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S.55 (Act 133)

An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Sen. Alison Clarkson , Sen. Thomas Chittenden , Sen. Martine Gulick , Sen. Ruth Hardy , Sen. Nader Hashim , Sen. Richard McCormack , Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale , Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky , Sen. Anne Watson , Sen. Rebecca White , Sen. Irene Wrenner
5/10/2024 - Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 30, 2024
Sponsor(s)
  • Sen. Alison Clarkson
  • Additional Sponsors
  • Sen. Thomas Chittenden
  • Sen. Martine Gulick
  • Sen. Ruth Hardy
  • Sen. Nader Hashim
  • Sen. Richard McCormack
  • Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale
  • Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky
  • Sen. Anne Watson
  • Sen. Rebecca White
  • Sen. Irene Wrenner
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House 5/10/2024 - Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 30, 2024
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An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

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Regular Session 2023-2024
Body Date Journal Calendar Location Full Status
An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

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An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Committee Meetings

Regular Session 2023-2024
Meeting Date Committee
An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Meeting Full List

Regular Session 2023-2024
Print Report
Friday, February 3, 2023
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
1:00 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Walk-through

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
2:45 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Carol Dawes, Legislative Committee Chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association
Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Friday, April 7, 2023
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
1:00 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Sarah Copeland Hanzas , Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
John O'Duinn, Founder, Release Mechanix, LLC
Lindsey Owen, Executive Director, Disabilities Rights Vermont
Kate Larose, Pandemic Equity Coordinator, Vermont Center for Independent Living
Jim Douglas, Former Governor

Thursday, January 11, 2024
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
2:10 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Walk-through

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:20 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
3:05 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Kate Larose, Pandemic Equity Coordinator, Vermont Center for Independent Living
Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
3:45 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Ted Brady, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
2:20 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Walk-through of New Draft

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:10 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Tanya Marshall, State Archivist and Director, VT State Archives & Records Administration, Secretary of State's Office
Jennifer Samuelson, Chair, Vermont State Board of Education
Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
Lauren-Glenn Davitian, Executive Director, CCTV Center for Media and Democracy

Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
2:30 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Michael Barber, General Counsel, Green Mountain Care Board
Elizabeth Schilling, Staff Attorney, Vermont Public Utility Commission
Michael Donoghue, Executive Director, Vermont Press Association
Joseph Reinert, Chief Hearing Officer, Human Services Board
Ted Brady, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
Wendy Mays, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Broadcasters

Friday, January 26, 2024
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
1:00 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Committee Discussion

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
2:15 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Committee Discussion

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:50 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Testimony

Catherine Dimitruk, Chair, Vermont Association of Planning & Development Agencies
Devon Neary, Executive Director, Rutland Regional Planning Commission
Carol Dawes, Legislative Committee Chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association
Tim Arsenault, Legislative Committee Co-Chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association
Leslie Welts, Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the General Counsel and Administrative Law Division, Attorney General's Office

Friday, February 2, 2024
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
2:15 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Walk-through of New Draft and Testimony

Matthew LeFluer, Community Member, Statewide Community Advisory
Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Ted Brady, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
1:35 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Testimony

Scott Moore, Legislative Finance Manager, Joint Fiscal Office
Ted Brady, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
Mary Catherine Graziano, Selectboard Chair, Isle La Motte
Cara Zimmerman, Director of Policy Services and Legislative Affairs, Vermont School Boards Association
3:10 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Mark-up

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
3:00 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Walk-through of New Draft

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:45 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Testimony

Scott Gillette, Chair, Hancock Selectboard
Chris Plumb, Chair, Andover Selectboard
Yves Gonnet, Zoning Administrative Officer, Huntington

Friday, February 16, 2024
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
1:05 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Testimony

Susan Clark, Moderator, Middlesex
Emily Ruff, Former Selectboard Member, Orange
Gary Briggs, Selectboard Member, Lunenburg
Nancy Howe, Chair, Hartford Board of Civil Authority/Abatement
2:15 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Committee Discussion

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
2:05 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Walk-through of New Draft

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:30 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Testimony and Committee Discussion

Aileen Chute, Selectboard Chair, Putney
George Blakeslee, Town Clerk, Guildhall
Mike Doenges, Mayor of City of Rutland
Clayton Cargill, School Board Chair, Danville
Mark Koenig, Board Member, Addison Northwest School District

Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
1:25 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Testimony

Lauren-Glenn Davitian, Executive Director, CCTV Center for Media and Democracy
Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
Lindsey Owen, Executive Director, Disabilities Rights Vermont
Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Margaret Cheney, Commissioner, Public Utility Commission
Elizabeth Schilling, Staff Attorney, Vermont Public Utility Commission
F.X. Flinn, Chair, ECFiber
John Flowers, Former President, Vermont Press Association
3:30 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Mark-up

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Government Operations
2:40 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Mark-up

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
4:20 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
4:35 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Vote

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Appropriations
3:25 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Introduction and Committee Discussion

Sen. Ruth Hardy, Reporter, Senate Government Operations Committee
Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Scott Moore, Legislative Finance Manager, Joint Fiscal Office

Thursday, March 14, 2024
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Appropriations
1:40 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Vote


Thursday, March 28, 2024
Committee(s):
House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
10:10 AM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Introduction and walk-through

Sen. Ruth Hardy, Reporter

Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Committee(s):
House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
9:00 AM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Walk-through and testimony

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
Carol Dawes, Clerk-Treasurer, Barre City, Co-chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association Legislative Committee
Ted Brady, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Catherine Dimitruk, Chair, Vermont Association of Planning & Development Agencies
Devon Neary, Executive Director, Rutland Regional Planning Commission
Wendy Mays, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Broadcasters

Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Committee(s):
House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
1:00 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Testimony

Cara Zimmerman, Director of Policy Services and Legislative Affairs, Vermont School Boards Association
Rep. Joseph Parsons, Chair of Selectboard, Newbury
Lisa Loomis, President, Vermont Press Association and editor/co-owner, Valley Reporter
Ellie de Villiers, President, Vermont Communications Union Districts Association
Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
3:00 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Committee discussion

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Friday, April 12, 2024
Committee(s):
House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
15 min after Floor

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Committee discussion

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Friday, April 26, 2024
Committee(s):
House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
1:00 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Testimony

Kate Larose, Pandemic Equity Coordinator, Vermont Center for Independent Living

Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Committee(s):
House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
9:00 AM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Testimony, possible mark-up and possible vote

Susan Barrett, Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board
Kristen Lajeunesse, Executive Assistant, Green Mountain Care Board
Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
Ted Brady, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
-

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Committee discussion


Thursday, May 2, 2024
Committee(s):
House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
11:15 AM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Review new draft, committee discussion, possible vote

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
4:35 PM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Possible mark-up and possible vote

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Friday, May 3, 2024
Committee(s):
House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
9:00 AM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Vote

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Friday, May 3, 2024
Committee(s):
House Committee on Appropriations
10:35 AM

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Walk through and vote

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Scott Moore, Legislative Finance Manager, Joint Fiscal Office

Monday, May 6, 2024
Committee(s):
House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
-

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Amendment

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Committee(s):
House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
-

S.55 - An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

McFaun amendment

Rep. Francis McFaun, Sponsor of amendment
Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Committee Documents

  • House Committee on Appropriations
  • House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Senate Committee on Government Operations
An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Witnesses Who Testified

