Legislative wrap up: A handful of little-known bills seek to remedy legal issues
New legislation will enable the AG to assess civil penalties against nursing homes; compel divorcees to pay child support; and allow gays to divorce.
SCOV Law Blog: Chain, chain, chain
The creditor with standing is the creditor with original negotiable instruments, made payable to the creditor, and the creditor need not prove how it came upon them.
Vermont governor, Legislature formally recognize Abenaki bands
State recognition will open the door to educational and financial resources for the bands, such as federal Indian education funding for schools.
Supreme Court continues consideration of public access to police records
The Vermont ACLU indicated that the Supreme Court sent a clear message that not all records maintained by a law enforcement agency are categorically exempt from public records access.
Senate settles on hemp compromise
Illuzzi was outraged when the most important part of that legislation — the rate hike on “little cigars” had been inserted in the miscellaneous tax bill.
Senators step away from negotiations on prescription drug monitoring bill
After two meetings Friday, it became clear that neither side was willing to budge on the issue.
Shumlin pressures House conferees to allow police access to prescription drug info
The Senate conferees got a boost this afternoon when Shumlin stepped into their corner.
Committee seeks prescription database access compromise
Keith Flynn, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Safety, said the House version of the bill would “essentially set law enforcement back 100 years in regard to this area.”
SCOV Law Blog: Buffalo wings
Basically, dad argued that the move to Buffalo was simply a droplet of water in an ocean of problems.
Search & rescue reform bill passes House, meets procedural hurdles in Senate
The Senate Government Operations committee had scheduled a hearing on the bill for Monday, but canceled it without notice to those who had been invited to testify.
