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Secretary of State's office outlines priorities: election-year funding, OPR licensure updates and public-protection measures
Summary
Deputy Secretary Lauren Hubert and OPR Director Jen Cohen told the committee they seek election-year funding amid declining federal grants and will press OPR bills to create licensure pathways, reduce regulatory burdens and strengthen oversight of massage establishments and other professions.
Deputy Secretary of State Lauren Hubert and Jen Cohen, director of the Office of Professional Regulation (OPR), presented the Secretary of State's office's legislative priorities to the Senate Government Operations Committee on Jan. 6.
Hubert said the office oversees elections, business services, OPR and the Vermont State Archives and Records Center. She warned that federal grant support for elections (notably HAVA funding) has declined substantially from earlier levels and that the office will likely request additional state election-year funding to maintain…
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