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Votes at a glance: Senate passes several bills on third reading

Vermont Senate · March 20, 2026

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Summary

The Vermont Senate passed multiple bills on third reading by voice vote, including S.138 (clean energy projects), S.181 (pre‑sentence investigations), S.219 (energy navigator report), S.239 (child abuse reporting working group), and S.291 (travel disclosures).

On the floor, the Vermont Senate moved and passed several bills on third reading by voice vote with no recorded roll calls in the transcript provided.

- S.138 (commercial property assessed clean energy projects): Third reading and passed by voice vote.

- S.181 (eliminating pre‑sentence investigation requirement for deferred sentences): Read and passed by voice vote.

- S.219 (energy navigator program report): Read and passed by voice vote.

- S.239 (child abuse and neglect reporting working group): Read and passed by voice vote.

- S.291 (travel disclosures for legislators/executive officers): Read and passed by voice vote.

Several House bills received first readings and were referred to committee (e.g., H.549 to Institutions; H.542 to Education). The transcript records these procedural steps and the clerk’s readings; no additional floor controversy was recorded for these items in the provided transcript.