House introduces South Burlington charter amendment bill, adopts resolutions and concurs on sentencing-definition review
April 17, 2024 | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative , Vermont
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The Vermont House met April 17 and completed a short agenda of introductions, ceremonial resolutions and procedural votes.
Clerk announced House Bill H.886, "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of South Burlington," introduced by Representative Nugent of South Burlington and others; the bill received its first reading and was referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs.
The House read and adopted JRS 53, a joint resolution adjusting the weekend adjournment schedule for April 19, 2024, and read two House concurrent resolutions: HCR 174, congratulating the 2023 'Spirit of the ADA' award winners (a list of businesses and organizations was recited), and HCR 196, honoring Robert (Bob) Bick for three decades of leadership at the Howard Center. Members noted guests and award recipients seated in the gallery.
On a separate calendar item, the House considered concurrence in the Senate’s proposed amendment to H.694. The Senate had added a short section directing the Vermont Sentencing Commission to review and harmonize definitions in 13 VSA chapters — chapter 59 (lewdness/prostitution), chapter 64 (sexual exploitation of children) and chapter 72 (assault-related provisions) — and to report recommendations to the Judiciary Committees by Dec. 1, 2024. The member from Rutland City described the addition and said the House Judiciary Committee supported concurrence on a straw poll; the House concurred by voice vote.
Joint House Resolution 10 authorizing the Green Mountain Girls State Educational Program to use the State House facilities on June 27, 2024, was read and adopted. The session closed after a motion to adjourn was approved; the House will reconvene Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 9:30 a.m.
What’s next: H.886 will go to the relevant committee for consideration; H.694 will move forward with the sentencing commission review directed by the Senate amendment.
Clerk announced House Bill H.886, "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of South Burlington," introduced by Representative Nugent of South Burlington and others; the bill received its first reading and was referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs.
The House read and adopted JRS 53, a joint resolution adjusting the weekend adjournment schedule for April 19, 2024, and read two House concurrent resolutions: HCR 174, congratulating the 2023 'Spirit of the ADA' award winners (a list of businesses and organizations was recited), and HCR 196, honoring Robert (Bob) Bick for three decades of leadership at the Howard Center. Members noted guests and award recipients seated in the gallery.
On a separate calendar item, the House considered concurrence in the Senate’s proposed amendment to H.694. The Senate had added a short section directing the Vermont Sentencing Commission to review and harmonize definitions in 13 VSA chapters — chapter 59 (lewdness/prostitution), chapter 64 (sexual exploitation of children) and chapter 72 (assault-related provisions) — and to report recommendations to the Judiciary Committees by Dec. 1, 2024. The member from Rutland City described the addition and said the House Judiciary Committee supported concurrence on a straw poll; the House concurred by voice vote.
Joint House Resolution 10 authorizing the Green Mountain Girls State Educational Program to use the State House facilities on June 27, 2024, was read and adopted. The session closed after a motion to adjourn was approved; the House will reconvene Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 9:30 a.m.
What’s next: H.886 will go to the relevant committee for consideration; H.694 will move forward with the sentencing commission review directed by the Senate amendment.
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