2017-2018 Session

An act relating to miscellaneous changes to the Medicaid program and the Department of Vermont Health Access

Sponsor: Claire Ayer

An act relating to miscellaneous judiciary procedures

Sponsor: Richard Sears

An act relating to offender and inmate records

Sponsor: Joseph Benning

An act relating to aquatic nuisance control, Act 250 corrective actions, and beverage container redemption

Sponsor: John Rodgers

An act relating to universal recycling requirements

Sponsor: John Rodgers

An act relating to adjudicating all teenagers in the Family Division, except those charged with a serious violent felony

Sponsor: Richard Sears

An act relating to ensuring a coordinated public health approach to addressing childhood adversity and promoting resilience

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

An act relating to rural economic development

Sponsor: Robert Starr

An act relating to prescription drug price transparency and cost containment

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

An act relating to systemic improvements of the mental health system

Sponsor: Claire Ayer

An act relating to miscellaneous law enforcement amendments

Sponsor: Jeanette White

An act relating to health information technology and health information exchange

Sponsor: Health Care

An act relating to improving rental housing safety

Sponsor: General, Housing and Military Affairs

An act relating to approval of the adoption of the charter of the Edward Farrar Utility District and the merger of the Village of Waterbury into the District

Sponsor: Thomas Stevens

An act relating to establishing a State individual mandate

Sponsor: Timothy Briglin

An act relating to miscellaneous consumer protection provisions

Sponsor: Michael Marcotte

An act relating to compensation for certain State employees (Pay Act)

Sponsor: Government Operations

An act relating to employment protections for crime victims

Sponsor: Thomas Stevens

An act relating to automated license plate recognition systems

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

An act relating to providing representation to needy persons concerning immigration matters

Sponsor: Deborah Ingram

An act relating to creating an Older Vermonters Act working group

Sponsor: Ann Pugh

An act relating to miscellaneous energy subjects

Sponsor: Michael Yantachka

An act relating to the Open Meeting Law and the Public Records Act

Sponsor: Government Operations

An act relating to bail reform

Sponsor: Maxine Grad

An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Sponsor: Appropriations

An act relating to changes in Vermont’s personal income tax and education financing system

Sponsor: Ways and Means

An act relating to liability for toxic substance exposures or releases

Sponsor: Brian Campion

An act relating to regulating notaries public

Sponsor: Government Operations

An act relating to consumer justice enforcement

Sponsor: Christopher Pearson

An act relating to protecting consumers and promoting an open Internet in Vermont.

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Colchester

Sponsor: Patrick Brennan

An act relating to energy productivity investments under the self-managed energy efficiency program

Sponsor: William Botzow

An act relating to miscellaneous workers' compensation and occupational safety amendments

Sponsor: Michael Marcotte

An act relating to pilot programs for coverage by commercial health insurers of costs associated with medication-assisted treatment

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

An act relating to establishing the Commission on Sentencing Disparities and Criminal Code Reclassification

Sponsor: Martin LaLonde

An act relating to human trafficking

Sponsor: Linda Sullivan

An act relating to the admissibility of a child’s hearsay statements in a proceeding before the Human Services Board

Sponsor: Maxine Grad

An act relating to legislative review of certain report requirements

Sponsor: Government Operations

An act relating to the creation of the Artificial Intelligence Task Force

Sponsor: Brian Cina

An act relating to municipal land use regulation of accessory on-farm businesses

Sponsor: Harvey Smith

An act relating to beer franchises

Sponsor: Johannah Donovan

An act relating to appliance efficiency, energy planning, and electric vehicle parking

Sponsor: Marcia Gardner

An act relating to requiring municipal corporations to affirmatively vote to retain ownership of lease lands

Sponsor: John Gannon

An act relating to lead poisoning prevention

Sponsor: Ann Pugh

An act relating to insurance companies and trust companies

Sponsor: William Botzow

An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to municipal law

Sponsor: Robert Laclair

An act relating to disclosures in campaign finance law

Sponsor: John Gannon

An act relating to the wholesale importation of prescription drugs into Vermont

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

An act relating to eliminating the statute of limitations on prosecutions for sexual assault

Sponsor: Maxine Grad

An act relating to creating the Department of Liquor and Lottery and the Board of Liquor and Lottery

Sponsor: Thomas Stevens

An act relating to conditions of release prior to trial

Sponsor: Maxine Grad

House resolution requesting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to revise its draft guidance on nutritional labeling to eliminate the added sugars listing requirement for honey and pure maple syrup

Sponsor: Agriculture and Forestry

House concurrent resolution honoring Curtis R. Whiteway of Craftsbury for his military valor, his participation in the liberation of Nazi concentration and death camps, and as a passionate Holocaust educator

Sponsor: Vicki Strong

House concurrent resolution honoring Nathaniel Frothingham as an outstanding educator and for his wise journalistic leadership of the Montpelier Bridge

Sponsor: Mary Hooper

House concurrent resolution honoring Professor and former State Senator William T. Doyle on the conclusion of his distinguished academic career at Johnson State College

Sponsor: Richard Westman

House concurrent resolution honoring Dartmouth College undergraduate students Nicole Beckman, Hanna Bliska, and Eliza Jane Schaeffer for their research report entitled "Medication Assisted Treatment Programs in State Correctional Facilities in Vermont"

Sponsor: Corrections and Institutions

House concurrent resolution in memory of former Governor Philip Henderson Hoff

Sponsor: David Ainsworth

House concurrent resolution in memory of Vermont folklorist Gregory L. Sharrow

Sponsor: Curtis McCormack

House concurrent resolution honoring Peter Geiss for his exemplary public service as a school board member in the Underhill Central School and Mount Mansfield Modified Union School districts

Sponsor: George Till

House concurrent resolution congratulating the St. Johnsbury Academy chess team on winning the 2018 Vermont State Scholastic Chess Championships

Sponsor: Scott Beck

House concurrent resolution congratulating Dr. Delores Barbeau on her receipt of the 2018 George F. Leland Community Health Service Award

Sponsor: Carolyn Partridge

An act relating to identification of gender-free restrooms in public buildings and places of public accommodation

Sponsor: Selene Colburn

An act relating to inquiries about an applicant’s salary history

Sponsor: Mary Sullivan

House concurrent resolution welcoming to Vermont the Association of Food and Drug Officials’ 122nd Annual Educational Conference

Sponsor: Terence Macaig

An act relating to the registration of short-term rentals

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

House concurrent resolution commemorating the 80-year history of the second Statue of Agriculture on the Vermont State House dome

Sponsor: Warren Kitzmiller

House resolution encouraging schools in Vermont to offer the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s hunter education courses

Sponsor: Mark Higley

An act relating to reporting requirements for the second year of the Vermont Medicaid Next Generation ACO Pilot Project

Sponsor: Health Care

An act relating to nursing home oversight

Sponsor: Human Services

An act relating to the Vermont Fair Repair Act

Sponsor: Christopher Pearson

An act relating to services for individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or DeafBlind

Sponsor: Jeanette White

An act relating to limiting liability for animal shelter and rescue organizations assisting law enforcement in animal cruelty investigations

Sponsor: Richard Sears

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 West Rutland High School Golden Horde Division IV girls’ championship softball team

Sponsor: David Potter

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Essex Junction all-stars Little League Baseball team on winning the 2017 Vermont State championship

Sponsor: Linda Myers

House concurrent resolution congratulating Carl Fung on winning the 2017 national LEGO REBRICK SuperBots contest

Sponsor: Linda Myers

House concurrent resolution honoring Vermont high school students who have achieved fluency in world languages other than English, and welcoming the establishment of a Vermont Seal of Biliteracy

Sponsor: Charles Kimbell

House concurrent resolution congratulating Wilson House in East Dorset on its 30th anniversary

Sponsor: Linda Sullivan

House concurrent resolution commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Castleton Colonial Day Historic House Tour

Sponsor: Robert Helm

House concurrent resolution designating the week of May 7, 2018 as Women’s Lung Health Week

Sponsor: Mollie Burke

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Oxbow Union High School Olympians Division III championship girls’ softball team and honoring Coach Robin Wozny on the completion of her outstanding high school coaching career

Sponsor: Sarah Copeland-Hanzas

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2018 Vermont History Day winners

Sponsor: William Lippert

House concurrent resolution congratulating Miss Vermont 2017 Erin Connor of Bridport

