Legislative · State · VT
Vermont Bill Would Create Task Force to Study and Develop Slavery Reparations Proposals
- Direction
- +1 — benefit to freedmen
- Force
- 0.10 — introduced or referred
- Status
- Developing
- Date
- 2025-04-01
Why this rating
If fully effective, the bill would create a state task force tasked with developing concrete reparations proposals tied to chattel slavery, a mechanism that would disproportionately benefit descendants of enslaved persons by generating policy specifically aimed at redressing that lineage-based harm — meriting a positive direction rating. However, the measure has only been introduced and referred to committee, with no hearing, funding, or task force powers (e.g., subpoena authority) yet established or described in the available material, so its realized impact to date is minimal, reflected in the lowest force rating.
Summary
Vermont H0499 (2025-2026 session), sponsored by Rep. Troy Headrick, would establish a Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for the Institution of Chattel Slavery. The bill was read for the first time on April 1, 2025, and referred to the House Committee on General and Housing.
Sources
- An act relating to establishing the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for the Institution of Chattel Slavery — bill text · primary · legiscan
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