VERMONT LEGISLATIVE ISSUES

Vermont’s State House houses a unique citizen legislature where anyone can serve and in that process make a difference.

The Legislature is comprised of 150 Representatives in the House chamber and 30 Senators in the Senate chamber. Together these two legislative bodies make decisions on a wide range of issues that affect our health, economy, and way of life.

The Vermont Legislature meets each Tuesday through Friday during the legislative session, which runs from early January through late April. The adjournment date varies from year to year, but in general the Legislature tries to complete its work in sixteen or seventeen weeks.

The Issues

VACV facilitates the development of the Environment and Conservation Platform for each legislative session. The platform reflects the environmental communities view of the most important environmental priorities facing Vermont.  Many of the priorities from 2007 and 2008 will be reflected in the VACV Scorecard at the end of the biennium.

January 31, 2008 - VACV's Environmental Priorities Legislative Breakfast

On January 31st, at the Vermont State House, VACV brought together Vermont’s leading environmental organizations, calling for the Vermont Legislature to address Climate Change and plan for Vermont's energy future, continue our long history of land conservation and smart growth, protect Vermont's groundwater resources, appropriately fund our Fish and Wildlife Department and create an Environmental Enforcement system that works.

The organizations share a common goal of working with elected leaders to preserve the quality of life in Vermont for its people, and to protect Vermont’s natural resources by advocating for a common agenda of environmental legislative priorities.

The 2008 breakfast was a huge success. More legisaltors attended this year's event then any other Legislative Breakfast in VACV's history.  It is clear that Representatives and Senators, regardless of their party affiliation, are taking the protection of Vermont's natural resources seriously. 

VACV would like to thank all the legislators that took the time to attend VACV's Legisltaive Breakfast and talk with Vermont's leading environmental advocates.

To see pictures from the Legislative Breakfast, please click here >> 2008 Legislative Breakfast Photos.

See below for a link to the priorities for the 2008 legisltaive session.