2025-2026 Session
Change SessionH.118 (Act 8)
An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
- Sponsor(s)
- Last Recorded Action
- Senate 4/30/2025 - House message: Governor approved bill on April 29, 2025
Bill/Resolution Text
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An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Detailed Status
Regular Session 2025-2026
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An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Roll Call History
Regular Session 2025-2026
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An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Committee Meetings
Regular Session 2025-2026
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An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2025-2026
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 9:00 AM
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H.118 - An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Walk-through / witness testimony
Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Todd Daloz, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, Attorney General's Office
Tim Lueders-Dumont, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs
Kim McManus, Legislative Attorney, Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs
Angela Lasso-Jimenez, Policy & Research Analyst, Office of Racial Equity
Friday, January 31, 2025
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- After Floor
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H.118 - An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Falko Schilling, Advocacy Director, ACLU of Vermont
Marshall Pahl, Deputy Defender General and Chief Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office
Rodney Smolla, President, Vermont Law School
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 3:45 PM
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H.118 - An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Committee Discussion
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Judiciary
- 2:30 PM
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H.118 - An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Committee discussion and possible vote
- After Floor
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H.118 - An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Committee discussion and possible vote
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
- 10:30 AM
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H.118 - An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Walk-through, testimony
Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Todd Daloz, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, Attorney General's Office
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
- 10:00 AM
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H.118 - An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Testimony
Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General
Friday, April 4, 2025
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
- 9:00 AM
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H.118 - An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Committee discussion
Michele Childs, Team Lead Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Judiciary
- 10:15 AM
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H.118 - An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Testimony
Angela Lasso-Jimenez, Policy & Research Analyst, Office of Racial Equity
- 10:55 AM
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H.118 - An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Vote
Committee Documents
An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
House Committee on Judiciary
- Todd Daloz, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, Attorney General's Office
- Angela Lasso-Jimenez, Policy & Research Analyst, Office of Racial Equity
- Tim Lueders-Dumont, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs
- Kim McManus, Legislative Attorney, Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs
- Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Marshall Pahl, Deputy Defender General and Chief Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office
- Falko Schilling, Advocacy Director, ACLU of Vermont
- Rodney Smolla, President, Vermont Law School
Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Michele Childs, Team Lead Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Todd Daloz, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, Attorney General's Office
- Angela Lasso-Jimenez, Policy & Research Analyst, Office of Racial Equity
- Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General
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An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Committee of Conference Meetings
Regular Session 2025-2026
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An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Committee of Conference Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2025-2026
No committee of conference meeting history found for H.118 in the Regular Session 2025-2026.
No committee of conference report found for H.118 in the Regular Session 2025-2026.
Act
An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes
Statutes Affected
Regular Session 2025-2026
| Statute |
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| 13 V.S.A. § 1455. Hate-motivated crimes |
Staff & Other Information
- Staff
- Michele Childs, Team Lead Legislative Counsel
