| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.373 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #379134 v.1 |
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| 6 | 6 | | H.373 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | SHORT FORM 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Introduced by Representatives Cina of Burlington, Logan of Burlington, 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | McGill of Bridport, and Satcowitz of Randolph 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Date: 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Subject: Expanding democracy pilot projects 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to launch a 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | variety of pilot projects expanding democratic practices in State and local 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | government, including expanding the use of participatory decision-making in 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | existing neighborhood planning assemblies; creating neighborhood planning 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | assemblies in other towns, cities, and villages; creating regional planning 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | assemblies; exploring different processes to increase engagement in Town 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Meeting Day; exploring the use of sortition (the selection of officials at 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | random from a group) and charrettes (dividing a group into subgroups to 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | deliberate and then present the subgroup’s idea back to the larger group for 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | further consideration) in public bodies and meetings; requiring paid time off to 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | increase participation in elections; exploring ways to increase democratic 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | engagement as a positive social determinant of health; incentivizing 19 |
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| 25 | 25 | | engagement by providing goods that improve social determinants of health; 20 |
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| 26 | 26 | | providing grants to public schools to use assemblies to make decisions about 21 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.373 |
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| 30 | 30 | | VT LEG #379134 v.1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | policies and practices within schools; and educating the public on skills for 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | advocacy and community organizing. 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | An act relating to pilot projects expanding democratic practices in State and 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | local government 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (TEXT OMITTED IN SHORT-FORM BILLS) 6 |
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