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S0051Introduced in the Senate

An act relating to Vermont income tax exclusions and tax credits

Passed

Introduced by Ruth Hardy, District ADD

What does this bill do?

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Official description

An act relating to Vermont income tax exclusions and tax credits

Where it stands

Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 25, 2025

June 16, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

SenateStage: Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 · June 16, 2025

28

Yes

0

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

30 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Ruth HardyADDYes
Steven HeffernanADDYes
Seth BongartzBENYes
Robert PlunkettBENYes
Scott BeckCALYes
Kesha Ram HinsdaleCHIYes
Virginia LyonsCHIYes
Philip BaruthCHINot Voting
Christopher MattosCHIYes
Tanya VyhovskyCHIYes

Bill history

  1. Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance

  2. Entered on Notice Calendar

  3. Second Reading

  4. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance

  5. New Business/Second Reading

  6. Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance

  7. Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Hardy for Committee on Finance

  8. Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to

  9. 3rd reading ordered

  10. New Business/Third Reading

  11. Read 3rd time & passed

  12. Read first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

  13. Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment

  14. Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment

  15. Read second time

  16. Rep. Kimbell of Woodstock reported for the Committee on Ways and Means

  17. Rep. Canfield of Fair Haven demanded yeas and nays

  18. Report of Committee on Ways and Means agreed to

  19. Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 72 of 144 to Pass -- Yeas = 142, Nays = 2

  20. Third Reading ordered

  21. Action Calendar: Third Reading

  22. Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment

  23. House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment

  24. Entered on Notice Calendar

  25. House proposal of amendment

  26. Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth

  27. House proposal of amendment; text

  28. House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Cummings

  29. Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Cummings, Chittenden, and Brock

  30. Senate Message: House proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference appointed

  31. Speaker appointed Reps. Kornheiser of Brattleboro, Kimbell of Woodstock, and Canfield of Fair Haven as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House

  32. House message: House appointed Conference Committee members

  33. Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney

  34. Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill)

  35. Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney

  36. House message: House adopted Conference Committee report

  37. Entered on Notice Calendar

  38. Committee of Conference report

  39. Committee of Conference report

  40. Unfinished Business/Committee of Conference Report

  41. Unfinished Business/Committee of Conference Report

  42. Unfinished Business/Committee of Conference Report

  43. Unfinished Business/Committee of Conference Report

  44. Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Cummings for Committee, text

  45. Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Collamore

  46. Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0

  47. Title amended

  48. As passed by Senate and House

  49. Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Lyons

  50. Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted

  51. Delivered to Governor on June 20, 2025

  52. Signed by Governor on June 25, 2025

  53. Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 25, 2025

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