Legislative Reports Archive
Legislative Reports Archive
May 29, 2020. This week, the Senate Appropriations Committee took up a proposal from its committee chair that would appropriate funds from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund to reimburse expenses incurred before December 30, 2020, by local... Read more [1]
May 22, 2020. It was another week of agonizing over deficits, budgets, and education funds in committees across both the House and Senate. In what has become a weekly event, the Joint Fiscal Office applied the most recent numbers to a forecast of... Read more [2]
May 15, 2020. On Thursday, the House Appropriations Committee explained H.953, a second budget adjustment bill, to the House. The legislation is necessary in light of the effects COVID-19 is having on the FY20 budget.
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May 8, 2020. The June 1 deadline for municipalities to remit Education Fund dollars to the state is fast approaching, but many towns will have less than the required funds on hand to do so. As a result of the tremendous economic dislocation the... Read more [4]
May 1, 2020. There are many ramifications for cities and towns as they struggle to respond to the COVID 19 pandemic. Legislators are holding several different discussions to address the mounting crises cities and towns are facing.
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April 24, 2020. In the last few weeks, the Senate has passed several COVID-19-related bills. After more than a month of developing a protocol that addresses most representatives concerns, the House followed suit this week, taking their first remote... Read more [6]
April 17, 2020. Governor Scott and his administration have been working overtime during the COVID 19 pandemic to ensure Vermonters’ safety. There is evidence that the data-driven and science-based approach to reducing exposure to the coronavirus is... Read more [7]
April 10, 2020. Sixteen Vermont senators physically returned to the State House on Wednesday to vote on a temporary Senate rules change to allow the body to vote remotely. The House already instituted a similar rule change two weeks ago, although it... Read more [8]
April 3, 2020 – As we wrote in last week’s Report, the legislature has been busy figuring out how to operate in a largely remote manner. Last week, the House adopted several temporary rules that allow for remote voting by both the full House and by... Read more [9]
March 27, 2020 – This week, the legislature spent most of their time doing what many people around the world are also doing – adjusting to working remotely via tele- and video-conferencing, a situation that has become the new normal.
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March 20, 2020 – This week, legislators, local officials, the private sector, and the administration have all been focused on addressing the growing list of needs of Vermonters – many of whom, as recently as last week, could not have imagined that... Read more [11]
March 13, 2020 – News about the confirmed cases in Vermont of the novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, has claimed the headlines of late. But the week following the annual town meeting break is when legislative committees are statutorily required to... Read more [12]
February 28, 2020 – Next week is town meeting, Vermont’s treasured form of direct democracy where a town’s voters debate numerous matters important to local government. Every year, a bit of media frenzy accompanies the questions asked of voters as... Read more [13]
February 21, 2020 – The first priority of VLCT’s Municipal Policy for the 2019-2020 legislative biennium concerned self-governance.
February 14, 2020 – Despite the threatening weather, dozens of intrepid local officials trekked to the State House on Thursday, Local Government Day, to discuss with their legislators some of the issues of the 2020 session that will affect their... Read more [15]
January 17, 2020 – On Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee heard from staff from the Joint Fiscal Office about proposals to borrow for school construction funding and how that would affect the Education Fund. In 2007, the state imposed a... Read more [16]
January 10, 2020 – The gavel fell with a bang this week, signaling the beginning of the second half of the legislative biennium. Legislators returning to the State House dove right into work on all kinds of issues. On Wednesday, Governor Phil Scott... Read more [17]
December 19, 2020 – In only two weeks, the 2020 legislative session commences and suddenly everything changes in the city of Montpelier, which hosts the annual influx of legislators, lobbyists, interested citizens, protesters, and special interests... Read more [18]
February 7, 2020 – Local Governments: The Real Losers in the Cannabis Tax Game. Last week, we reported that House committees were once again taking up S.54, a bill that would regulate the production and sale of cannabis and cannabis products. The... Read more [19]
January 31, 2020 – Local Government Day. Local officials get stuff done. They are all rightfully proud of the cities, towns, and villages in which they serve, and for so many reasons. And Local Government Day is their day (that is, your day) to... Read more [20]
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