Sponsor: Harvey Smith

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Hinesburg Fire Department on its 75th anniversary

Sponsor: William Lippert

House concurrent resolution in memory of Bellows Falls educator and civic leader Francis X. Coyne

Sponsor: Carolyn Partridge

House concurrent resolution congratulating Honorary Shaftsbury Fire Chief Charles O. Becker on 70 years of exemplary service

Sponsor: Mary Morrissey

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Migrant Justice organization on the progress achieved with its Milk with Dignity Program

Sponsor: Ruqaiyah Morris

House resolution encouraging the Senate of the State of Vermont in 2019 to initiate a proposal for a State constitutional amendment to remove from the Vermont Constitution all language authorizing slavery or indentured servitude

Sponsor: Brian Cina

An act relating to the sale and use of fireworks

Sponsor: Charles Shaw

An act relating to the protection of pollinators

Sponsor: Agriculture and Forestry

An act relating to the Honor and Remember Flag

Sponsor: Vicki Strong

An act relating to timing of a decree nisi in a divorce proceeding

Sponsor: Margaret Flory

An act relating to professional licensing for service members and veterans

Sponsor: General, Housing and Military Affairs

An act relating to the statute of limitations for recovery and possession of property actions against the grantee of a tax collector’s deed

Sponsor: Rodney Graham

An act relating to establishing the Unused Prescription Drug Repository Program

Sponsor: Claire Ayer

An act relating to Vermont’s adoption of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact

Sponsor: Claire Ayer

An act relating to flags and flag-flying protocol

Sponsor: Maida Townsend

House concurrent resolution congratulating the George J. Brooks Memorial Library on its 50th Anniversary

Sponsor: Valerie Stuart

House concurrent resolution congratulating Sister Janice Ryan on her receipt of the 2018 New England Board of Higher Education’s Vermont State Award

Sponsor: Alice Miller

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2018 winners of the Vermont Forest Products Association and the Northeast Loggers Association awards

Sponsor: Patti Lewis

House concurrent resolution congratulating George Thomson on being named the 2018 Vermont Elementary School Principal of the Year

Sponsor: Dennis Devereux

House resolution opposing the proposed NewVistas development project in the rural areas of the towns of Royalton, Sharon, Strafford, and Tunbridge

Sponsor: Timothy Briglin

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2018 Mill River Union High School Minutemen Division II championship cheerleading team

Sponsor: David Potter

An act relating to alternative approaches to addressing low-level illicit drug use

Sponsor: Maxine Grad

House concurrent resolution honoring Peter Gilbert for his outstanding leadership of the Vermont Humanities Council

Sponsor: Warren Kitzmiller

House concurrent resolution designating April 19, 2018 as Vermont Golf Day

Sponsor: Bernard Juskiewicz

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Vermont team on winning the 2018 New England Nordic Skiing Association U-16 championship

Sponsor: Terence Macaig

An act relating to regenerative farming

Sponsor: Agriculture and Forestry

An act relating to State-owned airports and economic development

Sponsor: Michael Marcotte

House concurrent resolution congratulating Wallace L. Mattison of Pownal on his appointment as Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France

Sponsor: Mary Morrissey

House concurrent resolution honoring Dawn Francis for her career achievements as a regional planner, municipal administrator, and public policy advocate

Sponsor: Curt Taylor

House concurrent resolution designating April 2018 as Veterans Suicide Awareness Month in Vermont

Sponsor: Vicki Strong

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2018 Middlebury Union High School Tigers Division II championship boys’ Nordic skiing team

Sponsor: Peter Conlon

House concurrent resolution commemorating the centennial of Newport? City

Sponsor: Michael Marcotte

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Our Community Cares Camp organization on entering its 10th year of operation

Sponsor: Marcia Gardner

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2018 Vermont-associated winter Olympians

Sponsor: Sarah Copeland-Hanzas

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2018 BFA-St. Albans Comets State championship girls’ snowboarding team

Sponsor: Corey Parent

House concurrent resolution honoring Karen Richard for her exemplary municipal public service career in the town of Colchester

Sponsor: Patrick Brennan

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2018 Windsor High School Yellowjackets Division III championship boys’ basketball team

Sponsor: Paul Belaski

Joint resolution requesting the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, and Congress to adopt more effective measures to enforce the federal Do Not Call list and to police illegal robocalls

Sponsor: Kathleen Keenan

An act relating to administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Sponsor: Ann Pugh

Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

An act relating to repealing the crimes of vagrancy

Sponsor: Janssen Willhoit

An act relating to establishing the Child Fatality Review Team

Sponsor: Brian Keefe

An act relating to management of records

Sponsor: Maida Townsend

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2018 Mount St. Joseph Academy Mounties on winning a fourth consecutive Division IV girls’ basketball championship

Sponsor: Mary Howard

House concurrent resolution honoring Chittenden community leader Robert Bearor

Sponsor: Jim Harrison

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2018 St. Johnsbury Academy Hilltoppers State championship boys’ alpine skiing team

Sponsor: Scott Beck

House concurrent resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of the federal Fair Housing Act and designating April 2018 as Fair Housing Month in Vermont

Sponsor: Helen Head

House concurrent resolution recognizing the centrality of small business in the growth and prosperity of the Vermont economy

Sponsor: William Botzow

House concurrent resolution congratulating Owen Pelletier of Rivendell Academy on being named a 2017 Valley News High School Athlete of the? Year

Sponsor: Sarah Copeland-Hanzas

House resolution requesting the Executive Branch to use available funds to examine the connection between excessive video game playing and the propensity to engage in gun violence and to propose restrictions on the rental or sale of violent video games to persons under a designated age for legislative consideration during the 2019 session of the General Assembly

Sponsor: Douglas Gage

An act relating to the annual town meeting of the unified towns and gores of Essex County

Sponsor: John Rodgers

An act relating to the application of general law to chartered municipalities

Sponsor: Government Operations

An act relating to nonresident clergy authorized to solemnize marriages

Sponsor: Deborah Ingram

An act relating to removal of firearms from a person arrested or cited for domestic assault

Sponsor: Maxine Grad

House resolution encouraging schools in Vermont to offer the Eddie Eagle GunSafe program and the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s hunter education courses

Sponsor: Mark Higley

House concurrent resolution designating Tuesday, April 3, 2018 as National Service Day in Vermont

Sponsor: Daniel Noyes

House concurrent resolution in memory of Antonio B. Pomerleau of Burlington

Sponsor: Kurt Wright

House concurrent resolution commemorating the 125th anniversary of the legislative incorporation of the Village of Essex Junction

Sponsor: Lori Houghton

An act relating to tax increment financing districts

Sponsor: Michael Marcotte

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2018 Sharon Academy Phoenix Division IV championship boys’ basketball team

Sponsor: James Masland

House concurrent resolution congratulating Bennington Fire Department’s Eagle Hose Company No.4 President Joseph A. Wassick for his 60-year tenure as a company member

Sponsor: Mary Morrissey

House concurrent resolution honoring Jeannine Griffin of Brandon as an educator and as a woman active in her faith community

Sponsor: Charles Shaw

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2018 Essex High School Hornets Division I championship boys’ ice hockey team

Sponsor: Linda Myers

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2018 Rutland High School Division I championship cheerleading team

Sponsor: Peter Fagan

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Vermont State Housing Authority on its 50th anniversary

Sponsor: Helen Head

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2018 Fair Haven Union High School Slaters Division II championship boys’ basketball team

Sponsor: William Canfield

Joint resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation to amend the Department’s lease with the Stowe Mountain Resort and to amend a conservation easement in the Town of Plymouth

Sponsor: Institutions

House concurrent resolution honoring the TRIO academic programs in Vermont and designating March 29, 2018 as TRIO Day at the State House

Sponsor: Dylan Giambatista

House concurrent resolution congratulating Southwestern Medical Center on its centennial anniversary

Sponsor: Mary Morrissey

An act relating to household products containing hazardous substances

Sponsor: David Deen

An act relating to parole eligibility

Sponsor: Mollie Burke

Senate concurrent resolution designating Saturday, March 24, 2018 as Northeast Kingdom Day in Vermont

Sponsor: Jane Kitchel

An act relating to Wastewater Systems and potable water supplies lending

Sponsor: Fred Baser

House concurrent resolution celebrating the cultural and economic centrality of agriculture in the State of Vermont

