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The Senate Committee on Government Operations has jurisdiction over matters relating to the administration of government and justice; compensation of and retirement benefits for public officials and employees; suffrage; nominations and elections; municipal corporations; military affairs, including veterans and civil defense; public records and open meetings; and reapportionment.

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  • J.R.H.28 - Joint resolution supporting the posthumous awarding of the Congressional Medal of Honor to Civil War Brigadier General George Jerrison Stannard
  • J.R.H.8 - Joint resolution relating to military suicides
  • H.7 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to laws regarding law enforcement officer certification
  • H.8 - An act relating to the oversight of the transfer of military equipment to law enforcement agencies
  • H.10 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Barre
  • H.15 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Colchester
  • H.17 - An act relating to identification and notification of Public Records Act exemptions in administrative rules
  • H.18 - An act relating to Public Records Act exemptions
  • H.84 - An act relating to consumer protection
  • H.111 - An act relating to the removal of grievance decisions from the Vermont Labor Relations Board’s website
  • H.117 - An act relating to telecommunications.
  • H.128 - An act relating to the use of results-based accountability common language in Vermont law
  • H.130 - An act relating to law enforcement, 911 call taking, dispatch, and training safety
  • H.206 - An act relating to regulating notaries public
  • H.249 - An act relating to intermunicipal services.
  • H.278 - An act relating to selection of the Adjutant and Inspector General
  • H.282 - An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation
  • H.304 - An act relating to making miscellaneous amendments to Vermont’s retirement laws
  • H.320 - An act relating to technical corrections
  • H.355 - An act relating to licensing and regulating foresters
  • H.434 - An act relating to law enforcement and fire service training safety
  • H.458 - An act relating to automatic voter registration through motor vehicle driver’s license applications
  • H.477 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to election law
  • H.494 - An act relating to approval of the adoption and codification of the charter of the Town of Weybridge
  • H.496 - An act relating to approval of the adoption and codification of the charter of the Town of West Fairlee
  • H.497 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Colchester
  • H.499 - An act relating to approval of the adoption and codification of the charter of the Town of Salisbury
  • H.503 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington
  • H.504 - An act relating to approval of the adoption and codification of the charter of the Town of Waitsfield
  • H.505 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Village of North Bennington
  • H.519 - An act relating to approval of the adoption and codification of the charter of the Town of Brandon
  • H.530 - An act relating to categorization of State contracts for service
  • H.562 - An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation and to the review of professional regulation
  • H.629 - An act relating to a study committee to examine laws related to the administration and issuance of vital records
  • H.640 - An act relating to expenses for the repair of town cemeteries
  • H.765 - An act relating to technical corrections
  • H.805 - An act relating to employment rights for members of the National Guard and Reserve Components of the U.S. Armed Forces
  • H.824 - An act relating to the adoption of occupational safety and health rules and standards
  • H.845 - An act relating to legislative review of certain report requirements
  • H.871 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Montpelier
  • H.881 - An act relating to approval of the adoption and codification of the charter of the Town of Charlotte
  • H.882 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington
  • H.883 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Winooski
  • H.884 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Barre
  • H.885 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Shelburne
  • H.886 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Brattleboro
  • H.887 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Village of Barton
  • PR.1 - Declaration of rights; right to privacy
  • PR.2 - Elections; Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Treasurer; majority; runoff election
  • PR.3 - Elections; Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Treasurer; 45 percent plurality; runoff election
  • PR.4 - General Assembly; legislative reapportionment; Legislative Apportionment Board; limitation on senatorial districts
  • PR.5 - Elections; Governor; greatest number of votes; exception; less than 45 percent plurality and less than two percent margin; runoff election; Lieutenant-Governor and Treasurer; greatest number of votes
  • PR.6 - Elections; Governor; four-year term of office
  • S.2 - An act relating to the establishment of a State Latin Motto
  • S.9 - An act relating to improving Vermont’s system for protecting children from abuse and neglect
  • S.14 - An act relating to amendments to the marijuana for medical symptom use statutes
  • S.20 - An act relating to establishing and regulating dental therapists
  • S.28 - An act relating to divesting State retirement funds from the 200 publically traded companies that hold the largest carbon content fossil fuels reserves
  • S.29 - An act relating to election day registration
  • S.30 - An act relating to establishing a prospective payment system for home health services
  • S.37 - An act relating to requiring that lobbyists disclose conflicts of interest, to encouraging lobbyists to wear identification, and to creating a pilot project to livestream the proceedings of two committees
  • S.43 - An act relating to the list of delinquent taxpayers
  • S.56 - An act relating to elevating the Department of Public Safety to an agency
  • S.57 - An act relating to fees paid to deputy sheriffs and their assistants for transport
  • S.58 - An act relating to requiring that the Defender General receive the same early retirement benefit as a State’s Attorney
  • S.66 - An act relating to persons who are deaf, DeafBlind, or hard of hearing
  • S.69 - An act relating to the use of results-based accountability common language in Vermont law
  • S.76 - An act relating to providing that Vermont hold its presidential primary on the same day as that of New Hampshire
  • S.93 - An act relating to lobbying disclosures
  • S.94 - An act relating to appointing municipal clerks and treasurers
  • S.107 - An act relating to the Agency of Health Care Administration
  • S.114 - An act relating to the Open Meeting Law
  • S.124 - An act relating to expanding the scope of practice of Level II certified law enforcement officers
  • S.127 - An act relating to a study regarding massage therapy licensure
  • S.131 - An act relating to disclosure of a business’s campaign finance expenditures
  • S.136 - An act relating to licensing and regulating applied behavior analysts and their assistants
  • S.138 - An act relating to promoting economic development
  • S.150 - An act relating to the Vermont Spay Neuter Incentive Program
  • S.166 - An act relating to cross-promoting development incentives and state policy goals
  • S.170 - An act relating to the Open Meeting Law
  • S.184 - An act relating to establishing a State Ethics Commission
  • S.187 - An act relating to suspending public officials with pay by legislative bodies
  • S.198 - An act relating to the Government Accountability Committee and the annual report on the State’s population-level outcomes
  • S.217 - An act relating to the State’s organization of professional regulation
  • S.220 - An act relating to the public financing of campaigns
  • S.221 - An act relating to law enforcement officers
  • S.234 - An act relating to a candidate’s constitutional qualifications for office
  • S.239 - An act relating to public events and tent safety
  • S.241 - An act relating to regulation of marijuana
  • S.242 - An act relating to the service of civil process by a constable
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