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Senate committee narrows membership, sets schedule for S.56 New Americans study group
Summary
Members of the Senate Committee on Government Operations discussed and revised the proposed membership and consulting list for S.56, a study group on New Americans, agreed to a limit on meetings and staffing, and set a reporting deadline of Sept. 1, 2026.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations reviewed revisions to S.56 on Wednesday, March 12, focusing on who should sit on and be consulted by a planned study group on New Americans.
Committee members debated trimming redundant seats and clarifying which state officials and community organizations should be included. They discussed removing a duplicate representative tied to the Association of Africans Living in Vermont, eliminating the Secretary of Human Services from the membership list because the Vermont Refugee Office sits in that agency, and replacing the commissioner of labor with the director of the Office of Workforce Strategy and Development (Jay Ramsey) as the workforce…
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