House concurrent resolution congratulating the St. Johnsbury Academy Hilltoppers on winning their fourth consecutive Division I girls’ indoor track and field championship

Sponsor: Scott Beck

House concurrent resolution designating March 22, 2018 as Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day at the State House

Sponsor: Barbara Rachelson

Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

House concurrent resolution designating March 2018 as National Social Work Month in Vermont

Sponsor: Brian Cina

House resolution urging the Department of Public Service and the Governor to ensure that those areas the CoverageCo micro-cell network was intended to serve have access to cellular services, including E-911

Sponsor: Laura Sibilia

Joint resolution authorizing the Green Mountain Boys State educational program to use the State House

Sponsor: Michael Marcotte

House resolution requesting that Congress repeal Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and prohibit warrantless surveillance and that the President grant clemency to Edward J. Snowden

Sponsor: Brian Cina

An act relating to the preparation of a fiscal note on any bill that creates an electric, thermal, or transportation measure that results in changes to carbon emissions

Sponsor: Christopher Bray

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2018 Milton High School Yellowjackets Division II boys’ championship indoor track and field team

Sponsor: Donald Turner

House concurrent resolution honoring Brendan J. Whittaker of Brunswick for his years of insightful leadership in the State, municipal, and religious sectors

Sponsor: Constance Quimby

Senate concurrent resolution congratulating the Woodstock Stoners on winning the 2017 Maine-iac ‘Spiel curling championship

Sponsor: Alison Clarkson

An act relating to promoting television and film production

Sponsor: Brian Keefe

House concurrent resolution in memory of Gordon E. Tallman of Hyde Park

Sponsor: Mark Higley

An act relating to State Board of Education approval of independent schools

Sponsor: Philip Baruth

An act relating to corrective action plans under Act 250

Sponsor: Robert Forguites

Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

An act relating to saliva testing

Sponsor: David Potter

An act relating to exempting trailers in storage from the property tax

Sponsor: Richard Sears

An act relating to taxation of aircraft fuel

Sponsor: Transportation

An act relating to creating a homeowner’s rehabilitation tax credit

Sponsor: William Botzow

House concurrent resolution designating the week of May 6–12, 2018 as Teacher Appreciation Week in Vermont

Sponsor: David Sharpe

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Mount Holly Community Historical Museum on celebrating its 50th Anniversary

Sponsor: Dennis Devereux

House concurrent resolution honoring Donna Fitch for her outstanding municipal public service in the Town of Calais

Sponsor: Janet Ancel

House concurrent resolution in memory of former Representative and Rockingham Town Moderator Michael P. Harty

Sponsor: Carolyn Partridge

House concurrent resolution honoring H. Kent Wright III for his civic engagement in the town of Bridport

Sponsor: Harvey Smith

House concurrent resolution in memory of former Mendon Town Clerk Helen Ruth Johnson Lawrence

Sponsor: Jim Harrison

An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Rutland

Sponsor: Peter Fagan

An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Barre

Sponsor: Robert Laclair

An act relating to the authority of the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation to enter into land transactions

Sponsor: Institutions

An act relating to the Exchange special enrollment period for pregnancy

Sponsor: Claire Ayer

An act relating to a study of approaches to greenhouse gas reduction

Sponsor: Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife

House concurrent resolution in memory of former Speaker of the House and Brattleboro Town Moderator Timothy J. O’Connor Jr.

Sponsor: David Deen

House concurrent resolution in memory of former Granby Selectboard Chair Fredrick W. Hodgdon Sr. of Granby

Sponsor: Constance Quimby

House concurrent resolution designating February 16, 2018 as After-school and Summer Learning Day at the State House

Sponsor: Diane Lanpher

House concurrent resolution honoring former Caledonia County Victim Advocate Susan Carr

Sponsor: Janssen Willhoit

An act relating to compensation for jury duty

Sponsor: Michael Mrowicki

An act relating to the legislative directory prepared by the Secretary of State

Sponsor: Charles Kimbell

Joint resolution providing for a Joint Assembly to vote on the retention of one Superior Judge and one Magistrate

Sponsor: Alice Nitka

House concurrent resolution honoring F. William Holiday Jr. of Dummerston on his life of athletic and scholastic accomplishments and outstanding municipal civic service

Sponsor: Michael Mrowicki

An act relating to increased funding for the Connectivity Initiative

Sponsor: Laura Sibilia

An act relating to conducting an analysis of eliminating Vermont’s sales and use tax

Sponsor: Scott Beck

An act relating to authorizing towns to increase the smoking age to 21

Sponsor: George Till

House concurrent resolution congratulating the U-32 High School Raiders on winning a fifth consecutive boys’ outdoor track and field championship

Sponsor: Kimberly Jessup

An act relating to mitigating statewide systemic racism

Sponsor: Kevin Christie

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Class of Boy Scout Eagle rank recipients in Vermont

Sponsor: Peter Fagan

House concurrent resolution honoring Patrick Scheidel for his exemplary 27-year career as Essex Town Manager

Sponsor: Linda Myers

House concurrent resolution in memory of former Representative Gordon N. Stafford of Brighton

Sponsor: Paul Lefebvre

An act relating to the study of a new tax increment financing program

Sponsor: James Masland

Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

Senate resolution encouraging its members, in 2019, to initiate an amendment to the Vermont Constitution regarding equal rights

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

An act relating to creating a pilot program for the Universal Children’s Higher Education Savings Account Program

Sponsor: Diane Lanpher

House concurrent resolution designating Wednesday, February 7, 2018 as Farm to School Awareness Day at the State House

Sponsor: Carolyn Partridge

An act relating to notice of sale of property subject to unpaid property taxes

Sponsor: Judiciary

Joint resolution establishing a procedure for the conduct of the election of two legislative trustees of the Vermont State Colleges Corporation by plurality vote by the General Assembly in 2018

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

House concurrent resolution in memory of decorated U.S. Army combat veteran and distinguished Boy Scout leader Stanley Burnham

Sponsor: Kevin Christie

House resolution recognizing the importance of the Black Lives Matter Movement

An act relating to municipal authority to adopt nuisance ordinances regarding marijuana odor

Sponsor: Scott Beck

An act relating to penalties for furnishing alcoholic beverages to minors

Sponsor: Charles Kimbell

An act relating to prohibiting the involuntary sterilization of individuals with an intellectual disability

Sponsor: Brian Cina

An act relating to designations related to music

Sponsor: Michael Yantachka

An act relating to suspicion-based drug testing in the Reach Up program

Sponsor: Donald Turner

An act relating to creating a workforce training pilot project for weatherization trades

Sponsor: William Botzow

An act relating to the provision of medication-assisted treatment for inmates

Sponsor: Daniel Connor

An act relating to the term of service for district officers of a union school district or unified union district

Sponsor: Daniel Connor

Joint resolution affirming all Vermonters’ right to freedom of expression and dissent through nonviolent means of expression and assembly and that the State of Vermont must ensure the protection of these fundamental rights

Sponsor: Alice Emmons

An act relating to expungement of misdemeanor marijuana convictions

Sponsor: Maxine Grad

An act relating to workforce development for clean water initiatives

Sponsor: Robert Frenier

An act relating to the administration of federally funded workforce education and training programs

Sponsor: Kathleen Keenan

An act relating to reforming the parole system

Sponsor: Barbara Rachelson

House concurrent resolution recognizing January 2018 as National Mentoring Month in Vermont

Sponsor: David Ainsworth

An act relating to liability for toxic substance exposures or releases

Sponsor: Cynthia Browning

An act relating to the Vermont Broadband Internet Privacy Act

Sponsor: Kathleen Keenan

An act relating to miscellaneous economic development provisions

Sponsor: Jim Harrison

An act relating to establishing a process for the statewide negotiation of health care benefits for school employees

Sponsor: Scott Beck

An act relating to clarifying the meaning of the term cooperative for certain tax purposes

Sponsor: Philip Hooper

House concurrent resolution designating Wednesday, January 31, 2018 as Mental Health Advocacy Day at the State House

Sponsor: Health Care

An act relating to the creation of the Grow Vermont Categorical Grant Fund

Sponsor: Scott Beck

Joint resolution providing for a Joint Assembly for the election of two legislative Trustees of the Vermont State Colleges Corporation