Regular Session 2023-2024
Print Report
House Committee on Appropriations
  • Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Scott Moore, Legislative Finance Manager, Joint Fiscal Office
House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
  • Susan Barrett, Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board
  • Ted Brady, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
  • Carol Dawes, Clerk-Treasurer, Barre City, Co-chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association Legislative Committee
  • Ellie de Villiers, President, Vermont Communications Union Districts Association
  • Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Catherine Dimitruk, Chair, Vermont Association of Planning & Development Agencies
  • Sen. Ruth Hardy, Reporter
  • Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
  • Kristen Lajeunesse, Executive Assistant, Green Mountain Care Board
  • Kate Larose, Pandemic Equity Coordinator, Vermont Center for Independent Living
  • Lisa Loomis, President, Vermont Press Association and editor/co-owner, Valley Reporter
  • Wendy Mays, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Broadcasters
  • Rep. Francis McFaun, Sponsor of amendment
  • Devon Neary, Executive Director, Rutland Regional Planning Commission
  • Rep. Joseph Parsons, Chair of Selectboard, Newbury
  • Cara Zimmerman, Director of Policy Services and Legislative Affairs, Vermont School Boards Association
Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Sen. Ruth Hardy, Reporter, Senate Government Operations Committee
  • Scott Moore, Legislative Finance Manager, Joint Fiscal Office
Senate Committee on Government Operations
  • Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Tim Arsenault, Legislative Committee Co-Chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association
  • Michael Barber, General Counsel, Green Mountain Care Board
  • George Blakeslee, Town Clerk, Guildhall
  • Ted Brady, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
  • Ted Brady, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
  • Gary Briggs, Selectboard Member, Lunenburg
  • Clayton Cargill, School Board Chair, Danville
  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Margaret Cheney, Commissioner, Public Utility Commission
  • Aileen Chute, Selectboard Chair, Putney
  • Susan Clark, Moderator, Middlesex
  • Sarah Copeland Hanzas , Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
  • Lauren-Glenn Davitian, Executive Director, CCTV Center for Media and Democracy
  • Carol Dawes, Legislative Committee Chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association
  • Catherine Dimitruk, Chair, Vermont Association of Planning & Development Agencies
  • Mike Doenges, Mayor of City of Rutland
  • Michael Donoghue, Executive Director, Vermont Press Association
  • Jim Douglas, Former Governor
  • F.X. Flinn, Chair, ECFiber
  • John Flowers, Former President, Vermont Press Association
  • Scott Gillette, Chair, Hancock Selectboard
  • Yves Gonnet, Zoning Administrative Officer, Huntington
  • Mary Catherine Graziano, Selectboard Chair, Isle La Motte
  • Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
  • Nancy Howe, Chair, Hartford Board of Civil Authority/Abatement
  • Mark Koenig, Board Member, Addison Northwest School District
  • Kate Larose, Pandemic Equity Coordinator, Vermont Center for Independent Living
  • Matthew LeFluer, Community Member, Statewide Community Advisory
  • Tanya Marshall, State Archivist and Director, VT State Archives & Records Administration, Secretary of State's Office
  • Wendy Mays, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Broadcasters
  • Scott Moore, Legislative Finance Manager, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Devon Neary, Executive Director, Rutland Regional Planning Commission
  • John O'Duinn, Founder, Release Mechanix, LLC
  • Lindsey Owen, Executive Director, Disabilities Rights Vermont
  • Chris Plumb, Chair, Andover Selectboard
  • Joseph Reinert, Chief Hearing Officer, Human Services Board
  • Emily Ruff, Former Selectboard Member, Orange
  • Jennifer Samuelson, Chair, Vermont State Board of Education
  • Elizabeth Schilling, Staff Attorney, Vermont Public Utility Commission
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  • Leslie Welts, Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the General Counsel and Administrative Law Division, Attorney General's Office
  • Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
  • Cara Zimmerman, Director of Policy Services and Legislative Affairs, Vermont School Boards Association

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Print Report
Fiscal Notes and Related Documents
  • S.55 (Act 133) – An act relating to updating Vermont’s Open Meeting Law, As Enacted
  • S.55 – An act relating to updating Vermont’s Open Meeting Law, As Passed by the General Assembly
  • S.55 – An act relating to authorizing public bodies to meet electronically under Vermont’s Open Meeting Law, As recommended by the House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, Draft 4.1
  • S.55 – An act relating to authorizing public bodies to meet electronically under Vermont’s Open Meeting Law, As passed by the Senate
  • S.55 – An act relating to authorizing public bodies to meet electronically under Vermont’s Open Meeting Law, As recommended by the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Draft 5.4

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  • Members
  • Meetings
  • Report
No committee of conference members found for S.55 in the Regular Session 2023-2024.
An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Committee of Conference Meetings

Regular Session 2023-2024
Meeting Date Committee
An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Committee of Conference Meeting Full List

Regular Session 2023-2024
Print Report
No committee of conference meeting history found for S.55 in the Regular Session 2023-2024.
No committee of conference report found for S.55 in the Regular Session 2023-2024.

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Act

  • Signed into law 5/30/2024
  • As Enacted (ACT 133)
  • Act Summary

An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

Statutes Affected

Regular Session 2023-2024
Statute
1 V.S.A. § 310. Definitions
1 V.S.A. § 312. Right to attend meetings of public bodies
1 V.S.A. § 312a. Meetings of public bodies; state of emergency
1 V.S.A. § 314. Penalty and enforcement
17 V.S.A. § 2640. Annual meetings
17 V.S.A. § 2680. Australian ballot system; general

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Print Report
Staff
Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel
Timothy Devlin, Legislative Counsel

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