Vermont legislation · 2025-2026 Session
Vermont S46: An act relating to the taxation of vehicles used for forestry operations
Status: Passed one chamber, April 8, 2025
What the bill says
To amend the sales taxexemption and purchase and use taxexemption for motor vehicles used for forestry operations to include under the exemptions the sale of motor trucks, motor vehicles, semi-trailers, tractors, truck cranes, truck tractors, and trailers used for forestry operations. An act relating to the taxation of vehicles used for forestry operations It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont.
From the engrossed text, March 27, 2025:
to amend the sales taxexemption and purchase and use taxexemption for motor vehicles used for forestry operations to include under the exemptions the sale of motor trucks, motor vehicles, semi-trailers, tractors, truck cranes, truck tractors, and trailers used for forestry operations. An act relating to the taxation of vehicles used for forestry operations It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: Sec. 1. 32 V.S.A. § 8911(23) is amended to read: (23) The following motor vehicles, including their repair parts, used for in forestry operations, including timber cutting,; timber removal, and processing of; and transportation of equipment, timber, or other solid wood forest products intended to be sold ultimately at retail: skidders with grapple and cable, feller bunchers, cut-to-length processors, forwarders, delimbers, BILLAS INTRODUCED AND PASSED BY SENATE S.46 2025 Page 2 of loader slashers, log loaders, whole-tree chippers, stationary screening systems, and firewood processors, elevators, and screens, motor trucks, motor vehicles, semi-trailers, tractors, truck cranes, truck tractors, and trailers. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall publish guidance relating to the application of this exemption. Sec. 2. 32 V.S.A. § 9741(51) is amended to read: (51) The following machinery, including repair parts, used for in forestry operations, including timber cutting,; timber removal, and processing of; and transportation of equipment, timber, or other solid wood forest …
Sponsors
- Rebecca White (D, Windsor District) · primary sponsor
- Scott Beck (R, Caledonia District)
- Patrick Brennan (R, Grand Isle District)
- Brian Collamore (R, Rutland District)
- Samuel Douglass (R, Orleans District)
- Lawrence Hart (R, Orange District)
- Christopher Mattos (R, Chittenden-North District)
- Andrew Perchlik (D, Washington District)
- David Weeks (R, Rutland District)
Latest actions
- : Rep. [Kornheiser of Brattleboro] moved that the Committee on [Ways and Means] be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on [Transportation], which was agreed to
- : Read first time and referred to the Committee on [Ways and Means]
- : Read 3rd time & passed
- : New Business/Third Reading
- : 3rd reading ordered
- : Recommendation of amendment by Committee on [Transportation], as amended, agreed to
- : Motion agreed to
- : Senator(s) [Chittenden, Hardy, Gulick, Cummings, Mattos, Brock, and Beck] motion to amend recommendation of amendment; text
- : Reported favorably by Senator [Chittenden] for Committee on [Finance]
- : Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator [Brennan] for Committee on [Transportation]
Common questions
- What is S46?
- S46 is a bill in the Vermont Legislature (2025-2026 Session): An act relating to the taxation of vehicles used for forestry operations.
- What does S46 do?
- In its own words: To amend the sales taxexemption and purchase and use taxexemption for motor vehicles used for forestry operations to include under the exemptions the sale of motor trucks, motor vehicles, semi-trailers, tractors, truck cranes, truck tractors, and trailers used for forestry operations. An act relating to the taxation of vehicles used for forestry operations It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont.
- What is the status of S46?
- Passed one chamber as of April 8, 2025. Latest action: Rep. [Kornheiser of Brattleboro] moved that the Committee on [Ways and Means] be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on [Transportation], which was agreed to (April 8, 2025).
- Who sponsored S46?
- Rebecca White (D, Windsor District), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S46?
- On the Vermont Legislature website: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.46
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