Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. MONTPELIER â The process of addressing the stateâs multi-billion dollar unfunded pension liability took a significant step Thursday, as the House gave preliminary approval to a bill changing the pension fundsâ governance and convening a task force to find solutions to a $5.6 billion problem. The bill, H. 449, expands the Vermont Pension Investment Committee to 10 members and makes it an independent commission. It also sets forth the membership and charge of a 15-member task force to study how to cut the stateâs yearly payments and unfunded liability, looking at benefits, structure, risk-sharing and potential revenue sources as well as impact on employees.