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Committee reviews proposal to add year to act numbers to ease public searches
Summary
The House Government Operations & Military Affairs committee heard an introductory presentation on H.831, a bill to require the secretary of state to include the year of passage in the numbering of acts; counsel said changes would amend 3 VSA §104 and begin in the next biennium, and the committee asked staff to draft precise language.
The House Government Operations & Military Affairs committee on Thursday took up H.831, a short-form bill that would require the secretary of state to include the year of passage in the number assigned to acts of the General Assembly, proponents said, to reduce public confusion when citizens look up legislation.
Representative Coffin (Windsor 2), who presented the bill, said adding the year would make it easier for residents to find and follow bills. "They gave me testimony to support a bill that had already passed, which turned into act 120 of 2024," Coffin said,…
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