appropriate literacy plans (effective date for some independent‑school plan requirements set…
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