[G]ov. Peter Shumlin signed into law 117 bills the Legislature passed this year. They addressed a broad range of subjects, including the storage of prescription drugs outside the original container, the use of body cameras by law enforcement, and the rights of foster parents.
Under the Vermont Constitution, a governor has five days to act upon a bill after it is presented, or else the legislation automatically becomes law. During the 2015-2016 biennium, no bills have been enacted without Shumlin’s signature.
Shumlin vetoed two pieces of legislation this year: S.230, the energy siting bill, and H.518, which would have expanded the board of Vermont’s Clean Water Fund. He later approved a new version of the energy siting bill, S.260, that corrected noise limits for wind turbines and added $300,000 in training money for municipal and regional planning for the siting of renewable energy projects.
The bills Shumlin has signed are listed below. More information about the legislation is available on VTDigger’s bill tracker page.
H.65: An act relating to designating the Gilfeather turnip as the State Vegetable
H.74: An act relating to safety policies for employees delivering direct social or mental health services
H.84: An act relating to consumer protection
H.111: An act relating to the removal of grievance decisions from the Vermont Labor Relations Board’s website
H.112: An act relating to access to financial information in adult protective services investigations
H.130: An act relating to law enforcement, 911 call taking, dispatch, and training safety
H.135: An act relating to enabling the Vermont Department of Health to reach an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding authority over regulation and licensing of radioactive material
H.171: An act relating to restrictions on the use of electronic cigarettes
H.183: An act relating to security in the Capitol Complex
H.187: An act relating to absence from work for health care and safety
H.248: An act relating to miscellaneous revisions to the air pollution statutes
H.249: An act relating to intermunicipal services
H.261: An act relating to criminal record inquiries by an employer
H.280: An act relating to amending the State Board of Education rules on school lighting requirements
H.308: An act relating to limiting the liability of VAST arising from snowmobile operation outside the Statewide Snowmobile Trail System
H.355: An act relating to licensing and regulating foresters
H.363: An act relating to the Petroleum Cleanup Fund
H.367: An act relating to miscellaneous revision to the municipal plan adoption, amendment, and update process
H.399: An act relating to the Department for Children and Families’ Registry Review Unit
H.458: An act relating to automatic voter registration through motor vehicle driver’s license applications
H.505: An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Village of North Bennington
H.517: An act relating to the classification of State waters
H.519: An act relating to approval of the adoption and codification of the charter of the Town of Brandon
H.524: An act relating to seeking a waiver to permit businesses to continue to purchase Exchange plans directly from insurers
H.529: An act relating to State aid for school construction repayment obligations
H.530: An act relating to categorization of State contracts for service
H.531: An act relating to aboveground storage tanks
H.533: An act relating to victims’ rights and animal welfare
H.538: An act relating to captive insurance companies
H.539: An act relating to establishment of a Pollinator Protection Committee
H.548: An act relating to extraordinary dividends for life insurers
H.559: An act relating to an exemption from licensure for visiting team physicians
H.562: An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation and to the review of professional regulation
H.565: An act relating to United Methodist Church property
H.570: An act relating to hunting, fishing, and trapping
H.571: An act relating to driver’s license suspensions and judicial, criminal justice, and insurance topics
H.575: An act relating to eliminating the role of town service officers in administering General Assistance benefits
H.577: An act relating to voter approval of electricity purchases by municipalities and electric cooperatives
H.580: An act relating to conservation easements
H.608: An act relating to solid waste management
H.610: An act relating to clarifying the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Water Pollution Control Grant Programs
H.611: An act relating to fiscal year 2016 budget adjustments
H.620: An act relating to health insurance and Medicaid coverage for contraceptives
H.625: An act relating to extending the exemption of properties subject to a pretransition stormwater permit
H.629: An act relating to a study committee to examine laws related to the administration and issuance of vital records
H.640: An act relating to expenses for the repair of town cemeteries
H.674: An act relating to public notice of wastewater discharges
H.677: An act relating to the Restitution Unit
H.690: An act relating to the practice of acupuncture by health care professionals acting within their scope of practice
H.747: An act relating to the State Treasurer’s authority to intercept State funding to a municipality or school district in default from a Municipal Bond Bank borrowing