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

An act relating to public education innovation zones

Sponsor: Brian Keefe

An act relating to modernizing the workforce development system

Sponsor: William Botzow

An act relating to providing workforce training funds for small businesses

Sponsor: William Botzow

An act relating to school suspensions

Sponsor: Kathryn Webb

An act relating to strict liability for damages caused by domestic dogs

Sponsor: Michael Mrowicki

An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to the medical marijuana program

Sponsor: Brian Keefe

An act relating to allowing a court to order child support to be continued until the child attains 26 years of age for purposes of health insurance and cash medical support

Sponsor: Lori Houghton

Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

An act relating to requiring consent to photograph, film, or record at a peer support group meeting

Sponsor: William Lippert

An act relating to the valuation of taxable property in Vermont

Sponsor: Charles Kimbell

An act relating to promoting and expanding workforce development and recruitment

Sponsor: Patricia McCoy

An act relating to a "high performance" exemption from the energy efficiency charge

Sponsor: Laura Sibilia

An act relating to the education spending calculation for the Town of East Montpelier

Sponsor: Kimberly Jessup

An act relating to designating a public assistance officer within the Agency of Human Services

Sponsor: Brian Keefe

An act relating to employee scheduling

Sponsor: Rachael Fields

An act relating to a procedure for municipal corporations to retain or release title to certain lease lands

Sponsor: Helen Head

An act relating to regulation of ambulatory surgical centers

Sponsor: David Yacovone

An act relating to a surcharge on income taxes

Sponsor: Mary Howard

An act relating to limiting the length of the legislative session

Sponsor: Donald Turner

An act relating to making numerous tax changes, including exempting certain Social Security benefits and military retirement pay from State taxation

Sponsor: William Canfield

An act relating to the adoption of ethnic studies standards into statewide educational standards and a policy on ethnic and social equity in schools by public schools and approved independent schools

Sponsor: Ruqaiyah Morris

An act relating to protecting land at interstate interchanges and protecting settlement patterns

Sponsor: Mollie Burke

An act relating to increasing the downtown and village center tax credit

Sponsor: William Botzow

An act relating to child marriage

Sponsor: Carol Ode

An act relating to the requirement to pass a civics test for high school graduation

Sponsor: Jessica Brumsted

An act relating to exempting adult children’s income for purposes of the income sensitivity adjustment

Sponsor: Kevin Christie

An act relating to the Vermont National Guard

Sponsor: Jean O'Sullivan

An act relating to miscellaneous highway and motor vehicle provisions

Sponsor: Valerie Stuart

An act relating to restricting the use of coupons and discounts for prescription drugs

Sponsor: William Lippert

An act relating to site-neutral reimbursement for physical therapists

Sponsor: Carol Ode

An act relating to delegating public enforcement powers to private attorneys general

Sponsor: Ruqaiyah Morris

An act relating to providing financial assistance for animal-welfare-certified producers in Vermont

Sponsor: Samuel Young

An act relating to creating an automotive workforce training pilot program

Sponsor: Daniel Noyes

An act relating to providing for cash penalties against landlords who fail to provide adequate heat

Sponsor: James Condon

An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

Sponsor: Martin LaLonde

An act relating to precluding defendants held without bail from the Home Detention Program

Sponsor: Robin Chesnut-Tangerman

An act relating to workers’ compensation

Sponsor: Jean O'Sullivan

An act relating to limiting the imposition of appearance bonds

Sponsor: Selene Colburn

An act relating to waiver of court surcharges and certain program fees for a person who is charged with DUI and is represented by a public defender

Sponsor: Ben Joseph

An act relating to the regulation of transportation network companies

Sponsor: Matthew Hill

An act relating to farm truck and agricultural custom service vehicle registration fees

Sponsor: Kathleen Keenan

An act relating to special licenses for domestic pets and wolf-hybrids

Sponsor: Carolyn Partridge

An act relating to rental housing and installation of antennas

Sponsor: Brian Savage

An act relating to municipal development planning and healthy community design

Sponsor: Daniel Noyes

An act relating to prohibiting public employers from offering cash in lieu of health coverage to certain employees

Sponsor: Martin LaLonde

An act relating to creating a Windham County Regional Career Center website pilot project

Sponsor: Valerie Stuart

An act relating to funding domestic violence accountability programs and the position of Vermont Council on Domestic Violence Coordinator

Sponsor: Maida Townsend

An act relating to prohibiting housing discrimination based on immigration status

Sponsor: Kimberly Jessup

An act relating to veterans and military affairs

Sponsor: William Canfield

House concurrent resolution honoring Jeffrey M. Lewis for his people-centric organizational leadership

Sponsor: Laura Sibilia

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 St. Johnsbury Academy Hilltoppers Division I championship football team

Sponsor: Scott Beck

An act relating to interconnection studies for small renewable generation plants

Sponsor: James Masland

House concurrent resolution recognizing the important health care contributions of nurse anesthetists and the week of January 21-27, 2018 as National Nurse Anesthetists Week in Vermont

Sponsor: Kathleen Keenan

An act relating to establishing a non-opioid directive form

Sponsor: Sarah Copeland-Hanzas

An act relating to increasing the smoking age to 21 and raising taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products

Sponsor: George Till

An act relating to female genital mutilation

Sponsor: George Till

An act relating to Vermont’s personal income tax

Sponsor: Ben Joseph

An act relating to jurors’ compensation

Sponsor: Jeanette White

An act relating to the imposition of an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages

Sponsor: David Sharpe

An act relating to the exemption from the minimum wage for students

Sponsor: Timothy Briglin

An act relating to municipal property taxation of private college and university buildings

Sponsor: Anne Donahue

An act relating to the calculation of income for purposes of the homestead property tax income sensitivity adjustment and renter rebate

Sponsor: James Masland

Senate concurrent resolution honoring the Martin Family for its pioneering role in Vermont television broadcasting

Sponsor: Richard Mazza

An act relating to eliminating certain prior authorization requirements for some health care providers

Sponsor: Charles Conquest

An act relating to solar generation and renewable energy credits

Sponsor: Charles Shaw

An act relating to application of the solid waste franchise tax

Sponsor: William Botzow

An act relating to the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust

Sponsor: Mary Sullivan

An act relating to the registration of short-term rentals

Sponsor: Jean O'Sullivan

An act relating to coyote-hunting competitions

Sponsor: Clement Bissonnette

An act relating to eliminating penalties for possession of limited amounts of marijuana by adults 21 years of age or older

Sponsor: Transportation

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 South Burlington High School Wolves Division I championship boys’ soccer team

Sponsor: Martin LaLonde

An act relating to certificates of need and to replacing the Health Resource Allocation Plan

Sponsor: William Lippert

An act relating to eliminating fees for placing or removing a credit freeze

Sponsor: Janet Ancel

House concurrent resolution designating January 2018 as School Board Recognition Month

Sponsor: Martin LaLonde

An act relating to changes to Act 250

Sponsor: Peter Fagan

House concurrent resolution honoring former Senator Elizabeth M. Ready for her dedicated leadership on issues pertaining to social justice

Sponsor: Diane Lanpher

An act relating to prohibiting excessive and unusual motor vehicle noise

Sponsor: Cynthia Weed

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Essex High School Hornets Division I championship boys’ golf team

Sponsor: Linda Myers

An act relating to Burlington International Airport and noise compatibility programs

Sponsor: Maida Townsend

An act relating to delegation to members, officers, and employees of the Green Mountain Care Board

Sponsor: William Lippert

An act relating to co-payment limits for chiropractic services

Sponsor: Mary Sullivan

An act relating to price transparency for surgeries and procedures

Sponsor: Elizabeth Dunn

An act relating to the issuance of service branch-specific license plates

Sponsor: Ann Pugh

An act relating to co-payments for nonpharmacological approaches to treating pain

Sponsor: Elizabeth Dunn

An act relating to the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos

Sponsor: Sandy Haas

An act relating to defective used motor vehicles

Sponsor: Kevin Christie

An act relating to limiting Vermont income taxation of certain Social Security benefits

Sponsor: Robin Chesnut-Tangerman

An act relating to coverage for costs associated with medication-assisted treatment by commercial health insurers

Sponsor: Ann Pugh

An act relating to increasing the penalties for violating laws governing the use of portable electronic devices while driving

Sponsor: Brian Smith

An act relating to access to Vermont Prescription Monitoring System data by academic researchers

Sponsor: Ann Pugh

An act relating to establishing the Unused Prescription Drug Repository Program

Sponsor: Ann Pugh

An act relating to shared parental rights and responsibilities and equal parent-child contact

