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House General & Housing hears testimony on H.429 to clarify Human Rights Commission jurisdiction over legislature
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MONTPELIER, Vt. — The House General & Housing Committee on April 3 heard testimony on H.429, a bill that would clarify whether the Vermont Human Rights Commission may investigate or enforce discrimination claims involving the General Assembly and other constitutional officers.
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The House General & Housing Committee on April 3 heard testimony on H.429, a bill that would clarify whether the Vermont Human Rights Commission may investigate or enforce discrimination claims involving the General Assembly and other constitutional officers.
The question matters because, as Damien Leonard of the Office of Legislative Council told the committee, current remedies for people who say they were discriminated against in the State House are unclear: internal human resources processes and House panels exist, a private lawsuit is possible, and the Human Rights Commission has jurisdiction in many public-accommodation and state-agency cases — but whether the term “state agency” covers the legislature is ambiguous. "It's not…
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