JRS 13 Vermont Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint resolution establishing a procedure for the conduct of the election of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College trustees by plurality vote by the General Assembly in 2025

This joint resolution changes the voting procedure for electing three University of Vermont (UVM) trustees in 2025. It specifies that the General Assembly will use a plurality vote system (not majority) for this single election, meaning members vote for up to three candidates on one ballot. The three candidates receiving the most votes win the trustee positions, with additional ballots used only if ties occur for any vacancy. This applies solely to the February 20, 2025, trustee election, overriding current rules for this specific instance.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025
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This is a formatting-only change. The Senate adopted the joint resolution with a new page layout (adding standard Senate header elements like 'State of Vermont' and 'Senate Chamber') and reflowed the text into different line breaks. No substantive policy, procedural, or eligibility changes were made to the plurality vote procedure for electing UVM trustees.
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Page layout reformatted to standard Senate resolution format with added headers (State of Vermont, Senate Chamber, Montpelier, Vermont, Joint Senate Resolution) and reflowed line breaks throughout. The document tracking number changed from 382084 to 380432.

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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
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Committee
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Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
As adopted by Senate and House
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
House message: House adopted in concurrence
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Adopted in concurrence
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read & adopted
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