H.73 (Act 59)
An act relating to establishing a government transparency office to enforce the public records act
Sponsors:
Rep. Donna Sweaney
Last Recorded Action: 5/6/2011 - Signed by Governor on 6/1/2011
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
House Committee on Appropriations
- Bill Dalton, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office
- Rep. Ronald E. Hubert, Lead Reporter, House Committee On Government Operations
- Beth Robinson, Legal Counsel, Office of the Governor
House Committee on Government Operations
- Steven Collier, General Counsel, Department of Human Resources
- James Condos, Secretary of State
- John Cushing, Town Clerk, Town of Milton
- Robert D'Orzio, Concerned Citizen
- Stephen Dale, Commissioner, Vermont School Boards Association
- Amy Davenport, Administrative Judge, Court System
- Michael Donahue, Burlington Free Press
- Patricia Gabel, Court Administrator's Office
- Allen Gilbert, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union
- Robert Hemley, Partner, Gravel and Shea
- Steve Jeffrey, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- William Kehoe, Burlington
- Tom Kerney, Stowe Reporter
- Donald Kreis, Associate Director & Assistant Professor, Institute for Energy & Environment, VT Law School
- Tom Little, Vice-President and General Counsel, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
- Tanya Marshall, Deputy State Archivist, Secretary of State's Office
- Patti McCoy, Town Clerk, Town of Poultney
- Wallace Nolen, Concerned Citizen
- Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Louis Porter, Conservation Law Foundation
- Beth Robinson, Legal Counsel, Executive Department
- Greg Sanford, State Archivist, Secretary of State's Office
- William Sorrell, Vermont Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
- Abigail Winters, Legal Counsel, Vermont State Employees Association
- BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel
- BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Paul Write, Editor, Prison Legal News
- Laura Ziegler, Concerned Citizen
House Committee on Judiciary
- Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Senate Committee on Government Operations
- Sen. Tim Ashe, Chittenden County
- Dan Barrett, Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union
- Jim Caffry, Waitsfield, VT
- Conor Casey, Legislative Liaison, Vermont State Employees Association
- Steven Collier, General Counsel, Department of Human Resources
- James Condos, Secretary of State
- Robert D'Orazio, Citizen
- Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Bill Dalton, Secretary of State's Office
- Bill Dalton, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office
- Clarence Davis, Director of State Relations, University of Vermont
- Patricia Gabel, Court Administrator's Office
- Allen Gilbert, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union
- Robert Ide, Commissioner, Department of Motor Vehicles
- Steve Jeffrey, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- Barry Kade, Attorney
- Tom Kearney, Managing Editor, Stowe Reporter
- Karen Lafayette, Lobbyist, City Of Burlington
- Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Lance Polya, Citizen
- Wally Roberts, Common Cause
- Beth Robinson, Legal Counsel, Office of the Governor
- Greg Sanford, State Archivist, Secretary of State's Office
- Julie Tessler, Director, Vermont Council of Developmental and Mental Health Services
- Abigail Winters, Legal Counsel, Vermont State Employees Association
- BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Susan Zeller, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management
- Laura Ziegler, Concerned Citizen, Citizen