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House advances, amends and postpones bills: HB5, HB626, HB611, HB540 update
Summary
On Feb. 5 the Vermont House passed HB5 and HB626 (after amendment), postponed HB611 for one legislative day, and ordered third reading for HB540; several committee tallies and amendments were read into the record.
The Vermont House took action on multiple bills Feb. 5, advancing some measures, amending others and postponing at least one.
House Bill 5, an act creating a hearsay exception for children under 16, was read for third time and passed by voice vote. The presiding officer announced the bill's passage.
House Bill 626, addressing voyeurism and the disclosure of explicit images without consent, was amended on the floor after the member from Northfield asked to divide the amendment into parts. The member from Northfield explained that one withdrawn phrase concerned the definition of "intimate parts," and that…
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