House Ways and Means - 2026-04-23 9:15AM

Ways & Means Committee · April 23, 2026

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Opening and agenda

Announcement

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Committee chair opened the Ways & Means Committee, reviewed the day's agenda: continued consideration of the committee bill on income tax brackets and investment income, two mutually exclusive amendments (one recreating federal health-care premium tax credits, the other lowering middle‑class rates), a scheduled 11:00 testimony from Kevin Chu (Vermont Futures Project Study on Economic Momentum), and later work on a trust bill and an economic development bill. Chair identified staff and amendment plan.

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The Vermont House Ways & Means Committee reviewed proposed changes to income tax brackets, including a proposal to lower the top marginal rate to 12.7% (projected to generate about $100 million) and two competing amendments on how to spend revenue; the committee also reviewed a proposal to adopt a state investment-proceeds (net investment income) tax modeled on the federal NII tax.

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