Community Media Public Benefit Bill: H.575 and S.181: Vermont House Committee on Government Operations - Walkthrough of S.55 Update to Open Meeting Law

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Walkthrough of S.55 Update to Open Meeting Law at the House Committee on Government Operations.

On Friday, the committee continued discussing S.55 - they had a walkthrough of Draft 1.3 of the bill from legislative counsel. A list of items changed/added in this draft are below:

Added Hybrid Meeting definition
Added Undue Hardship definition
Defining Requests for access (who can ask, when they have to ask by, what undue hardship entails)
Secretary of State providing training
Adding threat of death or serious bodily injury to Local Incident
Added requirement of posting recorded meetings within 24 hours
Updated the Bill name to reflect the true intentions of the bill

S.55: Draft 1.3:
https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/WorkGroups/House%20Government%20Operations/Bills/S.55/Drafts,%20Amendents,%20and%20Legal%20Documents/S.55~Tim%20Devlin~%20Draft%201.3,%204-11-2024~4-12-2024.pdf

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Production Date: 04/12/2024
Catalog Number: none
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Series: Community Media Public Benefit Bill: H.575 and S.181
Length: 01:24:25
Town: Vermont
Geography: Vermont
Event Type: Legislative
Content Type: Other

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