This is pretty clear: 200 Vermonters show up for hearings on GMO labeling: All For it

except one guy who thought the proposed legislation didn't go far enough.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — More than 200 Vermonters gathered at the Statehouse on Thursday to tell two Vermont Senate committees they want food containing genetically modified products to be labeled as such.

Americans were told decades ago that the now-banned pesticide DDT was safe, said Nova Kim, a collector and seller of wild mushrooms from Fairlee. ‘‘I spent the better part of my life dealing with health issues as a result,’’ she said.

She and others who testified said they, in Kim’s words, ‘‘simply want to be able to choose,’’ whether to eat genetically modified food. Many voiced strong suspicion about pesticides used on foods, and argued that genetically modified organisms are often designed to allow freer use of the chemicals.

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Many speakers expressed little sympathy for the threat of lawsuits or the strategy of waiting for other states.


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http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/2014/02/06/senate-committees-takes-testimony-gmo-labeling/SWz3s0PnRETRZef0QeTjpM/story.html

Vermont's House passed a GMO labeling law last year. Our oh-so-progressive (supposedly) governor, has been less than enthusiastic voicing a fear of lawsuits. The Senate has crafted legislation as follows in order to address Shumlin's concerns and a possible veto:

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A draft pending in the Senate contains ‘‘options’’ for how the bill would become effective in the state. One would make a labeling law effective 18 months after two other states had passed similar legislation; another would require that four other states pass a labeling law.

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this is not going to go well for the governor or certain Senators if they don't pass a clear GMO labeling law this session.

People are pissed.