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Read. Follow. Verify.Vermont Bill H.306 voids post-2025 commercial deed restrictions and updates housing rules
Last action · February 21, 2025: Read first time and referred to the Committee on JudiciarySponsors: Edye Graning and 8 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Vermont Bill H.306 invalidates any s or covenants added after July 1, 2025, that prohibit commercial or industrial use on commercially or industrially zoned property. The measure also voids certain post-2021 and post-2023 restrictions regarding land development, minimum dwelling sizes, and parking space caps.
Property owners and developers face newly invalidated private restrictions on commercial, industrial, and residential land use, altering what can be built or operated on affected parcels across the state starting July 1, 2025.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Property owners
Property owners face invalidation of certain post-2021, post-2023, and post-2025 deed restrictions and covenants placed on their land.
Commercial and industrial enterprises
Enterprises gain the ability to operate on commercially or industrially zoned land despite restrictive covenants added after July 1, 2025.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 21, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
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Staged Rollout of Covenant Invalidation
The bill creates a tiered timeline, invalidating development restrictions after March 1, 2021, parking and dwelling size restrictions after July 1, 2023, and commercial use restrictions after July 1, 2025.
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Sources
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