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Committee reviews studies and genetic‑privacy tweaks in H.137; staff to revise draft
Summary
Legislative Council and DFR proposed minor timing and language changes to H.137 outside the kiosk provisions: two consumer‑protection studies will be delayed and reframed, and a genetic‑privacy clause was clarified to emphasize preventing unfair genetic discrimination.
Legislative Council staff on Feb. 28 walked the Vermont House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development through non‑kiosk provisions in draft 1.5 of H.137, including changes to study deadlines and clarifications to a genetic‑privacy proposal; committee members accepted the suggested edits and instructed staff to fold them into the redraft of the bill.
The staff presentation noted two study changes requested after DFR asked for additional time. For a study on consumer protections related to transaction holds when fraud is suspected, staff…
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