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Final Reading: That’s all, folks, for Vermont’s 2025 legislative session
With lawmakers clearing out their desks and heading home for the summer, Final Reading is signing off, too, until the start of the 2026 legislative session next January.
Final Reading: A sweeping election bill gets new life in the Vermont Senate
The legislation, which includes an expansion of who must file campaign finance disclosure forms with the state, was looking unlikely to pass late last month.
Final Reading: In the Vermont Legislature, it’s now a game of hurry up and wait
Legislators have put off final adjournment until they reach a deal on education reform.
Final Reading: Lawmakers get further apart, not closer, on details of ed bill
Everyone wants to know when the Legislature will adjourn. By early evening, no one had a clue.
Final Reading: Vermont Senate weighs new drug price caps as adjournment deadline looms
Supporters have said the proposed limits on outpatient pharmaceutical drugs could provide the most immediate relief to patient costs of any measure lawmakers have considered this year.
Final Reading: As lawmakers hash out differences on education, Gov. Phil Scott’s presence looms large
Scott has said he wouldn’t sign either the House’s bill or the Senate’s bill.
Final Reading: Vermont House passes bill aimed at protecting ‘X’ gender option on driver’s licenses
The measure is a response to the Trump administration’s push to limit how people can express their gender on U.S. passports, supporters said.
Final Reading: Vermont lawmakers consider a proposal that could impact long-running Tunbridge trail dispute
“It’s universal in the committee that we support the town’s position on their ability to maintain — or not maintain — these trails,” said Rep. Matt Walker, the House Transportation chair.
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