Senate Committee on Institutions votes 5-0 to recommend favorability on HB 790 (DOC BAA)
February 10, 2026 | Institutions, SENATE, Committees, Legislative , Vermont
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The Senate Committee on Institutions voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend favorability on HB 790, sections B338 and B339, a fiscal year 2026 Department of Corrections budget adjustment appropriation (DOC BAA).
Committee members took the vote after testimony from the Department of Corrections; a roll call recorded five yes votes, no no votes and no abstentions, and the committee adjourned immediately after the result was announced.
The record of action was read into the record by an unidentified committee clerk who stated the item as "bill HB 790, sections B338 and B339, titled FY 2026, DOC BAA by appropriation." During the roll call the transcript records affirmative votes following the prompts for several senators: Senator Ingalls, Senator Major, Senator Blunkett and Senator Harrison each were recorded as voting yes. One additional vote is recorded in the transcript as "Senator" with a yes vote but the transcript does not provide a name for that entry.
The committee did not record a moved/seconded motion in the portion of the transcript provided; Unidentified Speaker 2 described the matter as a "question of favorability" before the roll call. The transcript does not specify next procedural steps, such as referral to a subsequent floor calendar or committee report.
Unidentified Speaker 1 announced the final tally as five yes votes and zero no votes and then asked that the record be signed. The committee concluded its business and adjourned.
No substantive debate about the bill's provisions appears in the provided transcript excerpt; the vote was taken following prior witness testimony from the Department of Corrections as noted by the presiding speakers.
Committee members took the vote after testimony from the Department of Corrections; a roll call recorded five yes votes, no no votes and no abstentions, and the committee adjourned immediately after the result was announced.
The record of action was read into the record by an unidentified committee clerk who stated the item as "bill HB 790, sections B338 and B339, titled FY 2026, DOC BAA by appropriation." During the roll call the transcript records affirmative votes following the prompts for several senators: Senator Ingalls, Senator Major, Senator Blunkett and Senator Harrison each were recorded as voting yes. One additional vote is recorded in the transcript as "Senator" with a yes vote but the transcript does not provide a name for that entry.
The committee did not record a moved/seconded motion in the portion of the transcript provided; Unidentified Speaker 2 described the matter as a "question of favorability" before the roll call. The transcript does not specify next procedural steps, such as referral to a subsequent floor calendar or committee report.
Unidentified Speaker 1 announced the final tally as five yes votes and zero no votes and then asked that the record be signed. The committee concluded its business and adjourned.
No substantive debate about the bill's provisions appears in the provided transcript excerpt; the vote was taken following prior witness testimony from the Department of Corrections as noted by the presiding speakers.
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