Final Reading: Many bills made it across the crossover threshold. Some did not.
Friday was the deadline for bills to clear their committee of origin. Those that didn’t are unlikely to become law this session.
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Friday was the deadline for bills to clear their committee of origin. Those that didn’t are unlikely to become law this session.
“Our laws should protect people, not push them further toward the margins of our society,” Sen. Becca White said at a press conference calling on Vermont to decriminalize sex work.
The current version of the bill would require the Vermont Pension Investment Commission to create a plan to divest Vermont’s three statutory pension plans — with a few exemptions — from the fossil fuel industry by 2031.
The legislative session’s midway Town Meeting break marks a brief respite before legislators return to a flurry of activity leading up to Crossover Day.
Vermont Democratic Party executive director Jim Dandeneau said the party had no role in planning or promoting the Victory Institute’s reception.