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Senate committee advances economic development and housing drafts after staff revisions, records voice votes
Summary
The Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee reviewed draft economic development and housing bills (draft 2.3), added studies and task force members including VORAC and the state treasurer, and voted to refer the drafts for further committee work; committee recorded voice vote tallies reported as 4‑0‑1 on referral motions.
The Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs committee on Jan. 30 reviewed two committee bill drafts on economic development and housing, accepted staff revisions as introduction drafts and voted to refer both measures for further committee work.
Committee staff pointed to several substantive changes in the economic development draft (identified in the hearing as draft 2.3). The bill added a $200,000 allocation to the Vermont Outdoor Recreation Economic Collaborative (VORAC) to fund an outdoor recreation economic impact study intended to inform how the state supports an estimated $2.1 billion outdoor recreation industry. Staff also described a new Section 7 authorizing a business resource study that would inventory in‑state and out‑of‑state…
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