2019-2020 Session
Change SessionHouse Committee on Government Operations (Room 49)
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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- 19-1245 - An act relating to ethics
- 20-0948 - An act relating to temporary Open Meeting Law procedures in response to COVID-19
- 20-0950 - An act relating to government operations relating to emergency medical services in response to COVID-19
- 20-0089 - An act relating to legislative review of certain report requirements
- 20-0946 - An act relating to temporary elections provisions in response to COVID-19
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- H.6 - An act relating to immunity from liability for licensed professionals providing essential services during emergencies
- H.15 - An act relating to the implementation of an electronic roll-call system in the Vermont House of Representatives
- H.16 - An act relating to boards and commissions
- H.32 - An act relating to State agency offices of regulatory assistance
- H.45 - An act relating to water supply rates
- H.49 - An act relating to municipal authority to regulate the possession, use, and manufacture of knives
- H.53 - An act relating to disturbing the legislature
- H.58 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Barre
- H.59 - An act relating to the codification of the charter of the Rutland County Solid Waste District
- H.66 - An act relating to survivor benefits for law enforcement officers
- H.68 - An act relating to voting leave
- H.73 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Barre
- H.88 - An act relating to requiring a presidential candidate to disclose federal tax returns in order to be placed on the presidential primary and general election ballots
- H.104 - An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation
- H.143 - An act relating to appointing town agents
- H.163 - An act relating to requiring State agencies and departments to have a consumer data policy
- H.196 - An act relating to the regulation of cannabis and cannabis products for commercial and medical purposes
- H.206 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Montpelier regarding the regulation of nonreusable plastic products
- H.207 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Montpelier regarding non-citizen voting in City elections
- H.208 - An act relating to submitting digital copies of survey plats to the Vermont Center for Geographic Information
- H.259 - An act relating to a shared social worker position within the Montpelier and Barre Police Departments
- H.286 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Winooski Incorporated School District
- H.292 - An act relating to miscellaneous natural resources and energy subjects
- H.304 - An act relating to legislative leave
- H.334 - An act relating to temporary State employees
- H.358 - An act relating to technical corrections
- H.363 - An act relating to privatization contracts
- H.376 - An act relating to creating the Public Safety Dispatch Study Committee
- H.378 - An act relating to incompatible local offices
- H.418 - An act relating to allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in municipal elections
- H.422 - An act relating to notice of property tax appeals
- H.426 - An act relating to the deadline to prepare local election ballots
- H.427 - An act relating to a uniform process for foreign credential verification in the Office of Professional Regulation
- H.444 - An act relating to ranked choice voting
- H.464 - An act relating to law enforcement training on appropriate use of force, de-escalation tactics, and cross-cultural awareness
- H.469 - An act relating to reporting on data regarding State proceeds from civil asset forfeiture
- H.478 - An act relating to establishing a task force to study and consider a State apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery
- H.493 - An act relating to prohibiting Vermont agencies from assisting the federal government in the collection of private electronic communications data
- H.508 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Bennington
- H.509 - An act relating to designating Election Day as a State holiday
- H.522 - An act relating to creating the Vermont 250th Commission
- H.523 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to the State’s retirement systems
- H.525 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects
- H.526 - An act relating to town clerk recording fees and town restoration and preservation reserve funds
- H.535 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Brattleboro
- H.539 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Stowe and to the merger of the Town and the Stowe Fire District No. 3
- H.540 - An act relating to approval of the amendments to the charter of the Town of Williston
- H.544 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington
- H.545 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of South Burlington
- H.547 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Montpelier
- H.549 - An act relating to approval of the dissolution of Rutland Fire District No. 10
- H.554 - An act relating to approval of the dissolution of the Village of Perkinsville and the merger of the Village with the Town of Weathersfield
- H.557 - An act relating to municipal regulation of livestock running at large
- H.558 - An act relating to exempting the Victims Compensation Board from the Open Meeting Law
- H.599 - An act relating to the use of drones by law enforcement officers
- H.608 - An act relating to incompatible local offices
- H.614 - An act relating to increasing legislative compensation for the Speaker, President Pro Tempore, and committee chairs
