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PHOTOS: Lawmakers return to Montpelier for the 2025 legislative session

Vermont Public | By Sophie Stephens,
Zoe McDonald
Published January 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM EST
Family memebers and friends sat in the Senate chambers in Montpelier on Jan. 8, 2025 on the first day of the session. Here, a lone children's snow boot was left behind.
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Family members and friends sat in the Senate chambers in Montpelier on Jan. 8, 2025 on the first day of the session. Here, a lone children's snow boot was left behind in the excitement.
Sen. Phil Baruth raises his right hand and swears in as Senate President Pro Tempore after being reelected to the role on Jan. 8, 2025.
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Sen. Phil Baruth raises his right hand and swears in as Senate President Pro Tempore after being reelected to the role on Jan. 8, 2025.
Two adults stand and shake hands while people applaud sitting on a bench behind them
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Sen. Ginny Lyons (left) and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Baruth (right) shake hands after Lyons took her oath to join the Senate Committee on Committees on Jan. 8, 2025.

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Sen. Alison Clarkson records Senate President Pro Tem Phil Baruth's speech on Jan. 8, 2025.
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Sen. Alison Clarkson records Senate President Pro Tem Phil Baruth's speech on Jan. 8, 2025.
A page picks at their painted nails while Senate proceedings continue on the first day of the session, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.
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A page picks at their painted nails while Senate proceedings continue on the first day of the session, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.
It didn't take long for senators to start passing notes on the Senate floor on the first day of the 2025 legislative session.
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It didn't take long for senators to start passing notes on the Senate floor on the first day of the 2025 legislative session.
Senators including Senate Minority Leader Scott Beck (center) on the first day of the 2025 session on Wednesday, Jan. 8.
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Senators including Senate Minority Leader Scott Beck (center) on the first day of the 2025 session on Wednesday, Jan. 8.
Rows of adults in a formal room stand and clap as a woman with brown hair and dark clothing sits and smiles in the center.
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Vermont House representatives clap for Rep. Jill Krowinski, center, after she won the vote for speaker of the Vermont House on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.

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A person in a dark suit hands a woman in a purple blazer with curly dark hair a half-sheet of yellow paper.
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Rep. Brian Cina, left, hands Rep. Laura Sibilia, right, a secret ballot to vote for speaker of the Vermont House on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.
Older adults in formal clothing sit in rows at long wooden desks. Two men in suits speak to each other across an aisle. One of the men has his hand on his head.
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Two lawmakers chat after the vote for speaker of the Vermont House on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.
A man wearing a grey blazer, floral tie and gold nametag reads a thick book while lawmakers and guests sit in the background.
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Rep. Scott Campbell reads the book "Every Vote Equal" while lawmakers wait to hear the results of the vote for speaker of the Vermont House on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.
A Vermont Capitol Police officer stands a plastic divider up between the guest section and the lawmaker's desks in a formal statehouse chamber.
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A Vermont Capitol Police officer fixes a plastic divider after it fell onto lawmakers in the House chamber during the first day of the legislative session on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.
Representatives stand outside of the House chambers on the first day of the 2025 session, awaiting their turn to pick their seat.
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Representatives stand outside of the House chambers on the first day of the 2025 session, awaiting their turn to pick their seat.

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Sophie Stephens
Sophie Stephens worked for Vermont Public from 2023 to 2025 as a Digital Producer.
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Zoe McDonald
Zoe McDonald is a digital producer in Vermont Public’s newsroom. Previously, she served as the multimedia news producer for WBHM, central Alabama’s local public radio station. Email Zoe.
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