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Unidentified committee chair opened the Senate Government Operations Committee meeting, welcomed Disability Advocacy Day representatives and named several attendees (Senator Clarkson, Brian Kolomar, Lynn Jack Hovarskis, Senator White). The chair noted Senator Morley was absent and asked the guests to begin.
Disability advocates from the Vermont Center for Independent Living and Disability Rights Vermont told the Senate Government Operations Committee on Feb. 11 that Vermont must "write disability rights into every bill," urging statewide use of Australian ballots, hybrid meetings, standardized ADA accommodation procedures, and protections for confidential accommodation requests. Speakers also flagged accessibility gaps in emergency response and town meeting processes and asked the committee to review dozens of pending bills through a disability lens.