- H.616 - An act relating to the professional regulation of land surveyors
- H.619 - An act relating to permitted candidate expenditures
- H.634 - An act relating to the State Ethics Commission
- H.650 - An act relating to boards and commissions
- H.671 - An act relating to the position of high bailiff
- H.679 - An act relating to voter approval of water supply rates
- H.689 - An act relating to municipal concerns with hemp facilities
- H.702 - An act relating to allowing ranked choice voting in municipal elections
- H.722 - An act relating to the Department of Libraries
- H.742 - An act relating to Vermont's response to COVID-19
- H.747 - An act relating to the Council of Regional Commissions
- H.763 - An act relating to the professional regulation of tilers
- H.764 - An act relating to the professional regulation of music therapists
- H.775 - An act relating to creating the State Youth Council
- H.788 - An act relating to technical corrections for the 2020 legislative session
- H.793 - An act relating to the powers and duties of the Auditor of Accounts
- H.808 - An act relating to the use of deadly force by law enforcement
- H.818 - An act relating to the contractual rights of members of the Vermont State Employees’ Retirement System
- H.863 - An act relating to educating specified professionals on the State’s energy goals
- H.874 - An act relating to law enforcement officers employed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- H.892 - An act relating to collecting demographic information about Vermont businesses
- H.894 - An act relating to prohibiting the State sale of personal information
- H.905 - An act relating to the Vermont State Auditor and potential legislation and rules concerning climate change
- H.906 - An act relating to accrual of creditable service in the Vermont State Retirement System
- H.913 - An act relating to stress testing the Vermont State Retirement System and the State Teacher’s Retirement System
- H.922 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to the Vermont State Employees’ Retirement System
- H.932 - An act relating to vital records, mausoleums and columbaria, and the licensure of ambulances
- H.933 - An act relating to technical corrections to municipal charters
- H.943 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of St. Albans
- H.944 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Essex
- H.946 - An act relating to approval of the adoption of the charter of the Town of Elmore
- H.947 - An act relating to temporary municipal tax rate provisions in response to COVID-19
- H.948 - An act relating to temporary municipal proceedings provisions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak
- H.949 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Williston
- H.952 - An act relating to approval of amendments to the charters of the City of Burlington and the City of Barre
- H.958 - An act relating to communications union districts
- H.961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year
- H.964 - An act relating to compensation for certain State employees (Pay Act)
- PR.2 - Declaration of rights; clarifying the prohibition on slavery and indentured servitude
- S.11 - An act relating to limiting senatorial districts to a maximum of three members
- S.32 - An act relating to the public financing of campaigns
- S.47 - An act relating to the persons authorized to make contributions to candidates and political parties and to political committee names
- S.54 - An act relating to the regulation of cannabis
- S.107 - An act relating to elections corrections
- S.118 - An act relating to the time frame for the adoption of administrative rules
- S.119 - An act relating to a statewide standard and policy for law enforcement use of force
- S.124 - An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
- S.125 - An act relating to Vermont’s adoption of the interstate Nurse Licensure Compact
- S.134 - An act relating to background investigations for State employees with access to federal tax information
- S.153 - An act relating to creating the Vermont 250th Commission
- S.163 - An act relating to housing safety and rehabilitation
- S.182 - An act relating to government operations regarding emergency medical services and public safety in response to COVID-19
- S.219 - An act relating to addressing racial bias and excessive use of force by law enforcement
- S.220 - An act relating to professional regulation
- S.233 - An act relating to uniform licensing standards
- S.344 - An act relating to temporary municipal tax rate provisions in response to COVID-19
- S.345 - An act relating to temporary municipal provisions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak
- S.348 - An act relating to temporary elections procedures in the year 2020
- S.349 - An act relating to emergency funding for local government
- S.354 - An act relating to using Australian ballot for municipal meetings in the year 2021
Bills In House Committee on Government Operations
Bills that are currently in committee.
Regular Session 2019-2020
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Bills Out of House Committee on Government Operations
Bills sponsored by the committee, and bills reported out of committee. Includes bills where the committee has been relieved of responsibility.
Regular Session 2019-2020
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Bills Referred to House Committee on Government Operations
Bills that were in committee at any time. Does not include bills sponsored by Committee.
Regular Session 2019-2020
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Bills Sponsored by House Committee on Government Operations
Regular Session 2019-2020
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