MID-SESSION REPORT

March 2026

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

This report briefly summarizes some of the many issues we are working on in Montpelier. We welcome your thoughts on these and other issues during this legislative session.

John serves as Vice Chair on the Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry Committee and also on the Rules Committee.

Elizabeth serves on the General and Housing Committee.

- John & Elizabeth

As the 2026 Vermont legislative biennium begins to pick up pace, we remain steadfast in our commitment to making Vermont more affordable for our communities. So far, our work has been guided by sound investments in the Budget Adjustment Act and thoughtful policy conversations in legislative committees that work to address the pressing challenges facing our state—rising healthcare costs, workforce shortages, unsustainable property tax increases, the cost of a quality public education system, and scarcity in affordable housing. These are challenging issues that add additional financial pressures on working families. Solving these challenges will take all of us coming together with a willingness to do the hard work that Vermonters have asked us to do and we are committed to delivering thoughtful and sustainable solutions.

Through collaboration, innovation, and a deep commitment to cost effective solutions, we are laying the foundation for a stronger, more prosperous Vermont for generations to come. As always, it is an honor to serve as your State Representatives and we are grateful for the continued feedback and ideas we receive from all of you. It makes a real difference and it informs how we make decisions. Please reach out anytime with ideas, questions and concerns. We cannot do this work without you.

With 150 members and 14 standing committees, the House can accomplish much during our five months in Montpelier. In all of this work we’ll be looking toward the future to enact legislation that protects the most vulnerable, boosts vitality in all 14 counties, and leaves no Vermonter behind.

MID-SESSION COMMITTEE REPORTS

We are providing informational articles on the activities of the fourteen policy and money committees in the Vermont House of Representatives.

The articles are organized by committee and by topic.

Click on the link for the article(s) that are of interest to you.

Keep in mind that much of what is reported herein is still subject to action by the full House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Governor.

Legislative Committees are where the real work of lawmaking happens. When a bill is introduced, it is sent to a committee to focus on the details. Committee members listen to testimony from experts, community members, advocates, and state agencies and departments to better understand the issue from all sides. Committee members ask questions, look at data, and talk through how a proposal will affect Vermonters. Constituents may weigh in by contacting their representatives to express their position on a particular subject. Each committee works to shape practical and balanced legislation, whether by creating a new law or improving an existing one, before moving it forward to the full legislative body for consideration.