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