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House orders third reading on bill to review statutory reporting requirements
Summary
H.907, reported by the Government Operations and Military Affairs Committee, would categorize required state agency reports into those to repeal, those for four‑year review, and those to retain; the committee voted 11‑0‑0 and the House ordered third reading after a voice vote.
The Vermont House on the floor heard a committee report on H.907, a bill establishing a periodic legislative review of the many reports state agencies are required to file. Representative Nugent (member from South Burlington) told the chamber the bill categorizes agency reports into three classes: those that are no longer necessary and should be repealed; those that should be retained but reviewed again in four years; and those that should remain permanently.
Representative Nugent said the process was intended as “legal hygiene” to declutter reporting obligations and to focus the legislature and agencies on information that is actually used. The government operations and military affairs committee held hearings with legislative counsel and agency staff and reported the bill favorably on a committee vote of 11‑0‑0.
On the floor the question was called and, by voice vote, the ayes prevailed; the House ordered the bill read a third time, advancing it toward final consideration.
The bill includes 25 sections that repeal, revise, or maintain enumerated reporting duties, and sets the bill’s effective date as July 1, 2026, for those provisions specified in the committee report.
