Vermont House Bills

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VDC’s comprehensive, detailed updated list of all House legislation

By Guy Page and Timothy Page

This is the Vermont Daily Chronicle Vermont House Bills page, listing on one page every bill introduced into the current session of the Vermont House.

Vermont House Bills will be updated three days a week most weeks of the legislative session (January – May). The page will be posted prominently for easy access. Information will include:

Bill number (with link the www.legislature.vermont.gov)
Date of introduction
Topic, as distinct from the title of the bill listed on the Legislature’s website. Many readers find the bill titles vague, confusing or both. We try to present a clear, succinct, descriptive topic.
Lead sponsor
Sponsor’s party

Current as of 12 PM, February 7, 2023 – for more information see www.legislature.vermont.gov. This page will be updated three times a week through the 2023 session.

Bill #	Introduced	Title	Lead Sponsor	Sponsor party	Committee
H.192	2/7/2023	Mandatory training for use of electric cargo bicycles	Burke	Democrat	Transportation
H.191	2/7/2023	Establishes a nuisance wildlife trapping license	Satcowitz	Democrat	Environment and Energy
H.190	2/7/2023	Removing the residency requirement from assisted suicide	Garofano	Democrat	Human Services
H.189	2/7/2023	Requires D.o.H.to report on adverse reactions to immunizations	Higley	Republican	Health Care
H.188	2/7/2023	Informed consent for administration of immunizations	Higley	Republican	Judiciary
H.187	2/7/2023	Creates a conscientious exemption to immunization requirements	Higley	Republican	Human Services
H.186	2/7/2023	Stops merchants using product registry as requirement for warranties	Birong	Democrat	Commerce and Economic Development
H.185	2/7/2023	Authorizes dredging for navigation of public waters	Chase	Democrat	Environment and Energy
H.184	2/7/2023	Exempts landlords from renovation, repair licensing requirements	Blumle/ Ode/ Stebbins	Democrat	General and Housing
H.183	2/7/2023	Protect the conscience rights of health care providers, institutions	Higley	Republican	Health Care
H.182	2/7/2023	Ensures bodily autonomy in health-care decision-making	Higley	Republican	Human Services
H.181	2/7/2023	Comissions study on the creation of a statewide supervisory union	Elder	Democrat	Education
H.180	2/7/2023	Standardizes the opening time of polling places	Burrows	Democrat	Government Operations and Military Affairs
H.179	2/7/2023	Transfer certain responsibilities to Secretary of Education	Elder	Democrat	Education
H.178	2/7/2023	Allows commissioning of D.o.C.personnel as notaries public	Emmons	Democrat	Government Operations and Military Affairs
H.177	2/7/2023	Bicycle path running adjacent to U.S. Route 5	Bartholemew	Democrat	Transportation
H.176	2/7/2023	Allows for secondary enforcement of certain motor vehicle violations	Small	Democrat	Transportation
H.175	2/7/2023	Modernizes the Children and Family Council for Prevention Programs	LaLonde	Democrat	Judiciary
H.174	2/7/2023	Establishes legal personhood for fetuses past 24 weeks	Peterson	Republican	Health Care
H.173	2/7/2023	Expands the statute against manipulating a child for sexual contact	Small	Democrat	Judiciary
H.172	2/7/2023	Expands selection of persons authorized to carry firearms in hospitals	Hooper	Democrat	Judiciary
H.171	2/3/2023	Amends adult protective services	Noyes/ Brumsted/ Wood	Democrat	Human Services
H.170	2/3/2023	Examines the restorative justice approach to criminal justice system	Emmons/Shaw/Squirell/Wood	Democrat	Corrections and Institutions
H.169	2/3/2023	Amends child abuse investigation, use of Child Protection Registry	Blumle/ Stebbins	Democrat	Judiciary
H.168	2/3/2023	Maintenans a database of veterans, expands veteran benefits	Hooper	Democrat	Government Operations and Military Affairs
H.167	2/3/2023	Supports expanded access to emergency veterinary care	Chesnut-Tangerman	Democrat	Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
H.166	2/3/2023	Removes limit to medical-expense tax deduction	Ode	Democrat	Ways and Means
H.165	2/3/2023	Requires public schools to serve free meals	Brady	Democrat	Education
H.164	2/2/2023	Authorizes ecofriendly wastewater systems	Burke	Democrat	Environment and Energy
H.163	2/2/2023	Creates working group to develop ecofriendly sanitation methods	Burke/ Gregoire	Democrat	Environment and Energy
H.162	2/2/2023	Bans snow tires from VT Highways from May 16 to Oct. 31	Burke	Democrat	Transportation
H.161	2/2/2023	Clarifies burning-permit policy	Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry	N/A
H.160	2/2/2023	Labor reimbursement rates for auto insurance claims	Christie	Democrat	Commerce and Economic Development
H.159	2/1/2023	Protects internet service provider data privacy	Sibilia	Democrat	Commerce and Economic Development
H.158	2/1/2023	Expands the beverage container redemption system	Sheldon	Democrat	Environment and Energy
H.157	2/1/2023	Vermont basic needs budget	Bluemle	Democrat	General and Housing
H.156	2/1/2023	Incrementally implements Green Mountain Care	Cina/ Christie	Democrat/ Prog.	Health Care
H.155	2/1/2023	Mileage reimbursement rates for plug-in electric vehicles	Willams	Democrat	Government Operations and Military Affairs
H.154	2/1/2023	Medicaid coverage for doula services	Coffey/ Rachelson	Democrat	Health Care
H.153	2/1/2023	Numerous changes to Vermont’s tax laws	Canfield	Republican	Ways and Means
H.152	2/1/2023	Prohibits products containing PFAS by 2024	Dolan/ Whitman	Democrat	Human Services
H.151	2/1/2023	Petitions for guardianship of the developmentally disabled	Brumsted/ Wood	Democrat	Human Services
H.150	2/1/2023	Amends the charter of the Village of Alburgh	Leavitt	Democrat	Government Operations and Military Affairs
H.149	2/1/2023	Protocol for write-in-candidate consent filings in State elections	Brennan	Republican	Government Operations and Military Affairs
H.148	2/1/2023	Raises the marriagable age to 18	Ode/ Burke	Democrat	Judiciary
H.147	2/1/2023	Creates a Vermont State Building Security Board	Demrow/ Hooper/ Sims	Democrat	Corrections and Institutions
H.146	2/1/2023	Amends the Northeast Kingdom Waste Management charter	Sims	Democrat	Government Operations and Military Affairs
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

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3 replies »

Glum Hovel says:

January 16, 2023 at 8:24 pm

H27 perfectly describes the abusive and coercive behaviors we witnessed during lockdown and the ensuing vax program. Isolation from family and friends, denial of opportunities, threatening and shaming and name calling. Indeed the hallmarks of an abusive relationship. If only laws like this applied in to the state and those who have captured it.

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TAXMONT says:

January 17, 2023 at 6:20 am

Here we go again, going to tax us to use the waterways of the state!
H.51 is going to impact everyone, kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, all watercraft, including inflatable. What’s next, tax all bicycles, razor scooters, skateboards because they have wheels?!

UNREAL just how brazen and ridiculous this is, this on top of we’re already taxed with fishing licenses, boat/trailer registrations, bait/tackle sales tax.

Another money grab by the marxist/leftist/progressive/demoncrats of this state.

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dexterandropolis says:

January 17, 2023 at 1:54 pm

Thank you Vermont Daily Chronicle for this valuable public service!

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