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{{#Show badges: | FrackSwarm|Navbar-fracking}} On April 12, 2012, the Vermont Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee voted unanimously for a bill that would ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the state, as well as prohibit collection, storage, or treatment of fracking wastewater in the state. The bill needed to be reconciled with the House before becoming law.<ref>[http://vtdigger.org/2012/04/13/vermont-senate-committee-passes-ban-on-fracking/ "Vermont Senate committee passes ban on fracking,"] VTDigger.org, April 12, 2012.</ref>
On May 4, 2012 the Vermont House of Representatives voted 103-36 in favor of banning hydraulic fracturing.<ref>[http://vtdigger.org/2012/05/04/vermont-first-state-in-nation-to-ban-fracking-for-oil-and-gas/ "Vermont first state in nation to ban fracking for oil and gas"] VT Digger, Carl Etnier, May 4, 2012.</ref>