Sponsor: James McCullough

An act relating to veterans’ benefits and pensions and the calculation of income for purposes of the homestead property tax income sensitivity adjustment and renter rebate

Sponsor: Paul Poirier

An act relating to protecting the right to garden in a common interest community

Sponsor: Linda Myers

An act relating to consumer protection and motor vehicle lessees

Sponsor: Maida Townsend

An act relating to removing cosmetology requirements from barbering licensure

Sponsor: William Canfield

An act relating to wrecker rotation lists

Sponsor: Patrick Brennan

An act relating to insurance coverage for fertility preservation for insureds diagnosed with cancer

Sponsor: George Till

House concurrent resolution designating Wednesday, January 10, 2018, as Homelessness Awareness Day at the State House

Sponsor: Helen Head

An act relating to the Automated Vehicle Inspection Program

Sponsor: Mark MacDonald

An act relating to tipped employees

Sponsor: Kurt Wright

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Milton High School Yellowjackets Division II championship girls’ soccer team

Sponsor: Donald Turner

An act relating to fencing along limited access facilities

Sponsor: Mark MacDonald

House concurrent resolution congratulating renowned painter Wolf Kahn on his 90th birthday

Sponsor: Valerie Stuart

An act relating to the use of formaldehyde in cosmetics

Sponsor: Kathryn Webb

An act relating to enforcement of motor vehicle overweight laws

Sponsor: Charles Shaw

An act relating to illuminating vehicle lights while windshield wipers are in use

Sponsor: Cynthia Weed

An act relating to correcting the name of the Green Mountain Transit Authority throughout the Vermont Statutes Annotated

Sponsor: Curtis McCormack

An act relating to prohibiting the use of a portable electronic device in a crosswalk

Sponsor: Matthew Trieber

An act relating to protecting the right to quiet enjoyment of multifamily residential property

Sponsor: Jim Harrison

Joint resolution to provide for a Joint Assembly to hear the budget message of the Governor

Sponsor: Jane Kitchel

An act relating to debt collection

Sponsor: Linda Sullivan

House resolution amending the Rules and Orders of the House of Representatives relating to standing committees’ review of reports within their jurisdiction

Sponsor: Dylan Giambatista

An act relating to jurors’ compensation

Sponsor: Donald Turner

An act relating to the incidental trapping of fur-bearing animals or other wildlife

Sponsor: Michael Yantachka

An act relating to the exemption for nonprofit organizations from the meals? tax

Sponsor: Barbara Murphy

An act relating to fishing access areas

Sponsor: David Deen

An act relating to the disproportionate share hospital payment formula

Sponsor: Benjamin Jickling

An act relating to establishing the Coordinator of Trauma-Informed Systems and the Childhood Trauma Tri-Branch Commission

Sponsor: Michael Mrowicki

An act relating to passing vulnerable users

Sponsor: Brian Savage

House concurrent resolution in memory of Kenneth Paul Bonin of Georgia

Sponsor: Carl Rosenquist

House concurrent resolution designating Saturday, June 2, 2018 as Neighbors Day in Vermont

Sponsor: Lori Houghton

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Essex High School Hornets championship girls’ volleyball team

Sponsor: Linda Myers

An act relating to bicycle helmets

Sponsor: Jim Harrison

House concurrent resolution honoring Francis Favreau for his extraordinary contributions to the civic, health care, and religious institutions of Morristown

Sponsor: David Yacovone

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Thetford Academy Panthers Division III championship girls’ soccer team

Sponsor: James Masland

House concurrent resolution congratulating Drake Hull of Rutland on winning the Vermont Golf Association’s 2017 Vermont Amateur Golf Championship

Sponsor: Bernard Juskiewicz

House concurrent resolution in memory of Sandra Lee Casey

Sponsor: David Ainsworth

An act relating to addition of a new highway segment in the Town of Brattleboro to the State highway system

Sponsor: Mollie Burke

An act relating to temporary care orders

Sponsor: Janssen Willhoit

House concurrent resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Russian author, historian, and former Cavendish resident Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

Sponsor: Annmarie Christensen

An act relating to funding the cleanup of State waters

Sponsor: David Deen

An act relating to abolishing adverse possession actions

Sponsor: Michael Yantachka

An act relating to the Racial Justice Oversight Board

Sponsor: Ruqaiyah Morris

An act relating to municipal and regional land use planning and electric generation siting

Sponsor: John Rodgers

An act relating to the Vermont Employment Growth Incentive Program and economic development

Sponsor: Brian Collamore

An act relating to labor relations for teachers and administrators

Sponsor: Martin LaLonde

An act relating to hospital budgets and reinvesting hospital budget surpluses in social determinants of health

Sponsor: Richard Westman

An act relating to providing limitations on obtaining and using copies of the statewide voter checklist

Sponsor: Dylan Giambatista

An act relating to childhood trauma and the best interests of the child

Sponsor: Janssen Willhoit

An act relating to equal pay

Sponsor: Alison Clarkson

An act relating to delegation to members, officers, and employees of the Green Mountain Care Board

Sponsor: Claire Ayer

An act relating to the taxation of utility lines in Lake Champlain

Sponsor: Christopher Bray

An act relating to establishing a community energy program

Sponsor: Christopher Bray

An act relating to agreements not to compete

Sponsor: Martin LaLonde

An act relating to establishing the Department of Long-Term Care

Sponsor: Alison Clarkson

An act relating to subsurface tile drainage

Sponsor: Claire Ayer

An act relating to permitting unlicensed manual labor assistance to plumbers

Sponsor: David Soucy

An act relating to a statutory definition of the term arbitrary

Sponsor: Michael Sirotkin

An act relating to beer and wine franchises

Sponsor: John Rodgers

An act relating to hospital budgets and reinvesting hospital budget surpluses in social determinants of health

Sponsor: David Yacovone

An act relating to collective bargaining

Sponsor: Philip Baruth

An act relating to educational requirements for child care providers

Sponsor: Carolyn Branagan

An act relating to lowering the rate of increase for mobile home lot rents

Sponsor: Philip Baruth

An act relating to emergency rule amendments

Sponsor: Michael Sirotkin

An act relating to workforce development

Sponsor: Alison Clarkson

An act relating to traffic-control devices and evidentiary presumptions

Sponsor: Alice Nitka

An act relating to current use property taxation

Sponsor: John Rodgers

An act relating to the admissibility of a child’s hearsay statements in a proceeding before the Human Services Board

Sponsor: Richard Sears

An act relating to wrecker rotation lists

Sponsor: John Rodgers

An act relating to the use of formaldehyde in cosmetics

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

An act relating to establishing noise standards for projects subject to State permits for air pollution control and land use

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

An act relating to regulation of ambulatory surgical centers

Sponsor: Claire Ayer

An act relating to third-party access to customer energy use data

Sponsor: Christopher Bray

An act relating to special investigative unit funding

Sponsor: Claire Ayer

An act relating to protecting land at interstate interchanges and protecting settlement patterns

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

An act relating to rulemaking on matters of de minimis importance

Sponsor: Michael Sirotkin

An act relating to the creation of the Women’s Health Stabilization Fund

Sponsor: Michael Mrowicki

An act relating to an income tax credit for home child care

Sponsor: Carolyn Branagan

An act relating to administration and enforcement of agricultural water quality violations

Sponsor: Brian Campion

An act relating to transportation of hazardous materials and emergency management

Sponsor: Brian Campion

An act relating to the Government Accountability Committee and the State Outcomes Report

Sponsor: Scott Beck

An act relating to disclosure of biodiesel content in heating oil

Sponsor: Christopher Bray

An act relating to motor vehicle inspections

Sponsor: Robert Starr

An act relating to establishing a legislative study committee to examine the feasibility of ending the observance of Daylight Saving Time in Vermont

Sponsor: Brian Campion

An act relating to creation of a multistate public pharmacy benefit management program

Sponsor: Claire Ayer

An act relating to mental health parity for workers’ compensation

Sponsor: Sarah Copeland-Hanzas

An act relating to allocation of the energy efficiency charge among customer classes

Sponsor: Mark MacDonald

An act relating to the Vermont National Guard Educational Assistance Program

Sponsor: Richard Westman

An act relating to limiting compensation for employees of nonprofit organizations that receive State funding

