Senate Institutions - 2026-02-17 - 1:10PM

Senate Institutions · February 17, 2026

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Opening and agenda

Announcement

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Committee chair opened the hearing, stated the date and listed three agenda items: Vermont Humanities, state IT funding (with Commissioner Adam Greshen expected), and data management/sharing policies (Secretary of State scheduled at 3 p.m.).

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Vermont Humanities executive director briefed the Senate Institutions committee about the Vermont Reads program, described the loss of federal funding after an April 2025 NEH cutoff, and requested a modest 10% increase to the state appropriation to partially shore up programs and prison-library book access.

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