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Appropriations advances several bills on crossover day; counsel removes select appropriations

Vermont Senate Committee on Appropriations · March 20, 2026
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Summary

On crossover day the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced multiple bills — S325, S323, S64, S190 and S214 — adopting counsel-drafted amendments that in several cases removed or clarified appropriations and preserved existing fee structures.

On March 20, the Senate Appropriations Committee worked through multiple bills in a bid to meet crossover deadlines, advancing a slate of measures with several committee amendments designed to avoid unplanned appropriations or to preserve existing fee structures.

Early in the session the committee considered S325 and accepted a Legislative Counsel amendment that struck Section 19 — the bill’s appropriation section — and renumbered the remainder of the bill. Counsel told the committee the two appropriations in the bill were not tied to other programmatic text and could be removed without…

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