House overrides Scott’s veto of Global Warming Solutions Act

The House voted Sept 17 to override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of the Global Warming Solutions Act, legislation that would legally require the state to meet carbon emission reductions targets in the coming years

Two days after the governor vetoed the bill, H.688, the House overturned Scott’s decision on a vote of 103-47 — surpassing the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto.... 

The bill now heads to the Senate, which is expected to vote early next week on whether to override the veto.

Last week, the House voted 102-45 to pass the Global Warming Solutions Act, which the Senate passed 22-6.

...While the legislation sets up new emissions reduction requirements, it does not spell out or dictate how the state will meet them. Instead, it forms a 23-member climate council — with the governor’s secretary of administration acting as the chair, and other members including state government officials, representatives from the manufacturing sector, citizen experts and others — to come up with a pollution reduction plan.

It would then be up to the Agency of Natural Resources to adopt new rules to regulate greenhouse gas pollutants by the following year.

In the last decade, other states — including Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Maine — have enacted similar legislation requiring them to cut emissions in the coming decades...

https://vtdigger.org/2020/09/17/house-overrides-scotts-veto-of-global-warming-solutions-act/

Elsewhere in the House Appropriations committee today

 S.352 An act relating to making certain amendments to the Front-Line Employees Hazard Pay Grant Program, which is also about workforce stabilization discussed 2.5 million appropriated to healthcare and human service employees

Discussed was an amendment eliminating opt out option, and related to child center coverage, acknowledging the higher risk of workers.

Adds after school program recommendation Committee Voted yea