Vermont Senate refers a slate of bills and a resolution to committees
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Summary
The Vermont Senate read and referred a series of bills—S.324, S.325, S.326, S.327 and S.328—to their committees and referred S.R.21 on ICE 'Metro Surge' to Judiciary; J.R.S.39 to adjourn the weekend was adopted.
The Vermont Senate on Wednesday read several bills and sent each to the committee with jurisdiction, while adopting a short adjournment resolution.
On the calendar the body referred S.324, an act relating to legislative operations and government accountability, to the Committee on Government Operations; S.325, to study model bylaws, to the Committee on Natural Resources and Energy; S.326, miscellaneous amendments to motor vehicle laws, to the Committee on Transportation; and both S.327 and S.328, relating to economic development and to housing and common-interest communities respectively, to the Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs. Each referral was moved from the floor and carried by voice vote.
Senators also heard the first reading of S.R.21, a Senate resolution relating to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's operation 'Metro Surge,' and referred it to the Committee on Judiciary. The joint resolution J.R.S.39, setting a weekend adjournment on Feb. 6, 2026 and return no later than Feb. 10, 2026, was read and adopted.
Clerk announcements and brief floor motions handled the referrals; no substantive debate on the bills themselves was recorded in the reading and referral process. The committee referrals set the stage for future hearings and deliberations by the respective committees.
