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VT H0052
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jim Harrison
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AI Summary
- Converts Vermont's mandatory greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements under the Global Warming Solutions Act (10 V.S.A. § 578) to non-binding goals
- Changes the Vermont Climate Action Plan from setting forth mandatory initiatives to recommending strategies the State should "consider implementing" rather than "shall pursue"
- Removes the requirement that State energy policy be consistent with the Vermont Climate Action Plan, keeping only the reference to greenhouse gas reduction goals
- Repeals 10 V.S.A. § 594, which provided a cause of action allowing citizens to sue the State for failing to meet emission reduction requirements
- Takes effect upon passage
Legislative Description
An act relating to changing the greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements to goals
Last Action
Read first time and referred to the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure
1/21/2025
Committee Referrals
Energy and Digital Infrastructure1/21/2025
Full Bill Text
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