Representing Dover, Jamaica, Somerset, Stratton and Wardsboro
Hello friends and neighbors, I am hearing from many of you and your town leaders with questions about Act 181 of 2024 and what it means for your land and your community. Many of these questions are coming up now because parts of the law are moving from planning into implementation. I have been writing …
From my update to constituents in 2024. H.687 become Act 181 Dear Friends and Neighbors, There are two major issues that impact our region coming to a head in the statehouse right now, and a third that is quickly emerging. The first is Act 181, Vermont’s 2024 land use law. As more Vermonters begin to …
Continue reading Rep. Sibilia: Week 11 of the 2026 Legislative Session
Friends and neighbors, This was an intense week. The time change was enough to throw people off, but this week also brought a lot of emotionally charged events. The resignation of Representative Bob Hooper, the ICE operation in South Burlington that drew large protests and law enforcement presence, and the ongoing national turmoil are affecting …
Continue reading Rep. Sibilia: Week 10 of the 2026 Legislative Session
Friends and neighbors, It was so good to see so many of you at Town Meeting this week and to see new faces stepping up and lifelong volunteers celebrated. I'm taking a few days to visit my daughter before the legislature reconvenes next week, and so I'm moving the regularly scheduled office hours for tomorrow, …
Understanding the “Defend the Guard” Movement and H.355 By Rep. Laura Sibilia I have heard from Vermonters, many of them outside the Windham-2 district I represent, about H.355, often called the “Defend the Guard Act.” I believe that outreach is happening in part because I come from a military family and serve as Co-Chair of …
Dear friends and neighbors, The legislative session is close to half over, and today we adjourned for a week back home in our districts and at our Town Meetings. I am looking forward to seeing many of you on March 3. Town Meeting is where democracy is most visible and most personal. I hope you …
Continue reading Rep. Sibilia: Week 8 of the 2026 Legislative Session
Friends and neighbors, We are now in Week 7 of the 2026 legislative session, and this is the point in the session when it starts to become clearer which proposals are more likely to move then others. I’ve been hearing from many of you about a very wide range of issues including education reform, nuclear …
Continue reading Rep. Sibilia: Week 7 of the 2026 Legislative Session
Friends and neighbors, Congratulations to Jessie Diggins and Ben Ogden, both Stratton Mountain School alumni, on earning Olympic medals in Italy. It’s always thrilling to see Vermonters succeed at the Olympics stage. The legislative session is now about one-third of the way through, and more bills are beginning to reach the House floor for debate. …
Friends and neighbors, We have reached the halfway mark between the Christmas/Hanukah holidays and Spring and the pace at the statehouse is picking up! A quick scheduling note: this week’s office hours are being moved to Saturday, February 14 at 11:00 a.m. at the Dover Free Library so that my family and I can travel …
Dear friends and neighbors, I began this week distraught by the news out of Minneapolis, where a U.S. citizen was killed by federal agents. It weighed on me, not only because of the loss of life, but because moments like this force us to assess how power is being exercised in our democracy. Here in …
Vermont State Representative Laura Sibilia 