MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont lawmakers have failed to override the governor’s veto of the state’s bottle bill reform bill.
Tuesday morning, the Vermont Senate voted 17-13 in favor of the override but that was three votes short of the needed two-thirds majority.
Lawmakers had expected the override to be successful after the Vermont House voted overwhelmingly in favor of it earlier this month.
The bill would have expanded the 5-cent refund to water and sports drink bottles and added a 15-cent deposit on wine bottles. Backers said it would help Vermonters recycle more.
But Gov. Phil Scott argued it would be more expensive for consumers and more complicated for people who don’t live near recycling centers.
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