S.23
An act relating to the use of synthetic media in elections
Sponsors:
Sen. Ruth Hardy
,
Sen. Alison Clarkson, Sen. Brian Collamore, Sen. Robert Norris, Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky, Sen. Anne Watson, Sen. Rebecca White
Last Recorded Action: 6/16/2025 - Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- Ilana Beller, Organizing Manager, Democracy Team, Public Citizen
- Sen. Brian Collamore, Reporter, Senate Committee on Government Operations
- Todd Daloz, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, Attorney General's Office
- Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
- Quinn Houston, Democracy Associate, VPIRG
- John Kidder, Director of Information Operations Research, Norwich University Applied Research Institutes
- Adam Kuckuk, Policy Associate, Elections and Redistricting, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
- Wendy Mays, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Broadcasters
- Sherman Patrick, Vice President of Strategy, Norwich University Applied Research Institutes
- Falko Schilling, Advocacy Director, ACLU of Vermont
- Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Sean Sheehan, Director of Elections and Campaign Finance, Secretary of State's Office
- Phil Susmann, President, Norwich University Applied Research Institutes
- Wendy Underhill, Director, Elections and Redistricting, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
- Leslie Welts, Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the General Counsel and Administrative Law Division, Attorney General's Office
- Dylan Zwicky, Leonine Public Affairs, Partner, New England Connectivity and Telecommunications Association
Senate Committee on Government Operations
- Ilana Beller, Organizing Manager, Democracy Team, Public Citizen
- Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group
- Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
- Todd Daloz, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, Attorney General's Office
- Chris Gilrein, Executive Director, Massachusetts and Northeast TechNet
- Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sponsor
- Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
- Wendy Mays, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Broadcasters
- Wendy Mays, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Broadcasters
- Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale
- Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Sean Sheehan, Director of Elections and Campaign Finance, Secretary of State's Office
- Nick Sherman, Partner and President of Government Relations, Leonine Public Affairs, AT&T
- Julia Zimmerman, Doctoral Candidate, University of Vermont
- Dylan Zwicky, Leonine Public Affairs, Partner
- Dylan Zwicky, Leonine Public Affairs, Partner, New England Connectivity and Telecommunications Association