Legislation

Burlington prostitution bill passes Senate

By Guy Page

It’s been a busy week in the Vermont Senate as the upper chamber passed bills originating in the House before the expected adjournment of the 2021-22 biennium at the end of this week. 

Among those bills is H746, Burlington’s removal of prostitution language from the city charter.

Bills that passed the Senate this week include:

H.175the beverage container redemption system
H.533converting civil forfeiture of property in drug-related prosecutions into a criminal process
H.512modernizing land records and notarial acts law
H.745the approval of the adoption of the charter of the Town of Montgomery
H.746an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington
H.742approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Milton
H.716making miscellaneous changes in education law
H.626the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
H.572the retirement allowance for interim educators
H.709miscellaneous agricultural subjects
H.697eligibility of reserve forestland for enrollment in the Use Value Appraisal Program
H.518municipal energy resilience initiatives
H.446miscellaneous natural resources and development subjects
H.353pharmacy benefit management
H.738technical and administrative changes to Vermont’s tax laws
H.743amending the charter of the Town of Hardwick

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  1. H746 – Burlington is now “Sodom and Gomorrah, Vermont”.

    Deuteronomy 32: 32-33 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter. 33 Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of cobras.

    2 Peter 2: 6 Doom of False Teachers – and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly;

    Deuteronomy 32:43 “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people; For He will avenge the blood of His servants, And render vengeance to His adversaries; He will provide atonement for His land and His people.”

  2. How about offering job training instead? I’ve never read that any woman loves this kind of work.

  3. Will there be government act 250 sanctioned whorehouses or just freelancers?