Sponsor: Christopher Pearson

An act relating to autocycles

Sponsor: Joseph Benning

An act relating to protecting working forests and habitat

Sponsor: Amy Sheldon

An act relating to the administration of intravenous prescription drugs to cancer patients through local physician practices

Sponsor: Robert Starr

An act relating to explanation of advance directives and treating clinicians who may sign a DNR/COLST

Sponsor: Claire Ayer

An act relating to creating the Department of Liquor and Lottery and the Board of Liquor and Lottery

Sponsor: Alison Clarkson

An act relating to eliminating the information regarding spouses and domestic partners from candidate and Ethics Commission disclosure forms

Sponsor: Carolyn Branagan

An act relating to a plan to elevate the Department of Public Safety to the Agency of Public Safety

Sponsor: Jeanette White

An act relating to the eligibility of students attending approved independent schools that are parochial schools to be eligible for dual enrollment courses

Sponsor: Deborah Ingram

An act relating to the energy transformation category of the Renewable Energy Standard

Sponsor: John Rodgers

An act relating to public access to labor negotiations for teachers and administrators

Sponsor: Joseph Benning

An act relating to mandamus actions

Sponsor: Michael Sirotkin

An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Sponsor: Appropriations

Joint resolution relating to final adjournment of the General Assembly 2017

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

House resolution strongly opposing the announced U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and recognizing Governor Philip Scott’s enrolling Vermont in the U.S. Climate Alliance

Sponsor: Mary Sullivan

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 St. Johnsbury Academy Hilltoppers Division I championship boys’ outdoor track and field team

Sponsor: Scott Beck

An act relating to calculating statewide education tax rates

Sponsor: Education

House concurrent resolution thanking the employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for their role in safeguarding our State’s and nation’s environmental quality

Sponsor: David Deen

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Champlain Valley Union High School girls’ tennis team on winning its third consecutive Division I championship

Sponsor: Michael Yantachka

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 St. Johnsbury Academy Hilltoppers three-time Division I championship girls’ outdoor track and field team

Sponsor: Scott Beck

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Champlain Valley Union High School Redhawks five-time consecutive championship boys’ lacrosse team

Sponsor: Jessica Brumsted

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Hartford Fire Department on being named Vermont’s 2017 Ambulance Service of the Year

Sponsor: Gabrielle Lucke

An act relating to capital construction and State bonding

Sponsor: Corrections and Institutions

An act relating to examining mental health care and care coordination

Sponsor: Health and Welfare

An act relating to establishing the State Ethics Commission and standards of governmental ethical conduct

Sponsor: Anthony Pollina

An act relating to juvenile jurisdiction

Sponsor: Richard Sears

An act relating to offenders with mental illness, inmate records, and inmate services

Sponsor: Richard Sears

An act relating to miscellaneous agriculture subjects

Sponsor: Agriculture and Forestry

An act relating to promoting economic development

Sponsor: Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

An act relating to aquatic nuisance species control

Sponsor: John Rodgers

An act relating to miscellaneous consumer protection provisions

Sponsor: Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

An act relating to the Rozo McLaughlin Farm-to-School Program

Sponsor: Michael Sirotkin

An act relating to insurance coverage for telemedicine services delivered in or outside a health care facility

Sponsor: Deborah Ingram

An act relating to creating the Spousal Support and Maintenance Task Force

Sponsor: Judiciary

An act relating to expungement

Sponsor: Maxine Grad

An act relating to court diversion and pretrial services

Sponsor: Judiciary

An act relating to liability for the contamination of potable water supplies

Sponsor: Brian Campion

An act relating to approval of the adoption and codification of the charter of the Town of Calais

Sponsor: Janet Ancel

An act relating to mental health professionals’ duty to warn

Sponsor: Richard Sears

An act relating to the preparation of poultry products

Sponsor: Robert Starr

An act relating to the Commission on Act 250: the Next 50 Years

Sponsor: Amy Sheldon

An act relating to domestic and sexual violence

Sponsor: Maxine Grad

An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law

Sponsor: Education

An act relating to building resilience for individuals experiencing adverse childhood experiences

Sponsor: Human Services

An act relating to miscellaneous energy issues

Sponsor: Marcia Gardner

An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington and to charter amendment procedure

Sponsor: Johannah Donovan

An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Hartford

Sponsor: Kevin Christie

An act relating to permitting Medicare supplemental plans to offer expense discounts

Sponsor: Matthew Trieber

An act relating to the charter of the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District

Sponsor: Warren Kitzmiller

An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Hartford

Sponsor: Kevin Christie

An act relating to social media privacy for employees

Sponsor: Matthew Hill

An act relating to increased flexibility for school district mergers

Sponsor: Education

An act relating to consent by minors for mental health treatment

Sponsor: Gabrielle Lucke

An act relating to permanent licenses for persons 66 years of age or older

Sponsor: Charles Shaw

An act relating to promoting affordable and sustainable housing

Sponsor: Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

An act relating to appointing municipal clerks and treasurers and to municipal audit penalties

Sponsor: Michael Marcotte

An act relating to modernizing Vermont’s parentage laws

Sponsor: Judiciary

An act relating to exempting military pension income from taxation

Sponsor: Carol Ode

Senate concurrent resolution recognizing the establishment of the Coolidge Scholars Program and congratulating the first class of Coolidge Scholars

Sponsor: Alice Nitka

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Bethel Public Library on its125th anniversary

Sponsor: Sandy Haas

House concurrent resolution honoring John Bisbee for his nearly three decades of extraordinary public service as a guardian ad litem

Sponsor: Barbara Rachelson

House concurrent resolution congratulating former Fire Chief Ronald P. Lindsey Sr. on the 50th anniversary of his service with the Shaftsbury Fire? Department

Sponsor: Alice Miller

House concurrent resolution in memory of Vermont skiing legend Wendell Cram

Sponsor: Brian Keefe

House concurrent resolution congratulating Stephen Rice on winning the 2016 Arthur Williams Award for Meritorious Service to the Arts

Sponsor: Tristan Toleno

House concurrent resolution congratulating Grace Cottage Hospital on being recognized as one of the nation’s top 20 critical access hospitals for patient satisfaction

Sponsor: Emily Long

House concurrent resolution in memory of Robert Harvey Beach Sr.

Sponsor: Warren Van Wyck

House concurrent resolution honoring John Miner for his three decades of outstanding leadership in support of Vermont’s Vietnam Veterans

Sponsor: Mary Morrissey

House concurrent resolution honoring Ron Stahley for his insightful public education leadership

Sponsor: Michael Hebert

House concurrent resolution congratulating St. Johnsbury Academy on its 175th anniversary

Sponsor: Scott Beck

House concurrent resolution honoring Sue Duprat on her outstanding varsity athletics coaching and administrative career

Sponsor: Thomas Stevens

House concurrent resolution congratulating Arlington Memorial High School on its receipt of a 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best High School in America Silver Medal

Sponsor: Cynthia Browning

House concurrent resolution honoring the extraordinary public service and sacrifice of the Morse family of Jay and congratulating Helen (Sargent) Morse on her 95th birthday

Sponsor: Mark Higley

House concurrent resolution commemorating the centennial anniversary of the Fair Haven Grade School

Sponsor: William Canfield

An act relating to mandatory incarceration for a third DUI offense

Sponsor: Robin Chesnut-Tangerman

House concurrent resolution congratulating Mary Ellen Sennett of Bennington on her 100th birthday

Sponsor: Mary Morrissey

House concurrent resolution congratulating Vermonters Brennon Crossmon, Jacobi Lafferty, and Ethan Whalen on their outstanding athletic performances at the 2017 Elks Hoop Shoot Finals

Sponsor: Patrick Brennan

An act relating to clarifying ambiguities relating to real estate titles and conveyances

Sponsor: James McCullough

An act relating to certain businesses regulated by the Department of Financial Regulation

Sponsor: William Botzow

An act relating to the cost share for State agricultural water quality financial assistance grants

Sponsor: Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife

An act relating to burial depth in cemeteries

Sponsor: Janet Ancel

An act relating to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Sponsor: Ann Pugh

An act relating to the repeal of 21 V.S.A. §? 6

Sponsor: Joseph Benning

An act relating to an employer’s compliance with an income withholding order from another state

Sponsor: Richard Sears

An act relating to deferred sentences and the sex offender registry

Sponsor: Joseph Benning

An act relating to broadening Vermont’s personal income tax base, restructuring the Education Fund, eliminating tax expenditures, and capping education spending growth

