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IntroducedJan 28, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 28, 2025
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Passed SenateMay 01, 2025
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Signed into LawMay 21, 2025
An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government
Last Action See all actions
Senate • May 22, 2025: House message: Governor approved bill on May 21, 2025
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Sponsors
- House Committee on Appropriationsprimary
Votes
YES: 104
- Arsenault
- Bartholomew
- Bartley
- Berbeco
- Birong
- Bishop
- Black
- Bluemle
- Bos-Lun
- Boyden
- Brady
- Branagan
- Brown
- Burke
- Burkhardt
- Burrows
- Burtt
- Campbell
- Carris-Duncan
- Casey
- Chapin
- Cina
- Cole
- Conlon
- Cooper
- Corcoran
- Cordes
- Critchlow
- Dickinson
- Dobrovich
- Dodge
- Dolan
- Donahue
- Duke
- Durfee
- Eastes
- Emmons
- Feltus
- Garofano
- Goldman
- Goodnow
- Graning
- Greer
- Gregoire
- Hango
- Harple
- Harrison
- Headrick
- Holcombe
- Hooper
- Houghton
- Howard
- Hunter
- James
- Kascenska
- Kimbell
- Kleppner
- Kornheiser
- Krasnow
- Lalley
- LaLonde
- LaMont
- Laroche
- Lipsky
- Long
- Marcotte
- Masland
- McCann
- McFaun
- Mihaly
- Minier
- Morris
- Morrissey
- Morrow
- Mrowicki
- Nigro
- North
- Noyes
- Nugent
- O'Brien
- Ode
- Olson
- Pezzo
- Pouech
- Priestley
- Quimby
- Rachelson
- Satcowitz
- Scheu
- Sheldon
- Sibilia
- Squirrell
- Stevens
- Stone
- Surprenant
- Sweeney
- Tomlinson
- Torre
- Walker
- Waszazak
- Waters Evans
- White
- Wood
- Yacovone
NO: 38
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 14
NO: 16
OTHER: 0
NO: 17
OTHER: 0
YES: 132
- Arsenault
- Austin
- Bailey
- Bartholomew
- Bartley
- Berbeco
- Birong
- Bishop
- Black
- Bluemle
- Bos-Lun
- Bosch
- Brady
- Branagan
- Brown
- Burditt
- Burke
- Burkhardt
- Burrows
- Canfield
- Casey
- Chapin
- Charlton
- Christie
- Cina
- Coffin
- Cole
- Conlon
- Cooper
- Corcoran
- Cordes
- Critchlow
- Demar
- Dickinson
- Dobrovich
- Dodge
- Dolan
- Dolgin
- Donahue
- Durfee
- Eastes
- Emmons
- Feltus
- Galfetti
- Garofano
- Goldman
- Goodnow
- Goslant
- Graning
- Greer
- Gregoire
- Hango
- Harple
- Harrison
- Harvey
- Headrick
- Holcombe
- Hooper
- Houghton
- Howland
- Hunter
- James
- Kascenska
- Keyser
- Kimbell
- Kleppner
- Kornheiser
- Krasnow
- Lalley
- LaLonde
- LaMont
- Laroche
- Lipsky
- Logan
- Long
- Maguire
- Marcotte
- Masland
- McCann
- McCoy
- McFaun
- McGill
- Micklus
- Mihaly
- Minier
- Morgan
- Morris
- Morrissey
- Morrow
- Mrowicki
- Nelson
- North
- Noyes
- Nugent
- O'Brien
- Ode
- Oliver
- Olson
- Page
- Pezzo
- Pinsonault
- Pouech
- Powers
- Pritchard
- Quimby
- Rachelson
- Satcowitz
- Scheu
- Sheldon
- Sibilia
- Southworth
- Squirrell
- Steady
- Stevens
- Stone
- Surprenant
- Sweeney
- Tagliavia
- Taylor
- Tomlinson
- Toof
- Torre
- Waszazak
- Waters Evans
- Wells
- White
- Wood
- Yacovone
ABSENT: 14
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- May 22, 2025 | Senate
- House message: Governor approved bill on May 21, 2025
- May 21, 2025 | executive
- Signed by Governor on May 21, 2025
- May 16, 2025 | Senate
- House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
- May 15, 2025 | House
- Action Calendar: Report of Committee of Conference
- Rep. Scheu of Middlebury demanded yeas and nays
- Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill)
- Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 68 of 135 to Pass -- Yeas = 132, Nays = 3
- Bill ordered delivered to the Governor forthwith per Joint Rule 15 as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- Delivered to the Governor on May 15, 2025
- May 14, 2025 | House
- Notice Calendar: Report of Committee of Conference
- May 13, 2025 | House
- Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted
- May 13, 2025 | Senate
- Entered on Notice Calendar
- Committee of Conference report
- Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
- Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Perchlik for Committee, text
- Committee of Conference report adopted
- Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
- May 13, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Ways and Means - Attorney General fees
- May 09, 2025 | legislature
- Committee of Conference
- May 09, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Conference Committee - please use the following LIVE Link: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-appropriations This meeting will be held in Room 10; Conference Committee - please use the following LIVE Link: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-appropriations This meeting will be held in Room 10
- May 09, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Committee of Conference; Committee of Conference - Room 10; Committee of Conference - Room 10 - Vote
- May 08, 2025 | legislature
- Committee of Conference
- May 08, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Conference Committee - please use the following LIVE Link: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-appropriations This meeting will be held in Room 9
- May 08, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Committee of Conference - Room 9; Committee of Conference- Room 9
- May 07, 2025 | legislature
- Committee of Conference
- May 07, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Conference Committee - please use the following LIVE Link: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-appropriations This meeting will be held in Room 10
- May 07, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Committee of Conference - Room 10
- May 06, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Committee of Conference - Room 9; Education Transformation Budget and Adult Education; Committee of Conference - Room 10; Committee of Conference- Room 10
- May 06, 2025 | legislature
- Committee of Conference
- May 06, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Conference Committee - please use the following LIVE Link: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-appropriations This meeting will be held in Room 9; Conference Committee - please use the following LIVE Link: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-appropriations This meeting will be held in Room 10
- May 05, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Conference Committee - please use the following LIVE Link: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-appropriations This meeting will be held in Room 10
- May 05, 2025 | legislature
- Committee of Conference
- May 02, 2025 | House
- Senate Message: Committee of Conference members appointed
- May 02, 2025 | Senate
- House message: House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Perchlik, Westman, and Lyons
- May 02, 2025 | House
- Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment
- Rep. Toof of St. Albans Town moved to suspend rules and take up bill for immediate consideration
- Senate proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Scheu of Middlebury
- Speaker appointed Reps. Scheu of Middlebury, Harrison of Chittenden, and Bluemle of Burlington as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- Rep. Toof of St. Albans Town moved to suspend rules to message to the Senate forthwith
- May 02, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Committee of Conference in Room 10
- May 02, 2025 | legislature
- Committee of Conference
- May 02, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Straw poll on Senate changes; Conference Committee - please use the following LIVE Link: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-appropriations This meeting will be held in Room 10
- May 01, 2025 | House
- Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
- May 01, 2025 | Senate
- New Business/Third Reading
- Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Beck
- Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Beck; text
- Question on proposal of amendment offered by Senator(s) Beck divided on request of Senator Beck
- Point of order on ground of lack of germaneness raised by Senator Baruth sustained
- Motion by Senator Beck to suspend rules disagreed to
- Sen. Beck moved to suspend rules to permit consideration of a non germane amendment, which was disagreed to on a Roll Call
- Roll Call, requested by Senator Beck, Failed -- Needed 23 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 13, Nays = 17
- Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Beck; text
- Point of order on ground of lack of germaneness raised by Senator Perchlik sustained
- Motion by Senator Beck to suspend rules disagreed to
- Sen. Beck moved to suspend rules to permit consideration of a non germane amendment, which was disagreed to on a Roll Call
- Roll Call, requested by Senator Ingalls, Failed -- Needed 23 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 14, Nays = 16
- Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
- Passed on roll call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 20, Nays = 10
- Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
- May 01, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Walk through of Senate proposed changes; Walk through of Senate proposed changes (continued)
- May 01, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy - Beck Amendment
- Apr 30, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Beck Amendment
- Second Reading
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Perchlik, Baruth, Brennan, Lyons, Norris, Watson, and Westman
- Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Beck
- Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations
- Reported favorably by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance
- Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Perchlik, Baruth, Brennan, Lyons, Norris, Watson, and Westman; text
- Proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations amended as moved by Senator(s) Perchlik, Baruth, Brennan, Lyons, Norris, Watson, and Westman
- Proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations, as amended, agreed to
- 3rd reading ordered
- Apr 29, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Technical Amendment Review
- Entered on Notice Calendar
- Second Reading
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- Apr 25, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Floor Preparation and Document Review
- Senate Committee on Finance - Vote
- Apr 24, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Floor Preparation
- Senate Committee on Finance - Walk-through
- Entered on Notice Calendar
- Second Reading
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- Apr 23, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Senate Changes; Break for Individual Review; Vote
- Apr 22, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Positions Proposal; Possible Language Change Review; Language Changes; Senate Changes; Committee Discussion and Possible Straw Poll
- Apr 18, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - BAA to Big Bill Language; Senate Changes Review
