House Government Operations - 2026-04-15 - 2:35PM

Government Operations & Military Affairs · April 16, 2026

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Chair opened the April 15 session shortly after 2:30 p.m., announced the committee would resume work on S.298 (a bill to create a Vermont Voting Rights Act), and called the first remote witness, Ben Williams, to testify via Zoom.

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The Government Operations & Military Affairs committee took continued testimony on S.298 (proposed Vermont Voting Rights Act / Voter Protection Act) on April 15, 2026. Witnesses and agency staff discussed mirroring federal protections into state law, candidate security spending from campaign funds (including whether firearms should be excluded), data-access rules for voter checklists, and the bill's effective date.

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