By Guy Page
Published below: the Friday, March 12 Journal of the House of the Vermont House of Representatives, edited, abbreviated, and faithfully translated from the original Parliamentary.
Bills introduced
H. 428, sponsored by Committee on Judiciary, hate-motivated crimes and misconduct.
H. 429, sponsored by Reps. Gannon of Wilmington and Ode of Burlington, establishing an advisory group to address bias in State-used software; sent to Committee on Energy and Technology.
Committee relieved of bill
Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife was relieved of H306, developing a State Planning Office. Sent to Government Operations.
Bills pass the House, sent to Senate
H. 133, court-ordered relinquishment [forced seizure] of firearms as part of emergency relief-from-abuse orders, passed 102-44, sent to Senate. (House needs only 100 votes to override any potential veto by governor.)
Those who voted yes are:
Ancel of Calais
Anthony of Barre City
Arrison of Weathersfield
Austin of Colchester *
Bartholomew of Hartland
Beck of St. Johnsbury
Birong of Vergennes
Black of Essex
Bluemle of Burlington
Bock of Chester
Bongartz of Manchester
Bos-Lun of Westminster
Brady of Williston
Briglin of Thetford
Brown of Richmond
Brumsted of Shelburne
Burke of Brattleboro
Burrows of West Windsor
Campbell of St. Johnsbury
Chase of Colchester
Cina of Burlington
Coffey of Guilford
Colburn of Burlington
Colston of Winooski
Conlon of Cornwall
Copeland Hanzas of
Bradford
Corcoran of Bennington
Cordes of Lincoln
Dolan of Essex
Dolan of Waitsfield
Donahue of Northfield
Donnally of Hyde Park
Durfee of Shaftsbury
Elder of Starksboro
Emmons of Springfield
Gannon of Wilmington
Goldman of Rockingham
Grad of Moretown
Hooper of Montpelier
Hooper of Burlington
Houghton of Essex
Howard of Rutland City
James of Manchester
Jerome of Brandon
Jessup of Middlesex
Killacky of South Burlington
Kimbell of Woodstock
Kitzmiller of Montpelier
Kornheiser of Brattleboro
LaLonde of South
Burlington
Lanpher of Vergennes
Lefebvre of Newark
Lippert of Hinesburg
Long of Newfane
Masland of Thetford
McCarthy of St. Albans City
McCormack of Burlington
McCullough of Williston
Morris of Springfield
Mrowicki of Putney
Mulvaney-Stanak of
Burlington
Murphy of Fairfax
Nicoll of Ludlow
Nigro of Bennington
Notte of Rutland City
Noyes of Wolcott
O’Brien of Tunbridge
Ode of Burlington
Pajala of Londonderry
Partridge of Windham
Patt of Worcester
Pearl of Danville
Pugh of South Burlington
Rachelson of Burlington
Redmond of Essex
Rogers of Waterville
Satcowitz of Randolph
Scheu of Middlebury
Scheuermann of Stowe
Sheldon of Middlebury
Sibilia of Dover
Sims of Craftsbury
Small of Winooski
Squirrell of Underhill
Stebbins of Burlington
Stevens of Waterbury
Sullivan of Dorset
Surprenant of Barnard
Taylor of Colchester
Till of Jericho
Townsend of South
Burlington
Troiano of Stannard
Vyhovsky of Essex *
Walz of Barre City
Webb of Shelburne
White of Bethel
White of Hartford
Whitman of Bennington
Williams of Granby
Wood of Waterbury
Yacovone of Morristown
Yantachka of Charlotte
Those who voted no are:
Achey of Middletown
Springs
Batchelor of Derby
Brennan of Colchester
Brownell of Pownal
Harrison of Chittenden
Helm of Fair Haven
Higley of Lowell
LaClair of Barre Town
Lefebvre of Orange
Norris of Shoreham
Page of Newport City
Palasik of Milton
Parsons of Newbury
Peterson of Clarendon
Burditt of West Rutland
Canfield of Fair Haven
Cupoli of Rutland City
Dickinson of St. Albans
Town
Fagan of Rutland City
Feltus of Lyndon
Goslant of Northfield
Graham of Williamstown
Gregoire of Fairfield
Hango of Berkshire
Leffler of Enosburgh
Marcotte of Coventry
Martel of Waterford
Martin of Franklin
Mattos of Milton
McCoy of Poultney
McFaun of Barre Town
Morgan, L. of Milton
Morgan, M. of Milton
Morrissey of Bennington
Norris of Sheldon
Rosenquist of Georgia
Savage of Swanton
Seymour of Sutton
Shaw of Pittsford
Smith of Derby
Smith of New Haven
Strong of Albany
Terenzini of Rutland Town
Toof of St. Albans Town
Rep. Austin of Colchester explained her vote as follows:
“In August 2006 I was at the Essex Middle School preparing for the opening day of school the next day. An announcement came over the intercom that the District was in lockdown – this was not a drill. Later I learned that my friend and colleague Alicia Shanks was randomly shot and killed by a jilted lover in search of his girlfriend at the Essex Perhaps if this relief from abuse order had been in effect back then Alicia would be alive today.”
Rep. Vyhovsky of Essex explained her vote as follows:
“As a gun owner myself and a person who grew up in a family of hunters, I respect the tradition of gun ownership and sportsmanship in Vermont. I am struck today by the one-sided argument that we must protect the right to wield a weapon at all costs with no regard given to the constitutional right to life. This is a relief from abuse bill that not only does not fundamentally change what is already allowable and common practice, it is also temporary and thus not an issue of rights but a temporary inconvenience to protect the constitutional right to life. I believe based on the statistics that it will save the lives of those who have been abused and terrorized and therefore I vote yes.”
H420, miscellaneous agricultural subjects
H421, animal cruelty investigation response and training
Action Postponed
H87, establishing a classification system for criminal offenses, postponed until March 17.
Adjourned
Categories: Legislation
Let the little bites begin ….
I have been saying for decades that the liberal demonrats are taking over our lives and this proves it. We need to TAKE BACK VERMONT. 98% in the legislation are OUT-OF-STATERS !!!! Because they hate guns no one should have one.. Our Vermont Constitution gives us a right to have guns, to protect our family, property and country. I for one will NEVER give up my GUNS.