Sponsor: Cynthia Browning

An act relating to the Vermont Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act

Sponsor: Martin LaLonde

An act relating to captive insurance companies

Sponsor: William Botzow

House concurrent resolution congratulating Helmut Lenes on being named the 2017 David K. Hakins Inductee into the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame

Sponsor: Jessica Brumsted

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Vermont Prudential Spirit of Community Award honorees and distinguished finalists

Sponsor: Mitzi Johnson

House concurrent resolution congratulating Richard Knapp on a half-century of outstanding firefighting service and leadership with the Bennington Fire Department

Sponsor: Mary Morrissey

House concurrent resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the occupational therapy profession

Sponsor: Mary Sullivan

House concurrent resolution in memory of Leland Kinsey, the poet laureate of the Northeast Kingdom

Sponsor: Samuel Young

House concurrent resolution in memory of Edward E. Steele of Waterbury

Sponsor: Theresa Wood

House concurrent resolution honoring skiing photographer and photojournalist extraordinaire Hubert Schriebl

Sponsor: Oliver Olsen

House concurrent resolution honoring Henry Broughton of Vergennes for his half-century of outstanding leadership of the Vergennes Memorial Day Parade

Sponsor: Warren Van Wyck

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Champlain Valley Union High School Redhawks on a winning a fourth consecutive girls’ volleyball State championship

Sponsor: Michael Yantachka

Senate resolution relating to the appointment of Robin Lunge to the Green Mountain Care Board

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

Joint resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation to amend conservation easements related to the former Hancock Lands and adjacent Averill Inholdings in Essex County, to sell the Bertha Tract in Mendon and the Burch Tract in Killington to the Trust for Public Lands, to authorize the Commissioner to amend the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation’s existing lease with the Smuggler’s Notch Management Company Ltd. and to authorize the Department to enter into a land eand exchange with the Smuggler’s Notch Management Company Ltd

Sponsor: Institutions

An act relating to providing an extension for the repeal of the Search and Rescue Council

Sponsor: John Gannon

An act relating to length of stay at designated shelters

Sponsor: Ann Pugh

An act relating to increasing the maximum prison sentence for first, second, and subsequent offenses of aggravated animal cruelty

Sponsor: Robert Starr

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 North Country Union High School Falcons Division II championship boys’ hockey team

Sponsor: Brian Smith

House concurrent resolution honoring Norwich University ice hockey coach extraordinaire Mike McShane

Sponsor: Patti Lewis

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Champlain Valley Union High School Redhawks on winning a fifth consecutive Division I girls’ basketball championship

Sponsor: Michael Yantachka

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Williamstown High School Blue Devils on winning the Division III boys’ basketball championship

Sponsor: Rodney Graham

House concurrent resolution congratulating Elizabeth Ainsworth of Bellows Falls on being chosen the 2017 Vermont Mother of the Year

Sponsor: Carolyn Partridge

An act relating to establishing statewide access to drug and DUI treatment courts

Sponsor: Maxine Grad

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Mount St. Joseph Academy Lady Mounties Division IV championship girls’ basketball team

Sponsor: Mary Howard

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Norwich University Cadets NCAA Division III championship men’s ice hockey team

Sponsor: Anne Donahue

House concurrent resolution congratulating Peter Gould on winning the 2016 Ellen McCulloch-Lovell Award in Arts Education

Sponsor: Valerie Stuart

House concurrent resolution honoring Gary Wheelock for his dedicated service on behalf of the New England dairy industry

Sponsor: David Ainsworth

An act relating to food and lodging establishments

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

Joint resolution urging the Federal Communications Commission to retain net neutrality rules for Internet access

Sponsor: William Botzow

An act relating to the Department of Liquor Control and the State Lottery

Sponsor: General, Housing and Military Affairs

Senate concurrent resolution congratulating Vermont Technical College on its 150th anniversary and designating April 13, 2017 as Vermont Tech Day

Sponsor: Robert Starr

An act relating to fees and costs allowed at a tax sale

Sponsor: Robert Starr

House concurrent resolution honoring Christine Brock of St. Albans for her professional and personal dedication to helping others improve their lives

Sponsor: Eileen Dickinson

House concurrent resolution congratulating Alison Bechdel of Bolton on being named the third Vermont Cartoonist Laureate

Sponsor: Thomas Stevens

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 University of Vermont Catamounts America East championship men’s basketball team

Sponsor: David Ainsworth

House concurrent resolution congratulating Lise Gates of Enosburg Falls on being named a 2017 Mother of Achievement

Sponsor: Cynthia Weed

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Ludlow Rotary Club on its 90th birthday

Sponsor: Alison Clarkson

Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

House concurrent resolution designating April 2017 as Financial Capability Month in Vermont

Sponsor: Janet Ancel

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Proctor High School Phantoms Division IV championship boys’ basketball team

Sponsor: David Potter

An act relating to eliminating Vermont’s sales and use tax and replacing it with a carbon fee on corporations

Sponsor: Sarah Copeland-Hanzas

An act relating to home health agency provider taxes

Sponsor: Kathleen Keenan

House resolution disapproving Executive Order 07-17

Sponsor: General, Housing and Military Affairs

An act relating to establishing a carbon pollution fee in Vermont

Sponsor: Diana Gonzalez

An act relating to daylight saving time

Sponsor: Brian Campion

An act relating to making building energy performance visible

Sponsor: Christopher Bray

House concurrent resolution designating April 2017 as the Month of the Military Child in Vermont

Sponsor: Helen Head

Senate concurrent resolution honoring Stanley Rosen of North Bennington for his significant and continuing contributions to the ceramic arts

Sponsor: Brian Campion

House concurrent resolution honoring Richard A. Fletcher of Putney for his health care career achievements and civic leadership

Sponsor: Michael Hebert

House concurrent resolution designating April 2017 as Fair Housing Month in Vermont

Sponsor: Helen Head

House concurrent resolution designating Tuesday, April 4, 2017 as National Service Day in Vermont

Sponsor: David Ainsworth

House concurrent resolution designating April 4, 2017 as Pay Equity Day in Vermont

Sponsor: Mollie Burke

House concurrent resolution in memory of and tribute to Sally (Apalakian) Ovian of Rutland

Sponsor: Lawrence Cupoli

Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Lyndon Institute Vikings Division II championship girls’ basketball team

Sponsor: Richard Lawrence

An act relating to remedies for unfair insurance trade practices

Sponsor: Brian Campion

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Rutland High School National and State championship cheerleading team

Sponsor: Peter Fagan

Joint resolution demanding that Congress abolish daylight saving time

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

House concurrent resolution commending U.S. Armed Forces veterans honored at the Burlington Elks Lodge on Veterans Day 2016

Sponsor: Jean O'Sullivan

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Rutland High School Raiders Division I girls’ ice hockey championship team

Sponsor: Peter Fagan

Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

An act relating to the Government Accountability Committee and the State Outcomes Report

Sponsor: Brian Collamore

An act relating to prekindergarten education and child development programs

Sponsor: Education

An act relating to climate change considerations in State procurement

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 St. Johnsbury Academy girls’ indoor track and field team on winning a third consecutive Division I indoor championship

Sponsor: Scott Beck

House concurrent resolution designating the month of March 2017 as Professional Social Workers Month

Sponsor: Brian Cina

House concurrent resolution congratulating the Montpelier Senior Activity Center on its 50th Anniversary

Sponsor: Francis Brooks

House concurrent resolution congratulating Rylee Field of Montpelier on her being crowned Miss Vermont 2016

Sponsor: Warren Kitzmiller

An act relating to using a single wholesale drug distributor to supply prescription drugs for Vermont Medicaid

Sponsor: Kevin Mullin

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Burr and Burton Academy Bulldogs championship girls’ snowboarding team

Sponsor: Oliver Olsen

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2016 St. Johnsbury Academy Hilltoppers Division I championship baseball team

Sponsor: Scott Beck

House concurrent resolution designating March 23, 2017 as Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day at the State House

Sponsor: Barbara Rachelson

Joint resolution relating to weekend adjournment

Sponsor: Timothy Ashe

An act relating to requiring the removal of snow and ice from vehicles operated on public highways

Sponsor: Michael Sirotkin

Joint resolution requesting that the State of Vermont refrain temporarily from supporting or opposing the fluoridation of drinking water and that the Departments of Health and of Environmental Conservation conduct a joint study on the human health and water quality impacts of fluoridated water.

