S.209
An act relating to prohibiting civil arrest in sensitive locations
Sponsors:
Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky
,
Sen. Seth Bongartz, Sen. Martine Gulick, Sen. Nader Hashim, Sen. Andrew Perchlik, Sen. Anne Watson, Sen. Rebecca White
Location: House Committee on Judiciary
Last Recorded Action: 2/18/2026 - Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
House Committee on Judiciary
- Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
- Olga Cruz, Migrant Justice Leader, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante
- Charlie Gliserman, Director of Policy, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
- Andrea Green Mahoney, Director, Pediatric Global Health
- Cal Hale, Lobbyist, Vermont Library Association
- Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
- Abel Luna, Member, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante
- Jay Nichols, Senior Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
- Mark Redmond, Executive Director, Spectrum Youth and Family Services
- Falko Schilling, Advocacy Director, ACLU of Vermont
- Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Lise Sparrow, Reverend, Vermont Interfaith Action
- Beth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General
Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Professor, Columbia Law School
- Lauri Fisher, General Counsel, Department of Corrections
- Charlie Gliserman, Director of Policy, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
- Will Lambek, Organizer, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante
- Jay Nichols, Senior Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
- Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Jordan Souder, Policy Advocate, ACLU of Vermont
- Lise Sparrow, Reverend, Vermont Interfaith Action
- Beth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel