Roll Call: Senate passes diluted police misconduct bill
S.254, an act relating to recovering damages for Article II violations by law enforcement and a report on qualified immunity, passed in the State Senate on March 24, 2022, by a vote of 19-11.
Campaign for Vermont: Child tax credit bill, workforce development bill, and more
Legislators found out this week that the Vermont child tax credit bill may need a haircut. The workforce development bill received such a large haircut that we may have a headless horseman situation.
Paul Dame: The difference between Republicans and Progressive Democrats
There are three things that I see fundamentally separate Vermont Republicans from the Progressive Democrat alliance that currently controls the Legislature: affordability, accountability and flexibility.
Governor faces slew of bills from left-leaning lawmakers
The governor is facing a slew of left-leaning legislation this session that ranges from gun control to statewide registries for building contractors.
Lawmaker: Prop 5 puts abortion above all other rights
A Republican lawmaker is making known her opposition to Proposal 5, a constitutional amendment that would make abortion until the moment of birth the most protected right in Vermont.
Roll Call: House adds bureaucracy to Act 250 development process
H.492, an act relating to the structure of the Natural Resources Board, passed in the State House of Representatives on March 22, 2022, by a vote of 92-49.
Senate to hear House bill that would stimulate Vermont’s workforce development efforts
H.703 would use $41.9 million to establish several workforce development programs with the goal of increasing workforce participation rates, training and retaining nurses and mental health care workers, and focusing on providing training to youth and adults.
EAI releases midsession ‘Roll Call’ legislator profiles
On Thursday, the Ethan Allen Institute released the 2022 legislative midsession “Roll Call Profiles.” The profiles include legislators’ votes cast in January and February of this legislative session.
Roll Call: House bans guns in hospitals, lengthens ‘default proceed’ gun check by 4 days
S.4, an act relating to procedures involving firearms, passed in the State House of Representatives on March 17, 2022, by a vote of 90-42.
John Klar: Vermont leads the way off the climate bureaucracy cliff
A recent Vermont legislative initiative purports to save the planet by “conserving” 50 percent of all Vermont territory for wildlife by 2050. This effort holds up for public display the foolish power-mongering implicit in all these “climate salvation” fantasies.
Tom Evslin: Dear Vermont Legislature
Part of your prescription for reducing Vermont’s carbon footprint is continued subsidies for electric cars. Over that last year, the average price of gasoline here has gone from $2.72 to $4.34/gallon. Isn’t that incentive enough?
Bill restricting half of Vermont’s land use advancing through Senate
A bill that would substantially increase the amount of state-protected lands was advanced through the Senate chamber last week and is now on to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy.