House introduces two records/open-meetings bills, adopts weekend adjournment and passes health insurance statute update

The Vermont House of Representatives on April 9, 2025, introduced two bills concerning open meetings and public-records fees, adopted a joint Senate resolution on weekend adjournment, approved a reorganization of health insurance statutes in concurrence with the Senate, and committed a fiscal-year 2025 budget-adjustment bill to the Committee on Appropriations.

House Bill 501, introduced by Representative Bouton of Berry City, is "an act relating to the deadline for public bodies to respond to an alleged open meeting law violation." H501 was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs. Representative Bouton introduced the bill on the floor; no committee action or hearing schedule was recorded in the transcript.

House Bill 502, introduced by Representative Lipsky of Stowe and others, is "an act relating to charging for the actual cost under Vermont's Public Records Act." H502 received its first reading and was referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs. The transcript records the bill…