Our Weekly Legislative Reports are PDF files. You'll need a copy of Adobe Acrobat to read them, which you can download for free here. Reports from the current biennium are kept here. For electronic versions of past reports, please contact VLCT at info@vlct.org.
- 2010 No. 16 - 04-23-10 - H.789 Miscellaneous Tax Bill, H.789 state appropriations bill, H.789, transportation bill, H.790 senate capital bill, S.88 health reform.
- 2010 No. 15 - 04-16-10 - Challenge for Change (H.792), correction challenges (H.792), senate transportation bill, renewable energy (H.781), salvage yards (S.237)
- 2010 No. 14 - 04-09-10 - Challenge for Change proposals, S.88 health care reform, H.485 current use, H.776 listers opt-out option, end of session looms.
- 2010 No. 13 - 04-02-10 - Challenge for Change, H.789 appropriations bill, H.781 renewable energy, federal health reform legislation.
- 2010 No. 12 - 03-26-10 - Appropriations bill, miscellaneous tax bill, judicial restructuring bill (H.470), capital bill (H.790).
- 2010 No. 11 - 03-19-10 - Health care reform, VLCT health care testimony, rental housing, transportation bill, public and potable waters, innocence protection bill, restructuring the judiciary.
- 2010 No. 10 - 03-12-10 - Transportation bill, single system health care, growth centers, "complete streets," texting and handheld cell phones, school district budgets, rental housing, unemployment trust fund.
- 2010 No. 09 - 02-26-10 - Vermont State of the Municipalities Report, Unemployment Trust Fund (S.290), Corrections bill (S.292), property tax impact rule, Local Govt. Day in the Legislature 2010, town meeting, thank you govt. officials.
- 2010 No. 08 - 02-19-10 - State support of education, current use enigma, riparian buffer bill, draft renewable energy bill, state unemployment trust fund, primary election date change bill, local government day.
- 2010 No. 07 - 02-12-10 - Stormwater, house rules change to gauge property tax bills, challenge for change legislation, distracted driving, primary election date, town meeting option, local government day, lightning round Q&A.
- 2010 No. 06 - 02-05-10 - Teacher's union pension changes, current use changes, local option tax collection fee, municipal audit reporting requirements, health care, constables and H.492.
- 2010 No. 05 - 01-29-10 - Capital Bill, Proposal 5, recording interrogations, retaining biological evidence, health insurance coverage mandates.
- 2010 No. 04 - 01-22-10 - Governor's budget, state court reorganization, fee bill, current use changes, budget adjustment.
- 2010 No. 03 - 01-15-10 - Current use program, health care reform, weight limit legislation, Act 250 and land use, retirement commission recommendation.
- 2010 No. 02 - 01-08-10 - Governor's State of the State speech, "Challenges for Changes" report, riparian buffers, committee realignments.
- 2010 No. 01 - 12-10-09 - Preview issue, education fund, property taxes, transportation, public safety, water issues, energy prospects, land use, permitting.
- 2009 No. 16 - 05-29-09 - Veto session and property taxes, economic development and energy.
- 2009 No. 15 - 04-24-09 - FY10 budget, FY10 municipal funding priorities table, transportation bill, end of session really looms!
- 2009 No. 14 - 04-17-09 - Transportation Bill, economic stimulus legislation, junior operators' license, affordable housing in Vermont (not), end of session looms.
- 2009 No. 13 - 04-10-09 - Tax Bill, Capital Bill, Clean Energy Assessment Districts, police study, 8 new bills.
- 2009 No. 12 - 04-03-09 - House acts on state budget, House approves transpo bill, Smart Growth Committee report, Capital Bill vote nears, H.371 put on hold, 5 new bills.
- 2009 No. 11 - 03-27-09 Transportation bill, investment losses exacerbate property tax costs of teacher retirement shift to Ed. Fund, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, clean energy asessment districts, 9 new bills.
- 2009 No. 10 - 03-20-09 League Board opposes highway aid cut at State House, transportation bill underway, crossover, economic stimulus legislation, single payer health system, same-day voter registration, welcome new local officials, 31 new bills.
- 2009 No. 09 - 02-27-09 Alternative budget plan, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, miscellaneous tax bill draft, working farm dogs, unmarked burial sites, clean energy assessment districts, 23 new bills.
- 2009 No. 08 - 02-20-09 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, town highway aid, sex offender bill, proposed $1 overweight truck fine, draft exec. summary of law enforcement study, colorectal cancer screening, Local Govt. Day, 14 new bills.
- 2009 No. 07 - 02-13-09 Transportation budget adjustment process, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, expanded mental health care under workers' comp, small municipal hydro facilities, 21 new bills.
- 2009 No. 06 - 02-06-09 Problems with administering the state tax, economic stimulus bill amendment, House "fiscal note" bill, sex offender bill, clean energy assessment districts, working farm dogs, Local Government Day, new bills.
- 2009 No. 05 - 01-30-09 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, FY10 budget details, Capital Bill, town highway aid, Medicare cost shift, Vermont single payer health care, VLCT Town Citizenship Award form, new bills.
- 2009 No. 04 - 01/23/09 The governor's budget, local highway aid programs, remediating impaired streams, the fee bill, LGD civic engagement project, new bills.
- 2009 No. 03 - 01/16/09 Economic woes, national stimulus bill, transportation funding recommendations, town highway aid, sex offender bill, departmental merging, new health mandate, smart growth summer study committee report, new bills.
- 2009 No. 02 - 01/09/09 Education funding, one-cent education tax rate cut, House Speaker's stimulus package, federal stimulus package, new bills, legislative committee members.
- 2009 No. 01 - 12/19/08 Education finance, transportation, health care, energy/local government, water, corrections, police, growth management, and "going green."
