New bills filed in the House would fund electric cars with a 5-cent gas tax, prohibit distracted driving, exempt new Vermonters from auto sales taxes, eliminate annual vehicle inspection, and more.
A bill lurking quietly in the Vermont House of Representatives would let “transgender” students choose opposite-sex programs, activities and facilities regardless of their own biological sex.
The Vermont House of Representatives on Wednesday voted in favor of an unrestricted right to exterminate pregnancies through all nine months of a baby’s development.
In this Statehouse Headliners, new House bills would expunge criminal records for marijuana and hashish possession, decriminalize possession of up to two ounces of pot, and legalize “safe spots” for drug use.
Vermont can expect to see gun control bills become law for the second straight year unless pro-gun groups can sway the new liberal supermajority in the Statehouse.
In this Statehouse Headliners, Republican Lisa Hango fills vacated Franklin County House seat, and new bills would end religious exemption for immunization and tax churches and hospitals for heating oil.
The House Judiciary Committee on Friday approved Vermont’s controversial abortion bill, H.57, after a week of review.
Another round of House bills would allow crossbow hunting during bow season, make unsecured firearms a crime, and allow non-citizen voting in Montpelier city elections.
Human Services approved H.57 Thursday with minor changes and Judiciary is taking testimony today and tomorrow.
New House legislation includes bills that would allow “transgender students” access to gender-separated school facilities, programs and activities, ban the use of “eminent domain” seizure of land for natural gas pipelines, and further decriminalize the use of mind-altering drugs.
Natural gas is the “cleanest” fossil fuel from a greenhouse gas perspective. Alternatives to home heat in Vermont include heating oil and split wood. Cleaner alternatives include passive solar, heat pumps and wood pellets.
“This is a problem for more than 65 percent of Vermont homes and businesses that have an above-ground storage tank, and presumably would want to replace it so they can continue to use oil, kerosene and propane to stay warm,” Cota said.