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Committee intern summarizes ticketing, data-privacy and vocational rehabilitation bills
Summary
An intern briefed the committee on three bills: ticket resale and price-cap concerns (H.512), a data-privacy bill with debate over a private right of action (H.639), and vocational-rehabilitation screening and credentialing changes (S.173).
At the start of the session an intern, Abid Sales (UDM), summarized several bills for the House Commerce & Economic Development Committee.
On H.512 (ticketing), witnesses had debated whether a price-cap repeal in another state prompted a black market, with attendees pointing to Massachusetts as an example and committee members questioning a 110% price cap and whether resellers might bundle tickets with other services to justify higher prices.
On H.639 (data privacy), testimony from Ancestry.com opposed a private right of action; the company said a tender period would be a step toward acceptability but that it preferred enforcement by the attorney general. Committee members discussed deletion requests, an exemption for genetic samples when retained by law, and whether biometric data should be included in the same statutory framework as genetic material.
On S.173 (vocational rehabilitation), the intern noted Vermont does not require a certified rehabilitation counselor (CRC) credential for counselors; the bill would add a separate screening process and clarify when VR is triggered after continuous disability or maximum medical improvement, and when workers may request future services.
The summaries were presented to the committee before they moved on to H.837.
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