House refuses to concur on Senate amendment to synthetic-media elections bill, appoints conferees
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Summary
The House voted to refuse concurrence on the Senate’s proposed amendment to S.23 (use of synthetic media in elections) and appointed a committee of conference after the Government Operations and Military Affairs Committee reported a unanimous straw-poll to refuse concurrence.
The Vermont House announced it would refuse to concur in a Senate proposal of amendment to S.23, an act addressing the use of synthetic media in elections, and requested the appointment of a committee of conference to resolve differences.
A representative of the House Government Operations and Military Affairs Committee reported that the committee met on the Senate proposal of amendment to S.23 and moved that the House refuse to concur and appoint a conference committee; the committee reported its position by a straw poll of 11–0–0. The House carried the motion by voice vote and the Speaker appointed the following House conferees: Representative Byron, Representative Hango, and Representative Waters Evans.
The transcript records the committee’s procedural report and the House’s floor action to institute the conference process. No conference report or final substantive compromise was recorded in this session’s transcript.
