S.55 (Act 133)
An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law
Sponsors:
Sen. Alison Clarkson
,
Sen. Thomas Chittenden, Sen. Martine Gulick, Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sen. Nader Hashim, Sen. Richard McCormack, Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky, Sen. Anne Watson, Sen. Rebecca White, Sen. Irene Wrenner
Last Recorded Action: 5/10/2024 - Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 30, 2024
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2023-2024
House Committee on Appropriations
- Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Scott Moore, Legislative Finance Manager, Joint Fiscal Office
House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- Susan Barrett, Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board
- Ted Brady, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- Carol Dawes, Clerk-Treasurer, Barre City, Co-chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association Legislative Committee
- Ellie de Villiers, President, Vermont Communications Union Districts Association
- Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Catherine Dimitruk, Chair, Vermont Association of Planning & Development Agencies
- Sen. Ruth Hardy, Reporter
- Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
- Kristen Lajeunesse, Executive Assistant, Green Mountain Care Board
- Kate Larose, Pandemic Equity Coordinator, Vermont Center for Independent Living
- Lisa Loomis, President, Vermont Press Association and editor/co-owner, Valley Reporter
- Wendy Mays, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Broadcasters
- Rep. Francis McFaun, Sponsor of amendment
- Devon Neary, Executive Director, Rutland Regional Planning Commission
- Rep. Joseph Parsons, Chair of Selectboard, Newbury
- Cara Zimmerman, Director of Policy Services and Legislative Affairs, Vermont School Boards Association
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Sen. Ruth Hardy, Reporter, Senate Government Operations Committee
- Scott Moore, Legislative Finance Manager, Joint Fiscal Office
Senate Committee on Government Operations
- Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Tim Arsenault, Legislative Committee Co-Chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association
- Michael Barber, General Counsel, Green Mountain Care Board
- George Blakeslee, Town Clerk, Guildhall
- Ted Brady, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- Ted Brady, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- Gary Briggs, Selectboard Member, Lunenburg
- Clayton Cargill, School Board Chair, Danville
- Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Margaret Cheney, Commissioner, Public Utility Commission
- Aileen Chute, Selectboard Chair, Putney
- Susan Clark, Moderator, Middlesex
- Sarah Copeland Hanzas , Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
- Lauren-Glenn Davitian, Executive Director, CCTV Center for Media and Democracy
- Carol Dawes, Legislative Committee Chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association
- Catherine Dimitruk, Chair, Vermont Association of Planning & Development Agencies
- Mike Doenges, Mayor of City of Rutland
- Michael Donoghue, Executive Director, Vermont Press Association
- Jim Douglas, Former Governor
- F.X. Flinn, Chair, ECFiber
- John Flowers, Former President, Vermont Press Association
- Scott Gillette, Chair, Hancock Selectboard
- Yves Gonnet, Zoning Administrative Officer, Huntington
- Mary Catherine Graziano, Selectboard Chair, Isle La Motte
- Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
- Nancy Howe, Chair, Hartford Board of Civil Authority/Abatement
- Mark Koenig, Board Member, Addison Northwest School District
- Kate Larose, Pandemic Equity Coordinator, Vermont Center for Independent Living
- Matthew LeFluer, Community Member, Statewide Community Advisory
- Tanya Marshall, State Archivist and Director, VT State Archives & Records Administration, Secretary of State's Office
- Wendy Mays, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Broadcasters
- Scott Moore, Legislative Finance Manager, Joint Fiscal Office
- Devon Neary, Executive Director, Rutland Regional Planning Commission
- John O'Duinn, Founder, Release Mechanix, LLC
- Lindsey Owen, Executive Director, Disabilities Rights Vermont
- Chris Plumb, Chair, Andover Selectboard
- Joseph Reinert, Chief Hearing Officer, Human Services Board
- Emily Ruff, Former Selectboard Member, Orange
- Jennifer Samuelson, Chair, Vermont State Board of Education
- Elizabeth Schilling, Staff Attorney, Vermont Public Utility Commission
- Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
- Leslie Welts, Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the General Counsel and Administrative Law Division, Attorney General's Office
- Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- Cara Zimmerman, Director of Policy Services and Legislative Affairs, Vermont School Boards Association