Sponsor: Margaret Flory

An act relating to State collection of electronic data and metadata

Sponsor: Barbara Rachelson

An act relating to the registration of dams

Sponsor: David Deen

An act relating to equally shared candidate campaign expenditures

Sponsor: Christopher Bray

An act relating to the addition of a special education factor to the weighting factors used to determine equalized pupil counts

Sponsor: Carol Ode

An act relating to the threshold for operational stormwater permits

Sponsor: Amy Sheldon

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 Essex High School Hornets’ 12th consecutive State championship gymnastics team

Sponsor: Linda Myers

House concurrent resolution congratulating the 2017 St. Johnsbury Academy Hilltoppers Division I championship boys’ indoor track and field team

Sponsor: Scott Beck

An act relating to consumer protections related to involuntary towing and storage of motor vehicles and abandoned motor vehicles

Sponsor: Brian Campion

House concurrent resolution honoring the green industry in Vermont and celebrating the 2017 Vermont Flower Show

Sponsor: Michael Yantachka

House concurrent resolution designating July 2017 as Parks and Recreation Month in Vermont

Sponsor: Peter Fagan

An act relating to tie votes in the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules

Sponsor: Margaret Flory

House concurrent resolution in memory of Thomas C. Davis of Barre Town

Sponsor: Paul Poirier

An act relating to community-based electronic monitoring

Sponsor: Richard Sears

An act relating to the use of colored lights on fire department and emergency medical service vehicles

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

An act relating to deferred sentences

Sponsor: Janssen Willhoit

An act relating to suspicion-based substance use disorder testing and treatment for recipients of TANF

Sponsor: Douglas Gage

An act relating to the sale of ivory or rhinoceros horn

Sponsor: Christopher Pearson

An act relating to permitting planting projects in flood hazard areas

Sponsor: David Deen

House concurrent resolution honoring Wardsboro Town Moderator Robert? Backus M.D. for his nearly four decades of exemplary practice of medicine in southern Vermont

Sponsor: Laura Sibilia

Joint resolution relating to prescription drug pricing

Sponsor: Kevin Mullin

House concurrent resolution in memory of former St. Albans Fire Chief Gary Glendon Palmer of Georgia

Sponsor: Carl Rosenquist

An act relating to achieving better educational outcomes for students at a cost that parents, voters, and taxpayers value

Sponsor: Laura Sibilia

House concurrent resolution remembering the late Grace Weber for her enthusiastic dedication to serving the Town of Weybridge

Sponsor: Harvey Smith

House concurrent resolution honoring Tunbridge Fire Chief John W. Durkee for 20 years of exemplary leadership

Sponsor: David Ainsworth

House concurrent resolution congratulating Nancy Coleman of Woodford on being selected as the 2016 Vermont State School Nurse of the Year

Sponsor: William Botzow

House concurrent resolution in memory of John William Reagan of Wilmington and West Wardsboro

Sponsor: Brian Campion

House concurrent resolution in memory of former Pownal Town Clerk Rachel Mason

Sponsor: William Botzow

House concurrent resolution honoring Judy Stratton for her 35 years of exemplary public service as the Shaftsbury Town Clerk

Sponsor: Alice Miller

An act relating to fiscal year 2017 budget adjustments

Sponsor: Appropriations

An act relating to providing meals to health care providers at conferences

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

An act relating to the Vermont Automobile Repossession Act

Sponsor: Christopher Pearson

Joint resolution expressing strong concern at the increasing economic inequality in Vermont and throughout the United States

Sponsor: Anthony Pollina

An act relating to the professional regulation of medical assistants

Sponsor: Elizabeth Dunn

An act relating to land use jurisdiction over electric generation facilities

Sponsor: John Rodgers

An act relating to property tax appeals

Sponsor: Virginia Lyons

An act relating to the reduction of postsecondary tuition for Vermont students from families with low and moderate income

Sponsor: Anthony Pollina

An act relating to the regulation of farm stands

Sponsor: Philip Hooper

An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

Sponsor: Carol Ode

An act relating to creating equal access to public school resources and services

Sponsor: Vicki Strong

An act relating to consumer protections related to involuntary towing and storage of motor vehicles and abandoned motor vehicles

Sponsor: Barbara Rachelson

An act relating to rural economic development infrastructure districts

Sponsor: Charles Conquest

An act relating to exempting lands associated with a State-recognized Indian tribe from property taxation

Sponsor: Brian Cina

An act relating to the regulation of data brokers

Sponsor: William Botzow

An act relating to privatization contracts

Sponsor: Curtis McCormack

An act relating to medication-assisted treatment at State correctional facilities

Sponsor: Selene Colburn

An act relating to flags in recognition of servicemembers

Sponsor: Richard Lawrence

An act relating to the Public Retirement Study Committee

Sponsor: Christopher Pearson

An act relating to career technical education

Sponsor: Valerie Stuart

House concurrent resolution honoring former Brattleboro Town Clerk Annette Cappy

Sponsor: Mollie Burke

An act relating to small school grants

Sponsor: Carolyn Partridge

An act relating to cybercrime

Sponsor: Michael Mrowicki

An act relating to the regulation of commercial cultivation and sale of marijuana

Sponsor: Samuel Young

An act relating to socially responsible business considerations in the State procurement process

Sponsor: Ann Pugh

An act relating to liability for animals running at large

Sponsor: Philip Hooper

An act relating to hate crimes

Sponsor: Ruqaiyah Morris

House concurrent resolution honoring former Shelburne Town Clerk and Treasurer Colleen Haag for her exemplary municipal service

Sponsor: Kathryn Webb

An act relating to establishing the Pathways to Prosperity

Sponsor: James Masland

An act relating to Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Sponsor: Brian Cina

House concurrent resolution designating March 4, 2017 as Carleton Upham Carpenter Jr. Day in Vermont

Sponsor: Mary Morrissey

House concurrent resolution designating February 16, 2017 as Afterschool Day at the State House

Sponsor: Alice Miller

An act relating to establishing a process for accounting for unfunded education mandates

Sponsor: Kurt Wright

An act relating to the salaries of designated agency employees

Sponsor: Carol Ode

An act relating to fantasy sports contests

Sponsor: Michael Marcotte

An act relating to recording of criminal and civil offenses by law enforcement officers

Sponsor: Joseph Troiano

An act relating to tipped minimum wage

Sponsor: Diana Gonzalez

House resolution commending the friendly bilateral relations between Taiwan and both the United States and the State of Vermont and supporting Taiwan’s full participation in the international community

Sponsor: Kathryn Webb

An act relating to work conditions in the practice of pharmacy

Sponsor: Thomas Stevens

An act relating to spousal maintenance

Sponsor: Anne Donahue

An act relating to securing the safety of the electrical power grid from an electromagnetic pulse attack or severe solar storm

Sponsor: Curtis McCormack

An act relating to statewide professional regulation standards for the licensure of applicants with criminal conviction histories

Sponsor: Barbara Rachelson

An act relating to computer voice stress analyzers

Sponsor: Paul Belaski

An act relating to creating a statewide per pupil spending amount

Sponsor: Adam Greshin

An act relating to creation of the Telecommunications Technology Council

Sponsor: Stephen Carr

An act relating to certifying livestock and poultry as humanely raised, handled, and slaughtered

Sponsor: Barbara Rachelson

An act relating to interchangeable biological products

Sponsor: Sarah Copeland-Hanzas

An act relating to expanding career technical education programming

Sponsor: Charles Conquest

An act relating to the determination of weighted long-term membership of school districts

Sponsor: Carol Ode

An act relating to education taxes for certain school districts

Sponsor: Paul Lefebvre

An act relating to site management practices for solar siting

Sponsor: Amy Sheldon

An act relating to lead testing in schools

Sponsor: Cynthia Weed

An act relating to excluding from household income the first $30,000.00 in income of a person who takes care of a relative who is 70 years of age or older

Sponsor: Joseph Troiano

An act relating to the use of credit information for personal insurance

Sponsor: William Botzow

An act relating to a weatherization of subsidized housing tax credit

Sponsor: Carol Ode

An act relating to automobile minimum liability coverage

Sponsor: Janssen Willhoit

An act relating to obtaining a certificate of need prior to operating a pain management clinic

Sponsor: Ann Pugh