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