Much of the media’s attention during Vermont’s legislative session focuses on a small handful of bills. In the last couple of years, you’ve probably read a good deal about the state budget, marijuana legalization, background checks for gun purchases, and school district consolidation legislation. Perhaps you’ve followed debates on legislation related to renewable energy project siting, paid sick leave, or cleaning up Vermont’s rivers and lakes. Beyond these high profile and sometimes controversial pieces of legislation, the legislature considers hundreds of bills over a two-year biennium. In the Vermont legislature’s 2017 session, 542 bills were introduced for consideration in the House a