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House amends and advances H.944 after contentious votes on pilot-fund allocation and mileage-based charges for EVs
Summary
The Vermont House advanced H.944, a transportation omnibus bill, after Ways and Means amendments and a roll-call vote that deleted proposed automatic transfers of half any pilot surplus to town highways (84–46). The bill includes a new mileage-based user fee for battery-electric vehicles (set in committee at 1.4¢/mile in earlier text, later revised), adjustments to grant thresholds, a temporary FY27 routing for transition revenues, and programmatic changes to public transit authorities.
The Vermont House advanced H.944, the fiscal year 2027 transportation omnibus bill, after multi-committee presentations and a divided floor vote on a key pilot-fund allocation.
Representative Walker (member from Swanton), speaking for the Transportation Committee, outlined a structural funding shortfall for transportation programs and described agency reductions and savings measures, including the elimination of approximately 62 positions in the Agency of Transportation and other cost-management steps. “There are 35 Vermonters that are no longer working at the agency of transportation for an estimated annual savings of over $8,000,000,” Walker said as part of the committee’s fiscal overview.
Sections of the bill address a range of technical and programmatic…
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