Overriding the Governor’s Veto, Vermont Lawmakers Expand Access to Overdose Prevention Centers

Jeffrey A. Singer

Church Street in downtown Burlington, Vermont.

Yesterday, June 17, a bipartisan supermajority of Vermont lawmakers overrode Governor Phil Scott’s veto of H.72, authorizing an overdose prevention center pilot program in the state’s largest city, Burlington. The OPC may be either stationary or mobile. The Vermont City Council and the Vermont Department of Health must approve it before it begins operating.

The bill appropriates grant money for the OPC through fiscal year 2028...