Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives: 104 That the General Assembly recognizes May 2025 as National Foster Care Month in Vermont, and be it further.H.C.R. 110 That the General Assembly designates April 2025 as Black Maternal Care Awareness Month in Vermont, and be it further. That the General Assembly recognizes May 2025 as National Tennis Month in Vermont, and be it further. H.C.R. 128 That the General Assembly designates May 6, 2025 as Homelessness Awareness Day in Vermont.
Bills Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment S. 51 Senate bill, entitled An act relating to the Vermont unpaid caregiver tax credit. S. 56 Senate bill, entitled An act relating to creating an Office of New Americans S. 87 Senate bill, entitled An act relating to extradition procedures. S. 63 Senate bill, entitled An act relating to modifying the regulatory duties of the Green Mountain Care Board S. 125 Senate bill, entitled An act relating to workers’ compensation and collective bargaining rights. House bills of the following titles were severally taken up, read the third time, and passed: H44 Senate bill, entitled An act relating to authorization to enter into certain immigration agreements, H. 230 House bill, entitled An act relating to the management of fish and wildlife, H. 248 House bill, entitled An act relating to supplemental child care grants and the Child Care Financial Assistance Program, S. 117 Senate bill, entitled An act relating to rulemaking on safety and health standards and technical corrections on employment practices and unemployment compensation, H. 46 House bill, entitled An act relating to the Rare Disease Advisory Council.
Report of Committee of Conference Adopted; Bill Delivered to the Governor Forthwith H. 493. This bill may be referred to as the “BIG BILL – Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Act.”Rep. McCoy of Poultney provided the following vote explanation: “Madam Speaker: I commend the conferees of the Committee of Conference for getting to a place everyone could agree. I believe this budget is the first budget in my time here that, while higher than the Governor’s recommend, is closer to the Governor’s recommend than either the House or Senate recommends. Congratulations, conferees and well done.”
Report of Committee of Conference Adopted; Bill Delivered to the Governor Forthwith H. 494,An act relating to capital construction and State bonding.
Governor returned without signature and vetoed a bill originating in the House of Representatives of the following title: H.219 An act relating to establishing the Department of Corrections’ Family Support Program