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
Location: House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
Last Recorded Action: 3/19/2026 - Referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
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
- Carol Dawes, Legislative Committee Chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association
- Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Rep. Ian Goodnow, Sponsor of H.541
- Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
- Quinn Houston, New Democracy Associate, VPIRG
- Pattie McCoy, Former Town Clerk, Poultney
- Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Sponsor
- Sean Sheehan, Director of Elections and Campaign Finance, Secretary of State's Office
- Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General
- 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