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Committee told S60 is law but governor flagged a technical inconsistency; small packaging ideas discussed
Summary
Members said S60 was signed into law but the governor's staff identified a small inconsistency about authority to authorize grant payments; committee discussed fixing it in the budget or a miscellaneous bill and briefly considered fold-in items such as compostable fruit stickers (bill 478).
Committee members reported that the Senate concurred with a committee amendment to a bill identified in the hearing as S60 and that the governor has signed it into law. Committee participants said the governor's staff flagged a small inconsistency between two sections of the statute about which office has final authority to authorize award or grant payments and asked the Legislature to resolve it; committee members said they and the senator noted would work collaboratively to correct that drafting inconsistency, possibly through the budget process or an omnibus miscellaneous bill.
Separately, members reviewed the status of other committee-relevant bills. The committee heard that a right-to-garden measure had received favorable reception in another committee, and members discussed small ideas that could be added to a miscellaneous bill. Rep. O'Brien's proposal to require compostable stickers on Vermont-labeled fruit (bill 478) was raised as an example. Members discussed doing initial research and outreach to retail trade groups before inviting industry testimony.
No formal motions or votes on these items were recorded in the transcript; members directed staff to continue tracking bill referrals and to coordinate any technical fixes with the appropriate legislative sponsors and with staff who handle the budget and omnibus language.
