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[John H. Bloomer Jr., Secretary of the Senate]: S two ten, an act relating to access to autopsy reports.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Now you've heard the reading of the bill. Oh, and I gotta find my list of where it's going. I've got one somewhere. Referred to the committee on health and welfare. We now have s two eleven, an act relating to motor vehicle inspections introduced on 01/07/2026 by senator White and others. Please listen to the first reading of the bill.
[John H. Bloomer Jr., Secretary of the Senate]: S two eleven, an act relating to motor vehicle inspections.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Now the bill's been read for first time and is referred to the committee on transportation. S two twelve, an act relating to potable water supply and wastewater system connections. Introduced by senator Watson. Please listen to the first reading of the bill.
[John H. Bloomer Jr., Secretary of the Senate]: S two twelve, an act relating to potable water supply and wastewater system connections.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Now you've heard the first reading of the bill, and it will be referred to the committee on natural resources and energy. S two thirteen, an act relating to the use of smart meters by public water systems introduced by senators Hardy and Watson. Please listen to the first reading.
[John H. Bloomer Jr., Secretary of the Senate]: S two thirteen, an act relating to the use of smart meters by public water systems.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Now the bill has been read the first time, and it is referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Energy. S two fourteen, an act relating to the provisions of pre kindergarten education in geographically isolated school districts introduced by Senator Ram Hinsdale. Listen to the first reading of the bill.
[John H. Bloomer Jr., Secretary of the Senate]: S two fourteen an act relating to provisions of pre kindergarten education in geographically isolated school districts.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Now the bill has been read the first time and is referred to the committee on education. S two fifteen, an act relating to the timelines for remediating contaminated properties introduced by senator Watson. Listen to the first reading.
[John H. Bloomer Jr., Secretary of the Senate]: S two fifteen, an act relating to the timelines for remediating contaminated properties.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Now you've heard the first reading of the bill, and it is referred to the committee on natural resources and energy. S two sixteen, an act relating to ecological restoration projects on waters of the state. Listen to the first reading of the bill.
[John H. Bloomer Jr., Secretary of the Senate]: S two sixteen, an act relating to ecological restoration projects on the waters of the state.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Now you've heard the first reading of the bill, and it is referred to the committee on natural resources and energy. S two seventeen, an act relating to establishing an extended producer responsibility program of discarded mattresses. Introduced by senator Watson. Please listen to the first reading.
[John H. Bloomer Jr., Secretary of the Senate]: S two seventeen, an act relating to establishing an extended producer responsibility program for for the the collection of discarded mattresses.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Now you've heard the first reading of the bill and it will be introduced. It will be committed to the committee on natural resources and energy. S two eighteen an act relating to rescheduling chloride contamination of state waters introduced by Senator Watson. Please listen to the first reading of the bill.
[John H. Bloomer Jr., Secretary of the Senate]: S two eighteen an act relating to reducing chloride contamination of state waters.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Now the bill has been read for the first time, and it is referred to the committee on natural resources and energy. Are there any announcements? Senator from Chittenden.
[Senator Philip Baruth (President Pro Tempore, Chittenden)]: Thank you, Mr. President. Before I make this, adjournment motion, I'll just, for the sake of folks new to the chamber, just give you a sense of what will happen with the state of the state. That starts at two. We will come back here, we'll adjourn and we'll come back here at ten minutes to two and stand at our desks. We won't be in session but we start here and then we file out and you'll understand where your place is as we file out. You'll pick up a partner from the opposite side of the chamber and then we'll march in and we sit in the red chairs and again you'll see your red chair as we all sit down in our assigned seats. I think that should about cover it Mr. President so with that said I would move that the Senate stand in adjournment until 1PM Thursday 01/08/2026.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Senator from Chittenden has moved that we stand in adjournment until 01:50. Did I get that right? No. Oh, he's adjourning till 01:00
[Senator Philip Baruth (President Pro Tempore, Chittenden)]: tomorrow.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Okay. Sorry. Okay. Senator, is that subject to announcements because we believe there are some folks who would like to make an announcement.
[Senator Philip Baruth (President Pro Tempore, Chittenden)]: Subject to announcement.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Thank you.
[Senator Philip Baruth (President Pro Tempore, Chittenden)]: Thank you.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Are there any announcements? Senator from Windsor.
[Senator Rebecca "Becca" White (Windsor)]: The climate solutions yep. Windsor. The climate solutions caucus is meeting tomorrow for our first in session meeting at 12PM in Room 10. There will be free pizza, and we invite all to join whether you are a member or not. You are welcomed, and we would love to see you.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Are there any further announcements? Senator from Washington.
[Senator Ann Cummings (Washington)]: Thank you, mister president. Senate Finance will meet after this ten minutes after the state of the state address, to go over act 73.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Are there any further announcements? Senator from Windham.
[Senator Wendy Harrison (Windham)]: Thank you Mr. President. Senate institutions will meet fifteen minutes after we return to the chamber after the governor's message. Thank you.
[Lt. Governor David Zuckerman, President of the Senate]: Are there any further announcements? Senator from Rutland. Senate government operations will not meet today. Are there any further announcements? Seeing none, the senator from Chittenden is moved that the senate stand in adjournment until 01:00PM, Thursday, 01/08/2026. Are you ready for the question? If so, all in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. The ayes have it, and we've adjourned till 1PM, Thursday, 01/08/2026.