Community Media Public Benefit Bill: H.575 and S.181: Vermont House Committee on Government Operations - Walkthrough of S.55 Update to Open Meeting Law

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Walkthrough of S.55 Update to Open Meeting Law at the House Committee on Government Operations.

On Friday, the committee continued discussing S.55 - they had a walkthrough of Draft 1.3 of the bill from legislative counsel. A list of items changed/added in this draft are below:

  • Added Hybrid Meeting definition
  • Added Undue Hardship definition
  • Defining Requests for access (who can ask, when they have to ask by, what undue hardship entails)
  • Secretary of State providing training
  • Adding threat of death or serious bodily injury to Local Incident
  • Added requirement of posting recorded meetings within 24 hours
  • Updated the Bill name to reflect the true intentions of the bill 

S.55: Draft 1.3:
https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/WorkGroups/House%20Government%20Operations/Bills/S.55/Drafts,%20Amendents,%20and%20Legal%20Documents/S.55~Tim%20Devlin~%20Draft%201.3,%204-11-2024~4-12-2024.pdf

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