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Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs sets housing and workforce as top priorities, imposes new bill drafting deadline
Summary
Chair Allison Clarkson told the committee Jan. 6 that housing, workforce development and economic development will be focal points this session and that committee bills must have substance drafted by January; she cited an Act 69 task force estimate of about 600 housing units needed for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
MONTPELIER — The Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee opened its 2026 session on Jan. 6 with Chair Allison Clarkson setting an aggressive agenda that places housing, workforce development and economic development at the top of the committee’s priorities.
“We’re gonna be jumping right in with economic development and housing,” Clarkson said during the meeting, and she warned of a new internal timeline: “the committee bills have to at least be the…the substance has to be identified and…
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