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Committee to compare Senate, House farm-security bills and advance current-use workgroups
Summary
The Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry committee discussed aligning two farm-security proposals (S.60 and H.229), agreed to a staff side‑by‑side review, and proposed small working groups to refine current‑use and housing provisions before deciding whether to advance language this session or in January.
The Vermont House Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry committee met to review a long list of bills and agreed to request a staff side‑by‑side comparison of a Senate farm‑security bill, S.60, and a House companion, H.229, with an eye toward amending rather than re‑drafting if the committee decides to advance language this session.
The committee chair and members said the two measures appear similar in many respects but that the House version includes some provisions offering relief to loggers and parts of the forest products industry that do not appear in S.60. Committee members asked staff to prepare a side‑by‑side and come back with specifics so members can determine whether to amend S.60 or move…
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