Vermont Legislative Update 2023: Week 7

This week major legislative conversations picked up speed with the passage of a few large initiatives. The legislature is now exactly one month away from the crossover deadline (with a one-week break for town meetings in there), which is their deadline to have legislation out of the committee of jurisdiction. Of course, in the legislature, deadlines are often deadlines to make new deadlines by, and we’ll see if crossover matters much this year.  

In this week’s update:

• Childcare discussion picks up in the Senate
• Unemployment Insurance legislation mostly finalized in House Commerce
• Bill on VEGI continually debated
• Vermont gets a C grade on its infrastructure 
• LCC Board endorses public safety policy agenda
• House committee passes most generous paid family leave bill in the country
• Clean Heat Standard, now Affordable Heating Act passed by committee
• The Laundry List