Representing Dover, Jamaica, Somerset, Stratton and Wardsboro
Please join me in person at the Wardsboro Library on Thursday night June 20th at 6 pm for open discussion and my monthly office hours. Brief updates on yesterday's veto session and my votes below. Please watch for upcoming information sessions on the Act 250 bill, Property taxes and the education finance structure, and energy …
Continue reading Rep Sibilia: Veto Session & Office Hours Thursday
Governor’s Veto of Yield Bill Creates Confusion for Vermonters By Rep. Laura Sibilia While it's important to recognize the complexities inherent in our state education finance mechanisms, Governor Phil Scott’s recent veto of the annual property tax bill, H.887, creates even more confusion for Vermonters. The legislation, known as the “yield bill,” is required for …
Continue reading Rep. Sibilia: Veto of Yield Bill Creates Confusion for Vermonters
Good evening, Please join me tomorrow, Saturday June 1st at 11 am at the Dover Free Library for monthly office hours. Spending on political messaging is increasing related to expected Veto Session votes on Renewable Energy Modernization, Safe Injection Sites and the Yield Bill which funds locally approved budgets across the state. We are also …
Good evening! The 2024 session adjourned after 1 am on May 13th. A veto session is scheduled for mid June - if necessary. Governor Scott has indicated he may veto several bills, including the Yield Bill which determines statewide property tax rates after factoring in locally voted on budgets in addition to increases or decreases …
Continue reading Rep. Sibilia: Adjournment and Veto Session update
Affordability is a real problem for many Vermonters right now. Everything from food to healthcare to heating fuel has gotten more expensive, and it’s hitting people hard. Big Oil companies and their backers want you to believe that enacting the Clean Heat Standard in 2025 will make things worse by raising your heating costs. But …
Continue reading Rep. Sibilia: Doing Nothing is Not Going to Protect Your Pocketbook
My next Public Office Hours are at the Dover Free Library Saturday, May 4th from 11-noon - please stop on by. Diagnostic Breast Imaging Legislation signed into Law Last week the Governor signed into law H.621. I'm pleased to have worked with Representative Melanie Carpenter and Susan G. Komen® to introduce this legislation to make …
Continue reading Rep. Sibilia: Week 15 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Wishing all those celebrating a joyous and meaningful Passover! May this festival of freedom and renewal bring blessings of peace, happiness, and prosperity to you and your loved ones. Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. - George Washington Carver Dover students visited the statehouse last week! This week is a …
Continue reading Rep. Sibilia: Week 14 & debating the golden door of freedom
The complex challenges facing school budgets and tax rates are influenced by demographic shifts, pandemic disruptions, flawed equity calculations, and substantial state-directed spending. Despite limited action from state leadership, proposals for greater accountability and transparency in spending are being made. There's a crucial need to address long-term sustainability and quality in the education system.
House Education and Ways and Means Hearing April 4, 2024 Rep. Laura Sibilia, Dover Testimony Thank you for pulling back on the tax cap earlier this session before most budgets were voted - that was difficult, but I appreciated the communication and time local officials and voters had to adjust, even though it was short. …
Continue reading Sibilia April 4, 2024 Education and Ways & Means Testimony
Good evening, A reminder that I will hold office hours this Saturday April 6th from 11-noon at the Dover Free Library - please stop in. The Department of Taxes has announced the reimbursement process for municipalities affected by flood-related damage and property tax abatements, with applications due by April 26, 2024. Eligibility for reimbursement is …
Continue reading Rep. Sibilia: Week 12 & 13 of the Vermont Legislative Session
Vermont State Representative Laura Sibilia 