Lawmakers earlier this month listened to the report.

A House committee recently heard the introduction of seven new bills covering five topics legislators hope to tackle.

Neither version of the bill will get voted out of the Legislature this year, but lawmakers are making moves to develop the proposals ahead of the second half of the biennium.

Over the last two years, “persistently rainy conditions made many forested areas too wet to harvest,” a logging industry rep told legislators.

Farmers say it helps secure their bottom line, and officials in and outside the Legislature say it’s vital to curbing hunger. 

Around 100 of the 700 3-acre sites in Vermont are subdivisions, but the state doesn’t know exactly how many people live on those parcels.

It’s too late to pass this year, but the bill has gained bipartisan support and excited trail advocates.

Legislators were eyeing a pool of $7.5 million for the 2026 fiscal year, though the bill on the Senate floor now leaves the price tag to be determined.

Two House bills would bar service providers from deceptive business practices and require them to offer cheap broadband plans.

Legislators in both chambers have been in talks about chloride’s impact on waterways.