Quick take: committee reassignments, resolutions and procedural votes from the Jan. 31 House session
January 31, 2024 | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative , Vermont
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Key formal actions and procedural items from the Vermont House on Jan. 31, 2024:
- JRS 42 (weekend adjournment): The House read and adopted JRS 42 (joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on Feb. 2, 2024) by concurrence. The resolution directs return no later than Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.
- HCR 143 (Mental Health Advocacy Day): The House recorded the reading of HCR 143 designating Jan. 31, 2024 as Mental Health Advocacy Day and directed that a copy be sent to mental health advocacy organizations present in the State House. The resolution cites 1997 Acts and Resolves No. 25 codified as 8 V.S.A. §4089b.
- Committee reassignments: Member from Coventry moved and the House approved relieving the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development of H.B. 590 (insurance protections and leave for living donors) and committing it to the Committee on Health Care. Similarly, Member from Waterbury moved and the House approved relieving the Committee on Human Services of H.B. 816 (improving mental health screening for school-age youth) and committing it to the Committee on Health Care.
- Adjournment: The House voted to adjourn until Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, at 3:00 p.m.
These motions were handled on the floor without further amendment and were announced by the presiding officer as having carried.
- JRS 42 (weekend adjournment): The House read and adopted JRS 42 (joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment on Feb. 2, 2024) by concurrence. The resolution directs return no later than Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.
- HCR 143 (Mental Health Advocacy Day): The House recorded the reading of HCR 143 designating Jan. 31, 2024 as Mental Health Advocacy Day and directed that a copy be sent to mental health advocacy organizations present in the State House. The resolution cites 1997 Acts and Resolves No. 25 codified as 8 V.S.A. §4089b.
- Committee reassignments: Member from Coventry moved and the House approved relieving the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development of H.B. 590 (insurance protections and leave for living donors) and committing it to the Committee on Health Care. Similarly, Member from Waterbury moved and the House approved relieving the Committee on Human Services of H.B. 816 (improving mental health screening for school-age youth) and committing it to the Committee on Health Care.
- Adjournment: The House voted to adjourn until Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, at 3:00 p.m.
These motions were handled on the floor without further amendment and were announced by the presiding officer as having carried.
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