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House amends Truth and Reconciliation Commission bill to add vacancy process, limited-access safeguards and delay sunset
Summary
Lawmakers adopted a strike‑all amendment to H649 to reconstitute the TRC selection panel, add procedures to fill commissioner vacancies, permit limited‑access meetings with streaming and confidentiality safeguards, and remove a $1.1 million appropriation from the bill pending funding elsewhere.
The House took up House Bill 649 concerning the Vermont Truth and Reconciliation Commission and adopted a strike‑all amendment that focuses on the commission's processes: how vacancies are filled, the commission's authority to hold limited‑access meetings in response to safety threats, creation of confidential support groups, and an extension of the commission's timeline.
"The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established by the legislature by act 128 of 2022 to examine and begin dismantling institutional, structural, and systemic discrimination in Vermont," Representative McCarthy (member from St.…
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