- Apr 17, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Child Care Proposal; Chair Considerations; Prevention Funds; Process Discussion
- Apr 16, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Funding Requests above Gov Rec for Departments
- Apr 15, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Reversions and Direct Transfers
- Apr 11, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Tobacco Funds and Appropriations Changes Review
- Apr 10, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Language Mark-up; Language Mark-up Continued
- Apr 09, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Web Report and Committee Discussion; Base Changes
- Apr 08, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Vermont Pension Investment Commission; Office of Racial Equity - IDEAL program; Web Report and Committee Discussion
- Apr 04, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Forest, Parks and Recreation - Fire Apparatus Request; Web Report and Committee Discussion; Letter Review; Web Report
- Apr 03, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Web Report and Committee Discussion
- Apr 02, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Language; Land Access and Opportunity Board
- Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Appropriations
- Apr 01, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - University of Vermont; House Appropriations Review; House Appropriation Review Continued
- Mar 28, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Amendment; Amendment draft 2.1 discussion and straw poll
- Action Calendar: Third Reading
- Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
- Read third time and passed
- Mar 28, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Urban Search and Rescue; Internal Service Funds
- Mar 27, 2025 | House
- Action Calendar: Favorable
- Read second time
- Rep. Scheu of Middlebury spoke for the Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. Kornheiser of Brattleboro recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- Rep. Scheu of Middlebury moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
- Rep. Nelson of Derby demanded yeas and nays
- Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 71 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 104, Nays = 38
- Third Reading ordered
- Mar 27, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Secretary of State; Agency of Digital Services - Internal Service Funds
- Mar 26, 2025 | House
- Notice Calendar: Favorable
- Mar 26, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Criminal Justice Council
- Mar 26, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Committee discussion; Scheu Amendment (technical)
- Mar 25, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Ways and Means - vote
- Committee bill read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- Mar 25, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Committee Discussion on Mark-up Process; Ethics Commission
- Mar 24, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Committee Discussion; Reduction Language; Vote
- Mar 21, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Language; Language Committee discussion and mark up; Committee discussion and mark up; Cash Fund Language; Straw Poll
- Mar 21, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Agency of Education; Emergency 911 Board
- Mar 20, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Language; Vermont Community Broadband Board
- Mar 20, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Committee Discussion and Mark up; Committee discussion and mark up; Language Committee discussion and mark up
- Mar 19, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Committee discussion and mark up
- Mar 19, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Vermont Humanities; Adjutant General Office; Office of the Child, Youth and Family Advocate
- Mar 18, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Vermont Bond Bank; State Board of Education; Department of Public Safety
- Mar 18, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Committee Discussion; Committee Discussion and Mark up
- Mar 17, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Committee Discussion
- Mar 14, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Committee Discussion and Mark up
- Mar 14, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Vermont Veterans Home; Department for Children and Families
- Mar 13, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Public Utility Commission; State's Attorneys and Sheriffs
- Mar 13, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Committee Discussion and Mark up; ADS Billing
- Mar 12, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Defender General's Office
- Mar 12, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Committee Discussion and Mark up
- Mar 11, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Vermont Housing and Conservation Board; Attorney General's Office; Green Mountain Care Board
- Mar 11, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Memo from House General; Memo from House Health Care; Memo from House Human Services (continued); Memo from House Education; Committee Discussion and Mark up
- Mar 10, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Memo from House Human Services
- Feb 28, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Committee Discussion and Markup
- Feb 28, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Legislative Budget
- Feb 27, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Review letter from House Judiciary; Attorney General's Office, Court Diversion; Vermont Infrastructure Sustainability Fund; Classification and Compensation Modernization System; Committee Discussion and Mark up
- Feb 27, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Mental Health; Department of Corrections; Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living
- Feb 26, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Committee Discussion and Mark up
- Feb 26, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Building Services; Judiciary; Vermont Department of Health
- Feb 25, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Land Use Review Board; Department of Financial Regulation; Agency of Human Services; Department of Vermont Health Access
- Feb 25, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - State Board of Education; Department of Public Safety; Criminal Justice Council; Agency of Transportation (continued); Center for Crime Victim Services; Committee Discussion and Mark up
- Feb 21, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Cannabis Control Board; Fish and Wildlife; Treasurer's Office; Department of Labor
- Feb 21, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Vermont State Colleges; University of Vermont; Public Utility Commission; Vermont Student Assistance Corporation; Department of Financial Regulation; E 911 Board; Office of the Child, Youth and Family Advocate; Adjutant General
- Feb 20, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Forest, Parks and Recreation; Department of Environmental Conservation; Vermont State Auditor; Department of Liquor and Lottery; Agency of Human Services; Joint Public Hearing with House Committee on Appropriations in Room 11 Meeting will be live streamed on the House Committee on Appropriations Channel: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-appropriations
- Feb 20, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Agency of Education; VHCB; Land Use Review Board; Veteran's Home; Green Mountain Care Board; Joint Public Hearing with Senate Committee on Appropriations in Room 11 Meeting will be live streamed on the House Committee on Appropriations Channel: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-appropriations
- Feb 19, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Vermont Student Assistance Corporation; Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets; Vermont Field Days; Department of Public Service; Agency of Commerce and Community Development
- Feb 19, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Agency of Natural Resources - Secretary's Office; Department of Environmental Conservation; Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation; Department of Fish and Wildlife; Agency of Commerce and Community Development Department of Housing and Community Development, Department of Economic Development, and Department of Tourism and Marketing; Legislator Requests
- Feb 18, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Human Rights Commission; Agency of Digital Services
- Feb 18, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Department of Labor; Humanities; Arts Council; Symphony Orchestra; Historical Society; Finance and Management, Governor's Office; Ethics Commission; Public Service Department
- Feb 14, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Legislative Budget; Buildings and General Services; Secretary of State's Office; Vermont Community Broadband Board; Land Access Opportunity Board
- Feb 13, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Vermont Pension Investment Commission; Judiciary; State's Attorneys and Sheriffs; Joint Public Hearing with Senate Committee on Appropriations in Room 11 Meeting will be live streamed on the House Committee on Appropriations Channel: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-appropriations
- Feb 13, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Joint Public Hearing with House Committee on Appropriations in Room 11. Meeting will be live streamed on the House Committee on Appropriations Channel: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-appropriations
- Feb 12, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA); Agency of Digital Services; Department of Human Resources; Office of the State Treasurer; Department of Corrections
- Feb 11, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Department of Taxes; Department of Libraries; Agency of Administration; Defender General's Office; Agency of Transportation; Department of Motor Vehicles
- Feb 10, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Department of Liquor and Lottery; Cannabis Control Board; Human Rights Commission
- Feb 07, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Agency of Natural Resources; Vermont State Colleges
- Feb 06, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets; Language
- Feb 06, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Libraries; Department of Taxes; Department of Human Resources; Agency of Administration
- Feb 05, 2025 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Overview; VT Arts Council
- Feb 05, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Department of Mental Health; Vermont Department of Health; Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living
- Feb 04, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Language; Agency of Human Services - Central Office; Department for Children and Families
- Jan 28, 2025 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Introduction
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