S.298
An act relating to creating the Vermont Voting Rights Act
Sponsors:
Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Sen. Rebecca White
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Sen. Philip Baruth, Sen. Seth Bongartz, Sen. Randolph Brock, Sen. Thomas Chittenden, Sen. Alison Clarkson, Sen. Ann Cummings, Sen. Martine Gulick, Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sen. Nader Hashim, Sen. Virginia Lyons, Sen. Joseph Major, Sen. Andrew Perchlik, Sen. Robert Plunkett, Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky, Sen. Anne Watson, Sen. Richard Westman
Last Recorded Action: 5/1/2026 - House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- Helen Brewer, Senior Policy Specialist, Elections and Redistricting, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
- Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group
- James Condos, Commissioner, Vermont State Ethics Commission
- Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Secretary of State, Vermont
- Paul Dame, Executive Director, Vermont Republican Party
- Carol Dawes, Legislative Committee Chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association
- Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Paul Erlbaum, Commissioner, Vermont State Ethics Commission
- Rep. Ian Goodnow, Sponsor of H.541
- May Hanlon, Executive Director, Vermont Democratic Party
- Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
- Quinn Houston, New Democracy Associate, VPIRG
- T.J. Jones, Consultant, Vermont State Ethics Commission
- Kate Larose, Member, REV UP Vermont, Association of People with Disabilities
- Pattie McCoy, Former Town Clerk, Poultney
- Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Sponsor
- Alicia Rinaldi, Member, REV UP Vermont, Association of People with Disabilities
- Sean Sheehan, Director of Elections and Campaign Finance, Secretary of State's Office
- Christina Sivret, Executive Director, Vermont State Ethics Commission
- Heather Thomas, Executive Director, Vermont Progressive Party
- Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General
- Maria Weiss, Member, REV UP Vermont, Association of People with Disabilities
- Leslie Welts, Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the General Counsel and Administrative Law Division, Attorney General's Office
- Ben Williams, Senior Policy Counsel, FairVote
Senate Committee on Government Operations
- Ashley Barnes, Captain, Bureau of Criminal Investigation
- Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Secretary of State, Vermont
- Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
- Pattie McCoy, Former Town Clerk, Poultney
- Veniece Miller, Manager of Outreach, Harvard Law School
- Jennifer Morrison, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
- Alana Persson, Communications Lead, Represent Women
- Rep. Sandra "Sandy" Pinsonault, Town Clerk - Dorset, New England Association of City and Town Clerks
- Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Sponsor, Sponsor
- Robert Roper, Concerned Citizen, Stowe
- Diana Vachon, President, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association
- Sen. Rebecca "Becca" White, Sponsor
- Ben Williams, Senior Policy Counsel, FairVote
- Mandy Wooster, Executive Director of Policy Development, Department of Public Safety