House Judiciary hears more on 24-hour handgun purchase waiting period
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday heard more testimony on S.169, an act relating to firearms procedures that would impose a 24-hour waiting period on handgun purchases.
Statehouse Headliners: Marijuana hospitalization triples in legal Colorado; Weybridge woman describes omnipresent stench of pot in Denver
A medical study released this week finds that 9,973 marijuana-related emergency room visits occurred in Colorado from 2012-2016, more than triple the number that occurred prior to legalization.
Twin-state paid family leave plan reviewed in House committee
Several RFIs have been returned by major national insurance companies, and so far the estimates for cost and service are within range of what was originally anticipated.
Statehouse Headliners: Committee sends abortion constitutional amendment to Senate
Key language in Proposal 5, the constitutional amendment for unrestricted abortion, could allow unrestricted assisted suicide and legal prostitution, a former Vermont Supreme Court law clerk warned Thursday.
New bill would credit employee health benefits toward minimum wage requirement
With lawmakers advancing bills that would increase the minimum wage and require additional employee perks, one representative is putting forth an initiative to help businesses meet these demands.
Vermont health care mandate bill throws affordable insurance alternatives under the bus
The new health care mandate bill working its way through the Legislature would prevent association health plans and health care sharing ministries from counting as adequate health insurance.
Statehouse Headliners: State law to eliminate faith-based health cost sharing faces pushback
Health-sharing is exempted from the “Obamacare” federal individual mandate to have health insurance. H.524 would eliminate that exemption.
Statehouse Headliners: House committees to discuss minimum wage, retail cannabis, raising smoking age
This week Vermont House committees will review bills passed by the Senate and look at new House bills whose sponsors have been waiting patiently for a few minutes of the committee of jurisdiction’s time.
Statehouse Headliners: Senate marijuana cultivation, retail sale bill goes to House committee Wednesday
Tax and regulation of cultivation and retail sale of marijuana, S.54, is scheduled to be reviewed by the House Government Operations Committee at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Moore: Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce concerned about three bills at crossover time
We are concerned that measures like these will have a severely negative impact on the ability of businesses to attract and retain employees. We are also concerned about business decisions on whether or not to move to — or stay in — Vermont as a result of these bills.
Ban on single-use plastic bags and straws moving through Vermont Senate
A ban on single-use plastic bags and straws was approved by a 4-1 vote of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee on Friday morning.
Statehouse Headliners: Pastor suspended from Senate devotions for a year after discussing ‘right to life’
Rev. Rosaire Bisson was suspended from giving devotions before the Vermont Senate for a year after he spoke in January about “everyone’s right to life.”