House bill would inventory all immigrant support groups
By Guy Page
Bills introduced into the Vermont Legislature would provide health insurance regardless of immigration status, and require the State of Vermont to inventory and assess the state’s various immigration support organizations.

S52, introduced into the Senate Jan. 31 by sponsor Sen. Ruth Hardy (D-Addison), would “expand eligibility for health care coverage to all income-eligible individuals over 18 years of age who are ineligible for Medicaid and for premium tax credits on the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange due to their immigration status by July 1, 2024.”
Illegal immigrant children have been covered under a Medicaid-like health insurance program since July, 2022. The new legislation, if it becomes law, would provide coverage regardless of age or immigration status.
In the House, Rep. Laura Sibilia sponsored H141, requiring the Vermont Refugee Office find a third-party organization to conduct a $25,000 assessment (including funding sources) and inventory of all immigration support groups. The legislation does not explain why the assessment/inventory is necessary.
For purposes of the RFP for the assessment, “Vermont’s immigrant community” includes refugees, asylum seekers, asylees, humanitarian parolees, immigrants, individuals without a legal immigrant status, and any permanent lawful residents who may have held one of these statuses in the past.
Apprehensions of immigrants entering the USA illegally across the Swanton Sector border (VT, part of NY and NH) are up 743% October – December, the US Border Patrol reports.
Other bills of interested introduced recently into the House:
H142 would raise the minimum age of juvenile delinquency from 10 to 12, and would ban any solitary confinement of juvenile delinquents.
H135 would impose rent control by capping the amount by which a landlord may annually increase rent by not more than the average of the Consumer Price Index over the prior 12-month period, or six percent above the most recent rent, unless the landlord can demonstrate need.
H132 would reintroduce a Homeless Bill of Rights, legislation which in recent years has failed to pass either chamber despite strenuous support by House General and Housing Chair Tom Stevens, the past and current sponsor of the HBR.
Below is a list of all House bills introduced to date.
Bill # | Introduced | Title | Lead Sponsor | Sponsor party | Committee |
H.145 | 1/31/2023 | FY2023 budget adjustment | Apropriations | N/A | |
H.144 | 1/31/2023 | Exempts unemployment from income tax | Mulvaney-Stanak | Prog./ Democrat | Ways and Means |
H.143 | 1/31/2023 | Towing companies can’t solicit roadside business | Rachelson | Democrat | Transportation |
H.142 | 1/31/2023 | Raise juvenile delinquency age from 10 to 12 | Small/ Christie/ Rachelson | Democrat | Judiciary |
H.141 | 1/31/2023 | Inventory, assessment of immigrant-support organizations | Sibilia | Democrat | General and Housing |
H.140 | 1/31/2023 | Database of state grants to municipalities | Willams | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.139 | 1/31/2023 | Required employee breaks | Stevens | Democrat | General and Housing |
H.138 | 1/31/2023 | Employers receiving state grants, contracts | Kornheiser | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.137 | 1/31/2023 | Home share for disabled | Stevens | Democrat | General and Housing |
H.136 | 1/31/2023 | Restrict Social Media on state-owned devices, networks | Donahue | Republican | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.135 | 1/31/2023 | Rent control | Bos-Lun/ Burrows | Dem./ Prog. | General and Housing |
H.134 | 1/31/2023 | Default speed limit for unposted town highways | Templeman | Democrat | Transportation |
H.133 | 1/31/2023 | Reduces penalties for distracted driving | Smith | Republican | Transportation |
H.132 | 1/31/2023 | Homeless bill of rights | Stevens | Democrat | General and Housing |
H.131 | 1/31/2023 | Establishes Green Mountain Recreation Fund | Sims | Democrat | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry |
H.130 | 1/31/2023 | Retricts management of sewage and septic waste | Dolan | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.129 | 1/31/2023 | More funding for pollution cleanup | Dolan | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.128 | 1/31/2023 | Exempts small wood producers from Act 250 | Sims | Democrat | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry |
