House Transportation committee checks off technical changes, drops SSI/SSDI fee waiver, keeps foster-care provision

The House Committee on Transportation on April 30 reviewed and provisionally approved a series of technical and policy changes to a transportation bill while flagging several items for further testimony and making one notable policy exclusion.

Damien Leonard, legislative counsel, described the first group of edits as largely technical clarifications that reflect current DMV practice. "Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 are technical in nature, adding in a couple of cases, really clarifying the law to reflect the existing practices," Leonard said. The committee indicated informal agreement to retain those sections in the bill.

Municipal EV registration discounts and fees: committee members discussed aligning registration treatment for municipally owned electric vehicles with current discounts offered on internal-combustion municipal vehicles. Testimony from the Vermont League of Cities and Towns and other witnesses urged minimizing reductions to…