Legislative · State · VT
Vermont Senate Bill on Post-Adjudication Reparative Program Working Group Recommendations Introduced
- Direction
- -1 — harm to freedmen
- Force
- 1.00 — enacted, vetoed, or final
- Status
- Developing
- Date
- 2026-01-06
Why this rating
The provided material contains no text describing the substance of this bill beyond its title. 'Post-adjudication reparative program' language, based on the material available, appears to reference a general criminal-justice restorative program rather than any lineage-specific reparations measure for Freedmen descendants. No mechanism connecting this bill to Freedmen specifically is present in the source material, and the bill has only been introduced/referred to committee, which per the rubric does not yet change any outcome.
Summary
Vermont S0180 (2025-2026 session) is a bill described only as 'An act relating to the recommendations of the Post-Adjudication Reparative Program Working Group.' It was read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary on January 6, 2026. The bill was sponsored by Senator Nader Hashim (D).
Sources
- An act relating to the recommendations of the Post-Adjudication Reparative Program Working Group — bill text · primary · legiscan
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