H.650
An act relating to educational technology products
Sponsors:
Rep. Angela Arsenault, Rep. Edye Graning,
Location: Senate Committee on Finance
Last Recorded Action: 5/13/2026 - Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- Patricia Aigner, Director of Instructional Technology, Rutland City Public Schools
- Jill Anderson, Mindful Tech Lessons
- Rep. Angela Arsenault, Sponsor
- Renee Badeau, Director of Curriculum, Central Vermont Supervisory Union
- Josh Blumberg, Ed Tech Program Manager, Agency of Education
- Faith Boninger, National Education Policy Center
- Emily Cherkin, The Screentime Consultant
- Jared Cooney Horvath, Author
- Todd Daloz, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, Attorney General's Office
- Travis Gilly, Founder and Executive Director, Real Safety AI Foundation
- Rep. Edye Graning, Co-sponsor
- David Hall, Director of Business Services, Secretary of State's Office
- Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
- Lisa LeVasseur, Internet Safety Labs
- Andrew Liddell, Ed Tech Law Center
- Zoie Saunders, Secretary, Agency of Education
- Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Jeff Wallis, IT Director, Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District
House Committee on Ways and Means
- Rep. Edye Graning, Reporter, House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- Julia Richter, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Senate Committee on Education
- Rep. Angela Arsenault, Sponsor, Chittenden-2
- Michael Berry, Director of Curriculum and Technology, Montpelier Roxbury School District
- Josh Blumberg, Ed Tech Program Manager, Agency of Education
- Libby Bonesteel, Superintendent, Montpelier Roxbury School District
- Faith Boninger, Publications Manager and Co-Director of Commercialism in Education Research Unit, National Education Policy Center
- Jared Cooney Horvath, Author
- Todd Daloz, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, Attorney General's Office
- Erin Davis, Chief Academic Officer, Agency of Education
- Peter Drescher, Vice President, VITA-Learn
- Rep. Edye Graning, Reporter, House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- David Hall, Director of Business Services, Secretary of State's Office
- Lisa LaVasseur, Executive Director, Internet Safety Labs
- Patrick Lawrence, Parent
- Andrew Liddell, Principal, Ed Tech Law Center
- Walter Ripley, Board President, VITA-Learn
- Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Abigail Wilson, Director of State Policy, Software & Information Industry Association
Senate Committee on Finance
- Michael Berry, Director of Curriculum and Technology, Montpelier Roxbury School District
- Josh Blumberg, Ed Tech Program Manager, Agency of Education
- Libby Bonesteel, Superintendent, Montpelier Roxbury School District
- Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
- Ezra Holben, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Patrick Lawrence, Parent
- Jay Nichols, Senior Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
- Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Reporter, Senate Education Committee
- Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel