Joint resolution relating to final adjournment of the General Assembly in 2025
This joint resolution sets the final adjournment date for the Vermont General Assembly in 2025. It authorizes the Senate President and House Speaker to adjourn their respective chambers on June 16 or 17, 2025, with the understanding that the Legislature may be called back into session by the joint call of the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate if needed. If no special reconvening occurs, the General Assembly is scheduled to return on January 6, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
The resolution is procedural rather than substantive: it does not amend the Vermont Statutes Annotated or create new policy, but instead governs the legislative calendar and the conditions under which lawmakers may be recalled before the next regular session. Its practical effect is to establish the end of the 2025 legislative session and preserve the Legislature’s ability to reconvene for urgent business.
J.R.S.28 affects the internal operations of the Vermont General Assembly by setting the date and terms of final adjournment for the 2025 session. It does not directly change state law, regulate private parties, or alter any substantive statute; instead, it determines when the Legislature is out of session and how it may be recalled before the January 2026 reconvening date.
Because the bill is a routine adjournment resolution and there were no committee transcripts or recorded votes provided, there is no evidence of controversy or opposition in the available record. The measure appears to be a standard, administrative step typically adopted to manage the legislative calendar.
No specific points of contention are shown in the available materials. The only potentially notable issue is the contingency for reconvening the General Assembly on joint call, which preserves leadership authority to bring lawmakers back if necessary, but there is no indication that this provision was disputed.