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The House Committee on Government Operations considers matters relating to the organization, oversight, and conduct of state government, compensation of state officials and employees; pensions; law enforcement; public safety; reapportionment; municipal corporations; suffrage; nominations, elections, and the election of members; local, county, and regional governmental structures; relations between State and local governments; open meeting issues, and public records issues.

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  • J.R.H.9 - Joint resolution urging Congress to support statehood for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
  • J.R.H.4 - Joint resolution urging Congress to admit Washington, D.C., into the union as a state of the United States of America
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  • DR 22-0669
  • H.R.7 - House resolution disapproving Executive Order 01-21
  • H.10 - An act relating to permitted candidate expenditures
  • H.48 - An act relating to authorizing alternative procedures for 2021 annual municipal meetings in response to COVID-19
  • H.95 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Essex
  • H.119 - An act relating to a new State Employees’ Retirement System and State Teachers’ Retirement System
  • H.122 - An act relating to boards and commissions
  • H.127 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Barre
  • H.135 - An act relating to the State Ethics Commission
  • H.140 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Williston
  • H.151 - An act relating to vital records, mausoleums and columbaria, and emergency health orders
  • H.154 - An act relating to the failure of municipal officers to accept office
  • H.177 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Montpelier
  • H.196 - An act relating to supporting the work of the Executive Director of Racial Equity
  • H.227 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Winooski
  • H.281 - An act relating to prohibiting candidacy for election to more than one office at a time
  • H.289 - An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation
  • H.293 - An act relating to creating the State Youth Council
  • H.337 - An act relating to the printing and distribution of State publications
  • H.338 - An act relating to reapportionment proposal deadlines
  • H.346 - An act relating to the creation of new positions in State government
  • H.361 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Brattleboro
  • H.363 - An act relating to campaign expenditures and candidate salaries
  • H.366 - An act relating to 2021 technical corrections
  • H.367 - An act relating to the management of perpetual care funds by cemetery associations
  • H.432 - An act relating to compensation for certain State employees (Pay Act)
  • H.443 - An act relating to approval of the merger of the Wilmington Water District with the Town of Wilmington
  • H.444 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Barre
  • H.445 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the Town of Underhill
  • H.447 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Springfield
  • H.448 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington
  • H.449 - An act relating to the membership and duties of the Vermont Pension Investment Commission and the creation of the Pension Benefits, Design, and Funding Task Force
  • H.454 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington
  • H.460 - An act relating to cemetery fencing
  • H.465 - An act relating to boards and commissions
  • H.491 - An act relating to the creation of the City of Essex Junction and the adoption of the City charter
  • H.512 - An act relating to modernizing land records and notarial acts law
  • H.545 - An act relating to per diems for boards and commissions
  • H.548 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis establishment procedures
  • H.572 - An act relating to the retirement allowance for interim educators
  • H.577 - An act relating to Vermont’s adoption of the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact
  • H.589 - An act relating to reapportioning the initial districts of the House of Representatives
  • H.635 - An act relating to secondary enforcement of minor traffic offenses
  • H.661 - An act relating to licensure of mental health professionals
  • H.680 - An act relating to obtaining a marriage license in any town in Vermont
  • H.693 - An act relating to the annual budget vote of the Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District
  • H.708 - An act relating to the approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington
  • H.718 - An act relating to approval of the dissolution of Colchester Fire District No. 1
  • H.722 - An act relating to reapportioning the final representative districts of the House of Representatives and the senatorial districts of the Senate
  • H.731 - An act relating to technical corrections for the 2022 legislative session
  • H.741 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of St. Albans
  • H.742 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Milton
  • H.743 - An act relating to amending the charter of the Town of Hardwick
  • H.744 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington
  • H.745 - An act relating to the approval of the adoption of the charter of the Town of Montgomery
  • H.746 - An act relating to an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington
  • PR.2 - Declaration of rights; clarifying the prohibition on slavery and indentured servitude
  • S.15 - An act relating to mailing out ballots, correcting defective ballots, and miscellaneous changes to State election laws
  • S.25 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis regulation procedures
  • S.39 - An act relating to the Judicial Branch fee report and electronic filing fees
  • S.48 - An act relating to Vermont’s adoption of the interstate Nurse Licensure Compact
  • S.87 - An act relating to emergency provisions for the operation of government
  • S.107 - An act relating to confidential information concerning the initial arrest and charge of a juvenile
  • S.122 - An act relating to the required votes of presidential electors
  • S.171 - An act relating to adoption of a State code of ethics
  • S.172 - An act relating to authorizing alternative procedures for 2022 annual municipal meetings in response to COVID-19
  • S.175 - An act relating to confidential information concerning the initial arrest and charge of a child
  • S.181 - An act relating to authorizing miscellaneous regulatory authority for municipal governments
  • S.220 - An act relating to State-paid deputy sheriffs
  • S.222 - An act relating to authorizing temporary Open Meeting Law procedures in response to COVID-19
  • S.223 - An act relating to authorizing temporary elections procedures for annual meetings in the year 2022
  • S.250 - An act relating to law enforcement data collection and interrogation
  • S.286 - An act relating to amending various public pension and other postemployment benefits
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