| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.38 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #379115 v.2 |
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| 6 | 6 | | H.38 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Representatives Christie of Hartford, Stevens of Waterbury, 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Bos-Lun of Westminster, Burrows of West Windsor, Chapin of 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | East Montpelier, Cina of Burlington, Cole of Hartford, Headrick 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | of Burlington, Howard of Rutland City, Krasnow of South 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Burlington, Masland of Thetford, McGill of Bridport, Mrowicki 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | of Putney, Priestley of Bradford, and Rachelson of Burlington 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Referred to Committee on 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Date: 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Subject: Commerce and trade; Human Rights Commission 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to authorize and 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | provide funding for six additional full-time positions and two additional part-12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | time positions within the Human Rights Commission. 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | An act relating to adding new positions to the Human Rights Commission 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sec. 1. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION; POSITIONS; APPROPRIATION 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) The following new positions are created in the Human Rights 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Commission: 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) one full-time, permanent, classified Communications and Outreach 19 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Coordinator; 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.38 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) one full-time, permanent, classified Intake Specialist; 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) three full-time, permanent, exempt Staff Attorney Investigators; 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (4) one full-time, permanent, exempt Paralegal; 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (5) one part-time, permanent, classified Mediator; and 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (6) one part-time, permanent, classified Social Worker/Case Manager. 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) In fiscal year 2026, the following amounts are appropriated from the 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | General Fund to the Human Rights Commission: 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) $25,000.00 for education and outreach activities; and 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) for the positions created in subsection (a) of this section: 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) $794,616.00 for salary and benefits; 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (B) $18,000.00 for related operating expenses and equipment; and 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (C) $50,000.00 for additional office space. 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025. 14 |
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