Vermont Legislature House Session - 2026-05-27 - 2:13 PM

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Meetings

Call to Order (00:00:04)
The presiding officer called the House to order and asked members to take their seats.
HB 928 Scheduling Update (00:00:08)
The chair announced that House Bill 928 needs additional preparation time and will be taken up at 4:00 PM.
Planned Agenda: HB 915 and Other Bills (00:00:20)
The chair noted the intent to take up House Bill 915 and potentially other measures, advising members to monitor email.
Recess Until 4:00 PM (00:00:26)
The House stood in recess until the fall of the gavel at 4:00 PM.

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[Representative Jill Krowinski (Speaker of the House)]: Will the house please come to order and members kindly take their seats. Members at this time, house bill nine twenty eight needs a little bit more prep time. What we'll do is we will recess and when we come back at 4PM we will pick up where we left off on house bill nine twenty eight. We will take up house bill nine fifteen and, potentially some other bills. Keep an eye on your email. So with that, the house will stand in recess till the fall of the gavel at 4PM.