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The Health Care Committee reported the amendment as a simple effective-date change and recorded a favorable straw-poll vote. On the floor the motion to concur and the subsequent motion to deliver the bill to the governor were approved by voice votes with the outcome recorded as \"the ayes do have it.\" No further amendments were taken on the floor.

Speakers on the floor included the Member from Winooski who noted the change to the effective date and the committee's favorable straw-poll result.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Session: 2025-05-30-9:30 a.m.","oneSentenceSummary","The House concurred with the Senate on House Bill 266, amending an effective date for one section and then ordered the bill delivered to the governor forthwith.","taxTitle","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative , Vermont","taxId",29454,"location","Vermont","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6219580,"House proposes amendments to synthetic-media bill, orders third reading after debate on disclosures and exemptions",2046,3108000,5154000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3621571-c874b38932a03023129fd07548b945c0&start=3108&end=5154","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3621571-c874b38932a03023129fd07548b945c0/thumbnail_3108000.jpg","/articles/6219580/Vermont/House-proposes-amendments-to-synthetic-media-bill-orders-third-reading-after-debate-on-disclosures-and-exemptions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6219580-ee744ec519b61f401595038df9fc13b3/orig.mp4?Expires=1770880199&Signature=hpOEy-3Hb89F1Nn1O2AcasEE1v~fFXg~sT0EDwNaHZUlz74387OZ4NHtZLfNSpGS6PmXA2GQChEUFNXY4M9knGis8saKIc3mclmVpHMgNFQOIaWF9tn9aJID0ZVEuMYPXmOCwm-F6H~TMWoORExhga3XIN2zYEQy8CCckxKf3mvKM128QI1BO1AqrsyZShsfOS4frkuGOnNLki1ojRSTt~Vt2LTqv8eb~XQyJr07pfNraW4jqhSk1FATK4VPbtjczYwP8SNWE-H4K3Low2rBgDj15OTRFYiYdVcsqSuT42tmyeQmfS2ptMCLSQ0CZSgP4hXYUPcsLsnvbTd9A592Pg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Vermont House took up S.23, legislation addressing the use of synthetic media in elections, amended the committee report and voted to propose the committee's recommendation to the Senate; the chamber also ordered third reading.

S.23, as reported by the House Government Operations and Military Affairs Committee, would require anyone who knowingly publishes, distributes or communicates deceptive or fraudulent synthetic media intended to influence an election to include a disclosure that the content was created or intentionally manipulated by artificial intelligence if the content is shared within 90 days of an election. The floor presentation emphasized the bill's intent to protect election integrity while preserving political speech, parody and satire.

The bill delegates enforcement to the attorney general or a state's attorney, authorizes civil investigations and prescribes civil fines starting at up to $1,000 for a violation and up to $5,000 if the media is intended to incite physical violence; fines escalate for repeat offenses within five years. Exemptions listed in the bill include news outlets, telecommunication companies, Internet service providers, satire/parody and paid political advertising broadcasters under the conditions described on the floor, which prompted sustained questions from members about who bears responsibility for disclosures when an outside creative vendor produces content for a paying client.

Members debated whether the bill's exemptions for broadcasters and vendors unduly limit accountability; floor presenters responded that responsibility for a disclosure typically rests with the entity that distributes or pays for the distribution of the content and that the bill uses \"knowing\" as a key culpability standard to avoid penalizing innocent sharers.

After floor debate and an amendment clarifying that images be explicitly included in the definition of deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media, the House voted to propose to the Senate that it amend S.23 as recommended and then ordered the bill read a third time.

Speakers during the floor debate included the Member from Charlotte (committee presenter), the Member from Manchester and other representatives who interrogated the presenter on exemptions, enforcement and free-speech implications.","The House advanced S.23, an act regulating deceptive synthetic media in elections, by proposing to the Senate its committee-recommended amendments, ordering third reading and debating a 90-day disclosure window, enforcement and exemptions for broadcasters and vendors.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6219585,"House concurs in amended cannabis bill after committee changes, removes several new license provisions",1145,1936000,3081000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3621571-c874b38932a03023129fd07548b945c0&start=1936&end=3081","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3621571-c874b38932a03023129fd07548b945c0/thumbnail_1936000.jpg","/articles/6219585/Vermont/House-concurs-in-amended-cannabis-bill-after-committee-changes-removes-several-new-license-provisions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6219585-e1fb8f726368fae028f065558de03734/orig.mp4?Expires=1770880199&Signature=fw9FPpYmE7CuayvhmPjseohDxjy0uV2IjUYWZdsYvgCGnkuw5gS2RlwQeRwTYAJ2gAtn0hy-gn9JozX-Ec3uGcYg0sNM72H0hQun6yeleqeaTjtbGO6eef60gVQIrVl9r4r7Egd~LQiIRvRSmaLYl7r2LFTYieA~xMLH5GUM8bogzoz1ovUkwq3by1dUgE-OSG3~Vbr~JHv1v9R8IQr6sb580BawFNx0-9lRuZokT27kDNaguPOn2GIwzKilSyOkiv0022gYBLMieiXGHANqyuq3yRhmCu3wRnHqJGMH96hOXj4N8SteJfOn8uXj3ehRUDMh5Y7NpK8B1zYPXWMJ3g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Vermont House on the floor concurred in the Senate's proposal of amendment to House Bill 321, a miscellaneous cannabis bill, and adopted a further House amendment that removes several proposed new license types and related provisions.

