Finishing the Work of the 2024 Session

May 12, 2024

Vermont’s 2023-24 Legislative Biennium ended in the wee hours of Saturday morning May 11th.  The Senate gaveled out at 1:18 am and the House about 2 am.  This has been a hard Session.  It was begun in the wake of a natural disaster, with a state recovering from terrible flooding.  Despite these challenges we managed to accomplish a lot. 

We made real progress further protecting Vermont from future natural disasters, improving flood safety by protecting our river corridors, updating Act 250 as we plan for greater density in our smart growth areas while protecting our natural resources and reducing sprawl, and improving government’s response to natural disasters.  We passed a Climate Superfund bill which holds the largest fossil fuel companies liable for the cost of repairing the damage to our environment through climate change.  We updated our renewable energy standard to ensure that the energy Vermonter’s use will be 100% clean by 2035 – which will put us on track to be one of the first states whose energy will be fully decarbonized.