Community Media Public Benefit Bill: H.575 and S.181: Vermont Senate Committee on Government Operations - Testimony of S.55 Update to Open Meeting Law
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Testimony of S.55 Update to Open Meeting Law at the Senate Committee on Government Operations.
On Tuesday, the Senate Government Operations & Military Affairs committee continued testimony and discussion on S.55, a bill which would make multiple changes to current open meeting law. Lauren-Glenn Davitian gave testimony on draft 4.2 of the bill - the committee did not have any follow up questions but expressed appreciation for VAN’s input. A link to Lauren-Glenn’s written remarks and start of testimony is included below. After testimony, the committee did bill mark-up with legislative counsel. The committee addressed multiple small changes to language - adding language about transparency, accountability, and trust in government as well as telephonic access to meetings.
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