House members and committee reporters described H.321 as largely housekeeping with targeted changes requested by the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) and other stakeholders. The House amendment the chamber adopted strikes four discrete sections that would have established a trim-and-harvest service license, a new license-making regime for ownership or location changes, and other related fees and terms; the changes were removed in part because the House's Government Operations committee concluded the CCB lacks sufficient in-house legal capacity to implement some of the new licensing and enforcement duties without additional counsel.

One provision that remained under discussion on the floor is a pilot authorizing an adults-only cannabis \"farmers market\" that would allow a qualified retailer, working with a minimum of three small cultivators or manufacturers, to host limited events where licensed products could be sold under the retailer's oversight. The pilot would permit up to five events in total statewide per the text discussed on the floor, require municipal opt-in approval prior to applying to the CCB, and require profit-sharing agreements and on-site retailer oversight. The CCB would retain authority to add conditions or terminate the pilot. On the floor, one member said the provision requires more time and scrutiny and announced opposition to the bill because of that provision.

Other floor-reported changes and discussions included: clarifying that intoxicating hemp products are treated as cannabis under CCB rules, an authorization for the CCB to use third-party background-check companies if FBI checks are denied, adjustments to temporary employee card requirements, and a CCB-directed evaluation of its fee schedule and potential excise-tax allocations to business development programs.

Committees reported broadly favorable straw-poll results on the bill and the floor amendment. The House voted to concur in the Senate proposal with the further House changes and the action was recorded on the floor as passed.

Speakers who presented and questioned the measure on the floor included the Member from Bergens (floor reporter), Representative Birong (member offering the further House amendment), and committee representatives from Appropriations and Ways and Means who summarized fiscal impacts.","The House agreed to the Senate's changes to House Bill 321 with further House edits that strike proposed trim-and-harvest license language and other items; the chamber flagged a pilot for \"cannabis farmers market\" events and discussed oversight and staffing concerns for the Cannabis Control Board.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6219588,"House approves amended agriculture package, sends bill back to Senate",962,943000,1905000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3621571-c874b38932a03023129fd07548b945c0&start=943&end=1905","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3621571-c874b38932a03023129fd07548b945c0/thumbnail_943000.jpg","/articles/6219588/Vermont/House-approves-amended-agriculture-package-sends-bill-back-to-Senate","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6219588-80497aeb87ca124f2eb5a1126401aadc/orig.mp4?Expires=1770880199&Signature=JAl2JwcyFNUROHxD~5jaVDFytBX1k8LObw8M4qbUTYWP2DpYOHnZ9visa1gGHFZ2T9wHcWlrWLzgw4VRKGNrZHnYp0Umt~dScTIPkd5jWa93tKxO58rTnkySh4wrISyeKGyd-ZGpE9rRGNdaq1g1JT4~67Gbh9lNoa-WU1dMiTsBnT3PuTeSd05AwVsotw9Npt~mCs1AE3xuT-nX7khEj20nFLGl-c-m09HdHrGq9BIaXfHoantNZ4VmAJFQY-8jbl1qdY4iQeLaoAnSZZKw6n-aZ~dxLVh42bNbQB-uknZRP3Yrn0iRbzvMo0ot-mxYbAiSOMliYJYErdbTPyU1Ag__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Vermont House on the floor concurred in the Senate's proposal of amendment to House Bill 484, a broad miscellaneous agriculture bill, adopting a further House amendment and sending the measure immediately to the Senate.

The bill packages a number of agriculture- and environment-related provisions. Key changes approved by the House include a $50 increase in the annual product fee that pesticide sellers pay (raising the fee from $200 to $250 per product), a directive for the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets to study options for reimbursing solid waste management entities with a report due by Dec. 15, 2025, and an expansion of the state's paint extended-producer-responsibility (EPR) program to cover all paint products including aerosol coatings and related products.

Other provisions the chamber approved would allow the Rutland County Fair to obtain a three-acre stormwater permit without paying a stormwater impact fee or completing an offset for phosphorus reductions that the site cannot complete because of physical constraints, and they adjusted effective dates for portions of the act.

Members also discussed provisions specific to the Ryegate biomass power plant in Caledonia County. The bill amends the statute that governs the plant's contract milestones and moves several deadlines out by one year to accommodate new ownership and a revised equipment plan after tariffs and canceled sales made the plant's original upgrade strategy infeasible. The plant, described on the floor as providing roughly 3% of the state's electricity and supporting local logging markets, had been required in earlier legislation to increase efficiency by 50 percent; the amended language postpones several vendor-contracting and certification deadlines by one year to allow the new owner to use American-made equipment and new approaches to capture and reuse escaping heat.

Committees reported the changes by straw poll votes: the House Agriculture, Food Resiliency and Forestry Committee reported supporting the further amendments on a 6-0-2 straw poll; the Environment Committee reported two separate straw poll approvals related to pesticide and EPR provisions. On final action the House voted'the \"ayes do have it\"'to concur with the Senate proposal as amended and then voted to suspend the rules to message the action to the Senate forthwith.

The bill contains many cross-cutting technical and effective-date provisions; the House's action was procedural concurrence with the Senate proposal plus the additional House amendment.

Members involved in the floor presentation included Representative Nelson (member from Derby), the Member from Randolph (floor reporter on several sections), and the Member from Manchester (floor reporter on the Ryegate provisions).","The Vermont House concurred in the Senate's proposal of amendment to House Bill 484 with further amendments, approving changes to pesticide fees, paint extended-producer-responsibility, stormwater rules for the Rutland County Fair and setting revised effective dates; the House suspended its rules and messaged the action to the Senate.","actionData","errors"]

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