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2024
No. R-189. Joint resolution authorizing limited remote joint committee voting through the remainder of calendar year 2024.
(J.R.H.7)
Offered by: Committee on Rules Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
That through the remainder of calendar year 2024, each member of a joint committee is
authorized to vote remotely in that committee:
(1) if the member has tested positive for COVID-19 and is within a period of isolation as provided by Vermont Department of Health guidelines; and
(2) for not more than three days, for any other reason, and be it further Resolved: Such a member shall notify the committee chair or co-chairs, as applicable,
and the committee clerk that the member is exercising this remote voting authority, and shall count toward a committee quorum, and be it further Resolved: The committee clerk shall record any vote cast by the member as a remote vote, and shall track the number of days the member exercises the member’s non-COVID-
19 remote voting authority.
VT LEG #374225 v.1