H.761: An act relating to cataloging and aligning health care performance measures
H.765: An act relating to technical corrections
H.778: An act relating to State enforcement of the federal Food Safety Modernization Act
H.805: An act relating to employment rights for members of the National Guard and Reserve Components of the U.S. Armed Forces
H.812: An act relating to implementing an all-payer model and oversight of accountable care organizations
H.824: An act relating to the adoption of occupational safety and health rules and standards
H.829: An act relating to water quality on small farms
H.845: An act relating to legislative review of certain report requirements
H.853: An act relating to setting the nonresidential property tax rate, the property dollar equivalent yield, and the income dollar equivalent yield for fiscal year 2017, and other education changes
H.854: An act relating to timber trespass
H.858: An act relating to miscellaneous criminal procedure amendments
H.859: An act relating to special education
H.860: An act relating to on-farm livestock slaughter
H.861: An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides
H.863: An act relating to making miscellaneous amendments to Vermont’s retirement laws
H.864: An act relating to agricultural exemption from Vermont’s sales and use tax
H.868: An act relating to miscellaneous economic development provisions
H.869: An act relating to judicial organization and operations
H.871: An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Montpelier
H.872: An act relating to Executive Branch fees
H.873: An act relating to miscellaneous tax changes
H.875: An act relating to making appropriations for the support of the government
H.876: An act relating to the transportation capital program and miscellaneous changes to transportation-related law
H.877: An act relating to transportation funding
H.878: An act relating to capital construction and State bonding budget adjustment
H.880: An act relating to approval of the adoption and codification of the charter of the Town of Bridport
H.881: An act relating to approval of the adoption and codification of the charter of the Town of Charlotte
H.882: An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington
H.883: An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Winooski
H.884: An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Barre
H.885: An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Shelburne
H.886: An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Brattleboro
H.887: An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Village of Barton
S.10: An act relating to the State DNA database
S.14: An act relating to amendments to the marijuana for medical symptom use statutes
S.20: An act relating to establishing and regulating dental therapists
S.40: An act relating to the creation of a Vulnerable Adult Fatality Review Team
S.55: An act relating to Vermont’s estate tax
S.62: An act relating to surrogate decision making for do-not-resuscitate orders and clinician orders for life-sustaining treatment
S.66: An act relating to persons who are deaf, DeafBlind, or hard of hearing
S.91: An act relating to procedures of the Judicial Nominating Board and qualifications of candidates for the position of Justice, judge, magistrate and Chair and member of the Public Service Board
S.114: An act relating to the Open Meeting Law
S.116: An act relating to rights of offenders in the custody of the Department of Corrections
S.123: An act relating to standardized procedures for permits and approvals issued by the Department of Environmental Conservation
S.132: An act relating to the prohibition of conversion therapy on minors
S.154: An act relating to stalking, criminal threatening, and enhanced penalties for assault
S.155: An act relating to privacy protection and a code of administrative rules
S.157: An act relating to breast density notification and education
S.171: An act relating to eligibility for pretrial risk assessment and needs screening
S.174: An act relating to a model State policy for the use of body cameras by law enforcement officers
S.176: An act relating to disclosure of compliance with accessibility standards in the sale of residential construction
S.183: An act relating to permanency for children in the child welfare system
S.189: An act relating to foster parents’ rights and protections
S.190: An act relating to maintaining prescription drugs outside the original prescription container
S.198: An act relating to the Government Accountability Committee and the annual report on the State’s population-level outcomes
S.212: An act relating to court-approved absences from home detention and home confinement furlough
S.214: An act relating to large group insurance
S.215: An act relating to the regulation of vision insurance plans
S.216: An act relating to prescription drugs
S.224: An act relating to warranty obligations of equipment dealers and suppliers
S.233: An act relating to amending Act 46
S.243: An act relating to combating opioid abuse in Vermont
S.245: An act relating to notice to patients of new health care provider affiliations
S.250: An act relating to alcoholic beverages
S.255: An act relating to regulation of hospitals, health insurers, and managed care organizations
S.256: An act relating to extending the moratorium on home health agency certificates of need
S.257: An act relating to residential rental agreements
