H.96 (Act 128)
An act relating to creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Sponsors:
Rep. Kevin Christie, Rep. Harold "Hal" Colston, Rep. Thomas Stevens
,
Rep. Brian Cina, Rep. Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Rep. Robert LaClair, Rep. Martin LaLonde, Rep. William Lippert, Rep. Emily Long, Rep. Marybeth Redmond
Last Recorded Action: 5/12/2022 - House message: Governor approved bill on May 24, 2022
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2021-2022
House Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. Thomas Stevens, Chair, House Committee on General, Housing & Military Affairs
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- Susan Aranoff, Senior Planner and Policy Analyst, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council
- Max Barrows, Outreach Director, Green Mountain Self Advocates
- Rep. Kevin "Coach" Christie, Co-sponsor
- Rep. Kevin "Coach" Christie, Sponsor
- Christopher Cockrell, Rep., Vermont Racial Justice Foundation
- Rep. Harold "Hal" Colston, Co-sponsor
- Rep. Harold "Hal" Colston, Co-sponsor, House Committee On Government Operations
- Maya Davis, Commissioner, Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Mercedes de Guardiola , Author, Vermont History Journal - 'Segregation or Sterilization” - Eugenics in the 1912 Vermont State Legislative Session
- Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Amendment Sponsor
- Matthew Dunlap, Auditor, State of Maine
- Charlene A. Galarneau, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Faculty, Harvard Medical School, Center for Bioethics
- Amanda Garces, Director of Policy, Education and Outreach, Vermont Human Rights Commission
- Mark Hughes, Executive Director, Vermont Racial Justice Alliance
- Chief Dr. Robert Joseph, Ambassador, Reconciliation Canada
- Karen Joseph, Chief Executive Officer, Reconciliation Canada
- Virginie Ladisch , Senior Expert, International Center for Transitional Justice
- Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Carol McGranaghan, Chair, Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs
- Elena Naughton, Expert, International Center for Transitional Justice
- Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Reporter
- Don Stevens, Chief, Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki Nation
- Arnold Thomas, Pastor, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
- Rep. Tristan Toleno, Reporter, House Committee on Appropriations
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale
Senate Committee on Government Operations
- Susan Aranoff, Senior Planner and Policy Analyst, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council
- Rep. Kevin "Coach" Christie, Co-Chair, House Committee on Judiciary
- Rep. Harold "Hal" Colston, Co-sponsor, House Committee On Government Operations
- Xusana Davis, Executive Director of Racial Equity, Agency of Administration
- Mark Hughes, Executive Director, Justice for All
- Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Carol McGranaghan, Chair, Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs
- Richard Menard, Chief, Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi
- Don Stevens, Chief, Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki Nation
- Rep. Thomas Stevens, House Committee on General, Housing & Military Affairs
- Wilda White, Founder, Mad Freedom
- Bor Yang, Executive Director & Counsel, Vermont Human Rights Commission