H.127 | 1/31/2023 | Legalize sports betting | Birong | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.126 | 1/31/2023 | Conserve 50% of Vermont land by 2050 | Sheldon | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.125 | 1/31/2023 | Revises rules for various boards and commissions | Dolan/ Brumsted | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.124 | 1/27/2023 | Supports rural economic development | Sibilia/ Sims/ Hango/ Priestly | Democrat | Commerce and Economic Development |
H.123 | 1/27/2023 | Repeal State Lottery | Stevens | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.122 | 1/27/2023 | Bans surveillance devices on private property w/o owner’s consent | Black | Democrat | Judiciary |
H.121 | 1/26/2023 | Affords data privacy protections | Marcotte | Republican | Commerce and Economic Development |
H.120 | 1/26/2023 | Imposes sales tax on digital sale of software and games | Masland | Democrat | Ways and Means |
H.119 | 1/26/2023 | Combats excessive motor vehicle noise | Bartholemew | Democrat | Transportation |
H.118 | 1/26/2023 | Broadens eligibility for Medicare Savings Program | Donahue/ Noyes | Democrat | Health Care |
H.117 | 1/26/2023 | Strengthens suicide prevention effortd | Black | Democrat | Health Care |
H.116 | 1/26/2023 | Protects job applicants from discrimination and ensures privacy | Mulvaney-Stanak | Prog./ Democrat | General and Housing |
H.115 | 1/26/2023 | Requires insurance coverage of breast milk for infants | Cordes | Democrat | Health Care |
H.114 | 1/26/2023 | Restricts electronic monitoring of employees and automated HR decisions | Priestly | Democrat | Commerce and Economic Development |
H.113 | 1/26/2023 | Bans tax exemptions to any organization engaged in lobbying | Sibilia | Democrat | Ways and Means |
H.112 | 1/26/2023 | Ensures coverage for opiate abuse treatment | Small | Prog./ Democrat | Human Services |
H.111 | 1/26/2023 | Amends housing investment and regulaton | Sims/ Harrison | Rep./ Dem. | General and Housing |
H.110 | 1/26/2023 | Extends application period for telecom siting | Sibilia | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.109 | 1/26/2023 | Ensures reimbursement for home-delivered meals | Noyes | Democrat | Human Services |
H.108 | 1/25/2023 | Update Vermont School Bus Manual and the CDL tests | LaBounty | Democrat | Transportation |
H.107 | 1/25/2023 | Hartford infrastructure financing | Christie | Democrat | Ways and Means |
H.106 | 1/25/2023 | Protects teaching gender-identity and racism | Headrick | Prog./ Democrat | Education |
H.105 | 1/25/2023 | Create $3 mil disaster fund | Sims | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.104 | 1/25/2023 | Defining membership in worker cooperatives | Andriano | Democrat | Commerce and Economic Development |
H.103 | 1/25/2023 | Required state reporting on staff-to-patient ratios | Page | Republican | Health Care |
H.102 | 1/25/2023 | Amending the Art in State Buildings Program | Coffey | Dem./ Rep. | Corrections and Institutions |
H.101 | 1/25/2023 | Reducing transportation carbon emissions | Burke/ Stebbins | Democrat | Transportation |
H.100 | 1/25/2023 | Seasonal signs at pedestrian crossings | Dolan/ McGill | Democrat | Transportation |
H.99 | 1/25/2023 | Amending National Guard Tuition Benefit Program | Hango/ Birong/ Sibilia | Democrat | Education |
H.98 | 1/24/2023 | Firearms storage restrictions, 10-day waiting period | Mulvaney-Stanak | Prog./ Democrat | Judiciary |
H.97 | 1/24/2023 | Write-in candidates, primary elections | Scheu | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.96 | 1/24/2023 | Clean Heat Standard | Stebbins/ Sibilia | Democrat/ Ind. | Environment and Energy |
H.95 | 1/24/2023 | Municipal Energy Grants | Willams | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.94 | 1/24/2023 | Reach Up | Garofano/ Gregoire/ Brumsted/ Small | Dem./ Rep. | Human Services |
H.93 | 1/24/2023 | Reach Up benefits | Garofano/ Gregoire/ Brumsted/ Small | Dem./ Rep. | Human Services |
H.92 | 1/24/2023 | Uneemployment insurance after voluntary separation | Mulvaney-Stanak | Prog./ Democrat | Commerce and Economic Development |
H.91 | 1/24/2023 | Paid family leave for serious injury | Stevens | Democrat | General and Housing |
H.90 | 1/24/2023 | Defunct Congregational churches | Stevens | Democrat | Judiciary |
H.89 | 1/24/2023 | Legal protections for abortion, transgender service providers | Donally/ LaLonde/ Small | Democrat/ Prog. | Judiciary |
H.88 | 1/24/2023 | Cash bail restrictions, prohibitions | Bos-Lun | Democrat | Judiciary |
H.87 | 1/24/2023 | Access to wages before payday | Marcotte | Republican | Commerce and Economic Development |
H.86 | 1/24/2023 | Audiology, Speech Pathology Interstate Compact | McCarthy | Democrat | Health Care |
H.85 | 1/24/2023 | Public trails accessibility | Burroughs | Democrat/ Prog. | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry |
H.84 | 1/24/2023 | Wastewater discharge permits | Sims | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.83 | 1/20/2023 | Tax credits for living organ donations | Noyes | Democrat | Ways and Means |
H.82 | 1/20/2023 | Sell two state buildings to Town of Waterbury | Wood | Democrat | Corrections and Institutions |
H.81 | 1/20/2023 | Ensure fair repair of agricultural equipment | Donahue/ Sims | Rep./ Dem. | Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry |
H.80 | 1/20/2023 | License freestanding birth centers | Cordes | Democrat | Health Care |
H.79 | 1/20/2023 | Ensure rights to independent auto repair | Donahue/ Sims | Rep./ Dem. | Commerce and Economic Development |
H.78 | 1/20/2023 | Takeout of alcoholic beverages | Birong | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.77 | 1/20/2023 | Adopting the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact | Ode | Democrat | Health Care |
H.76 | 1/20/2023 | Regulating captive insurance companies | Marcotte | Republican | Environment and Energy |
H.75 | 1/20/2023 | Notify planned outages of 911 services | Sibilia | Independent | Environment and Energy |
H.74 | 1/20/2023 | Repeal Global Warming Solutions Act | Higley | Republican | Environment and Energy |
H.73 | 1/20/2023 | Revoking VT use of California’s Clean Air Act waiver | Higley | Republican | Environment and Energy |
H.72 | 1/19/2023 | Safe injection sites | Small | Prog./ Democrat | Judiciary |
H.71 | 1/19/2023 | Expanding DMV veteran designations | Peterson | Republican | Transportation |
H.70 | 1/19/2023 | Restrictions on telecommunications sitings | Dolan/ Patt | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.69 | 1/19/2023 | Ban smoking outdoors near entrances | Dolan | Democrat | Human Services |
H.68 | 1/19/2023 | Urban zoning, housing development | Bongartz | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.67 | 1/19/2023 | Manufacturers pay for household hazardous products collection | Dolan | Democrat | Human Services |
H.66 | 1/19/2023 | Mandated family and medical leave insurance | Kornheiser/ Scheu/ Stevens | Democrat | General and Housing |
H.65 | 1/18/2023 | Raise Small claims from $5,000 to $10,000 | Patt | Democrat | Judiciary |
H.64 | 1/18/2023 | Ban on wake boats | Sims | Democrat | Transportation |
H.63 | 1/18/2023 | Marriage/family therapists licensed clinical social workers | Coffey | Democrat | Health Care |
H.62 | 1/18/2023 | Interstate Counseling Compact | Houghton/ Durfee | Democrat | Health Care |
H.61 | 1/18/2023 | Elective income tax and credit | Harrison | Republican | Ways and Means |
H.60 | 1/18/2023 | More 4th classes licenses for alcohol manufacturers | Birong | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.59 | 1/18/2023 | Amending veterans‘ death certificates | Coffey | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.58 | 1/18/2023 | Unbiased appointment of zoning administrators | Peterson | Republican | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.57 | 1/18/2023 | Dog trainers, client consent | Coffey | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.56 | 1/18/2023 | Ban natural gas line extension | Cordes/ Elder | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.55 | 1/18/2023 | Unemployment insurance amendments | Marcotte | Republican | Commerce and Economic Development |
H.54 | 1/17/2023 | Municipal services support | Anthony | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.53 | 1/17/2023 | Eliminate driver’s license suspension for some nonpayment | Dolan/ LaLonde | Dem./ Rep. | Transportation |
H.52 | 1/13/2023 | Retirement benefits for temporary state employees | Casey | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.51 | 1/13/2023 | Boaters pay $20 for aquatic nuisance passes | Dolan | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.50 | 1/13/2023 | Ban on sale of PFA products | Dolan/ Whitman | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.49 | 1/13/2023 | Retirement plan for volunteer firefighters | Nicoll | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.48 | 1/12/2023 | Find new landfill site | Sims/ Page | Dem./ Rep. | Environment and Energy |
H.47 | 1/12/2023 | Disposal of solar panels | Harrison | Republican | Environment and Energy |
H.46 | 1/12/2023 | Dissolution of Colchester Fire District No. 3 | Taylor | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.45 | 1/12/2023 | Restrict litigation against abuse survivors | Donnally | Democrat | Judiciary |
H.44 | 1/12/2023 | Small town local option tax | Dolan | Democrat | Ways and Means |
H.43 | 1/12/2023 | Military protection orders | Ode | Democrat | Judiciary |
H.42 | 1/11/2023 | Public meetings alternatives | Gov. Ops. | referral | Ways and Means |
H.41 | 1/11/2023 | Domestic-/sex-assault cases to community justice centers | Dolan | Democrat | Judiciary |
H.40 | 1/11/2023 | Make contraceptive tampering a crime | Rachelson | Democrat | Judiciary |
H.39 | 1/11/2023 | New plan for State distributing revenues to municipalities | Anthony | Democrat | Ways and Means |
H.38 | 1/11/2023 | Device-distracted driving | Shaw | Republican | Transportation |
H.37 | 1/11/2023 | Require winter tires on rental cars | Patt | Democrat | Transportation |
H.36 | 1/11/2023 | Exempt forests from small town planning | Parsons | Republican | Environment and Energy |
H.35 | 1/10/2023 | Responsibility for Victims Assistance Program | Rachelson | Democrat | Judiciary |
H.34 | 1/10/2023 | State-owned public restroom near Capitol | Casey | Democrat | Corrections and Institutions |
H.33 | 1/10/2023 | Legislator expenses: reimbursement or allowance | Harrison | Republican | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.32 | 1/10/2023 | Social Security benefits exemption | Harrison | Republican | Ways and Means |
H.31 | 1/10/2023 | Aquatic nuisance control moratorium | Bongartz | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.30 | 1/10/2023 | Increase acreage of wetlands | Sheldon | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.29 | 1/10/2023 | Restrict all mapped river corridor development | Sheldon | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.28 | 1/10/2023 | Expand expungement of court diversion cases | LaLonde | Democrat | Judiciary |
H.27 | 1/10/2023 | Coercive controlling behavior basis for abuse order | Donnally | Democrat | Judiciary |
H.26 | 1/10/2023 | National Guard income tax exemption | Birong | Democrat | Ways and Means |
H.25 | 1/6/2023 | Feasibility study for child care facility in a State building | Anthony | Democrat | Corrections and Institutions |
H.24 | 1/6/2023 | State Auditor examining State contractor records | Page | Republican | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.23 | 1/6/2023 | Mail-in ballots upon request only for general elections | Labor | Republican | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.22 | 1/6/2023 | Sexual exploitation by police | Small | Prog./ Democrat | Judiciary |
H.21 | 1/6/2023 | Require utility to notify landlord of disconnections | Page | Republican | General and Housing |
H.20 | 1/5/2023 | One person, one vote’ reapportionment study | Sims | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.19 | 1/5/2023 | Municipal boards of abatement | Arrison | Democrat | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.18 | 1/5/2023 | Ban sale of single-use-filter cannabis and tobacco products | Page | Republican | Human Services |
H.17 | 1/5/2023 | More time, money for towing abandoned vehicles | Page | Republican | Transportation |
H.16 | 1/5/2023 | Study to expand passenger, freight rail service | Page | Republican | Transportation |
H.15 | 1/5/2023 | Protecting golf courses from development | Page | Republican | Environment and Energy |
H.14 | 1/5/2023 | More pay for jurors | Coffey | Democrat | Judiciary |
H.13 | 1/5/2023 | Legalizing switchblade knives | Brennan | Republican | Judiciary |
H.12 | 1/5/2023 | Dismiss nonviolent misdemeanors to reduce court backlog | LaLonde/ Burditt/ Christie | Rep./ Dem. | Judiciary |
H.11 | 1/5/2023 | Insurance for epinephrine auto-injectors | Hango | Republican | Health Care |
H.10 | 1/5/2023 | Create VEGI oversight board | Kornheiser/ Marcotte | Dem./ Rep. | Commerce and Economic Development |
H.9 | 1/5/2023 | Exempt EVs from inspection for 40 months | Anthony | Democrat | Transportation |
H.8 | 1/5/2023 | Repeal statute of limitations for childhood emotional abuse | Austin | Democrat | Judiciary |
H.7 | 1/5/2023 | Replacing term “cider” with “hard cider“ | Donahue | Republican | Government Operations and Military Affairs |
H.6 | 1/5/2023 | Expand development ban down to 1,500 ft. | Anthony | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.5 | 1/5/2023 | Regional plan reform | Bongartz | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.4 | 1/5/2023 | Removal of pilings causing ice jams at Barre bridge | Anthony | Democrat | Transportation |
H.3 | 1/5/2023 | $800K for mental health providers working with police | Anthony | Democrat | Health Care |
H.2 | 1/5/2023 | Exempt aircraft hangars from Act 250 review | Corcoran | Democrat | Environment and Energy |
H.1 | 1/5/2023 | Payment, case management for developmental disability services | McFaun/ Wood | Rep./ Dem. | Human Services |
Categories: Legislation
This state is run by lunatics who expect the magic money tree to keep producing forever.
Welcome to crazy town, Vermont. These insane legislators want us working people to pay for their healthcare and ILLEGAL immigrant healthcare. Look at the list, nothing for the average person. More unenforceable laws. The Vermont statutes already look like the Britannica Encyclopedia. These people should not be elected to anything above dog catcher.
110% lunacy. The children and monkeys are have the run of the dome and are stopping at nothing to destroy us.
So more fleecing of the American taxpayers
This is pure insanity – until you start paying for ALL Vermonters health care stop wasting our tax dollars on illegals
Send them packing period! We have a bunch of Cronies Run and spending our $$$$$
built the WALL PERIOD!!
No, No, and NO! It’s time to demonstrate, people!!
My wife and I are going broke paying over 1,000 dollars a month “each” for this abomination known as Obama Care. Now you want to give to people that break our laws for free!!! You should give it to Vermont residents who pay outrageous property taxes and other taxes free before you even think about giving it to illegals. There is no such thing as free! You will just pass those expenses along to us in the form of tax hikes. How do you people get elected when you are this fiscally irresponsible?
I agree with you Wade but would like to ask what you did to help keep them from getting elected. We must work together to stop this insanity. It will get a lot worse!
You must have responded here before reading about the legislators working to give themselves FREE Healthcare. It seems, from a quick search, that state workers in Vermont pay at least a small portion on premiums for Healthcare provided by a state employer, yet the court jesters in Montpelier want to have that for FREE. WELL, not FREE, on us.
These people must subscribe to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, see article 22. Everything that is happening in this country, including our schools, is a result of the the United Nations and their influence, which is tricked top down from the Biden Administration and bottom up from the NEA and NEAF through their partnership with UNESCO. The concept of Social Justice is connected to the United Nations, along with gender theory and queer theory.
Biden signed the executive order to investigate Central Bank Digital Currency, a WEF goal, which is being beta tested now. I read the executive order, the new CBDC has to address Human Rights and Equity. To understand the definition of equity, you need to look at the USAID and United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 10.3, which states “reduce inequalities of outcomes.” I can only assume wealth will be redistributed in the name of equity when the old Fiat system is converted to digital currency. I recommend also looking up the Declaration of Human Rights.
Vermont has long ago said goodbye to any semblance of a merit-based society. Now one’s stature in society and eligibility for the overflowing cornucopia of handouts is based purely on where you fall on the victimhood/intersectionality scale. In the case of migrants who have violated the sanctity of our immigration laws, their “oppression” puts them at the top of the eligibility list. We voted for this.
Dem/progs voted for this collection of incompetents and Joe Biden. It reaffirms that liberalism is a mental disorder. How can you explain that those voting for this legislature and the Biden lawless administration are not crazy. The liberal hive mind is dangerous for Vermont and the country. We are living the idiot apocalypse. The dystopian existence is nearing, let that sink in.
I wish I could say, only in Vermont would the the needs of illegal immigrants be put before those required to pay for them, but this whole country is an enigma, wrapped in stupidity, covered in feces.
I speculate that the people who support this law are neither crazy, lunatic, or stupid.
On the contrary they are working methodically, intentionally, and ruthlessly to bring down our state and our republic. They are not working for the America that we once knew, but a utopia that has eluded these dreamers for decades, the foundations of which have no basis in reality. If it weren’t for their delusions I would label them as traitors, but I am not ruling out that possibility.
How better to draw more illegals here? They can then take the jobs going unfilled due to so many VT residents seemingly not needing to work anymore, not to forget the steady influx of wealthy retirees and the outflow of people of working age who just can’t afford housing here .
Did anyone ask the good “leaders” here in Vermont who sponsored this bill how they intend to pay for it? If not, put this bill on the wall where it belongs and leave it there.
I’m discouraged by media description of people who violate the borders of my country as illegal IMMIGRANTS! That description is an oxymoron! They are in fact an immigrant, having applied for and met requirements for US citizenship, or an illegal ALIEN. They cannot be both!