Sera kwa Watu Machi 24, 2025

Hapa chini ni sasisho kuhusu sheria zinazopendekezwa ambazo nilitaja mapema mwaka huu. Hali inayopaswa kukusumbua zaidi ni Hakuna Hatua. Matarajio ni kuwa muswada hizi huenda zisifanywe kazi kwa sasa (yaani, ni nusu kufa).

Ikiwa kuna muswada ambao ungefaidi maisha yako, tafadhali wasiliana na wabunge wako na/au wadhamini wa muswada ili kutoa maoni yako.

(Hii si maneno rasmi ya kisheria. Niliunda maneno haya ili kukusaidia kuelewa vyema ni muswada gani una matumaini na ni ipi itakayokufa.) Hali hizi zinamaanisha:

  • Hakuna Hatua = Muswada haujapewa hatua wala kujadiliwa tangu uwasilishwe.

  • Imepitishwa na Baraza la Wawakilishi = Sasa iko mikononi mwa Seneti.

  • Imepitishwa na Seneti = Sasa iko mikononi mwa Baraza la Wawakilishi.

  • Inasonga Kupitia Seneti - Muswada hizi zina hatua kadhaa zilizorekodiwa katika Seneti na zinahamia kwa haraka.

Hii ni Sera kwa Watu.

Afya ya Akili/Fizikia:

S.1 - Hakuna Hatua

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.1

Inapendekeza kutoa bima ya afya inayolingana na Medicaid kwa watu wote wa Vermont.

S.8 - Hakuna Hatua

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.8

Inapendekeza kupanua vigezo vya kufikiwa kwa bima chini ya programu ya Dr. Dynasaur kwa wakaazi wote wa Vermont wenye umri wa chini ya miaka 26 na mapato yanayofikia au chini ya asilimia 312 ya kiwango cha umaskini cha shirikisho.

S.53 - Inasonga Kupitia Seneti (Inayokubalika)
https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.53

Inapendekeza kuanzisha mchakato wa uthibitisho wa hiari kwa doulas wa jamii katika huduma za uzazi. Pia itahitaji bima ya Medicaid kwa huduma za doula wakati wa uchungu na kujifungua na kwa kipindi cha ujauzito na baada ya kujifungua.

H.30 - Hakuna Hatua

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.30

Inapendekeza kupunguza matumizi ya kutengwa na kushikiliwa kwa watoto na vijana walioko chini ya uangalizi wa Idara ya Watoto na Familia na wanaoshiriki katika programu za makazi.

H.32 - Hakuna Hatua

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.32

Inapendekeza kutaka Idara ya Magereza kuingia katika makubaliano na programu za matibabu ya opioidi zilizo karibu na kila kituo cha magereza katika Jimbo kwa ajili ya utoaji wa huduma za matatizo ya matumizi ya opioidi.

Makazi

H.15 - Hakuna Hatua

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.15

Inapendekeza kutoa msaada wa kifedha kwa gharama za chumba na chakula katika shule za baada ya sekondari katika Vermont kwa wakaazi wa Jimbo wanaostahili.

H.169 - Hakuna Hatua

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.169

Inapendekeza kumzuia mmiliki wa nyumba kuomba namba ya Social Security katika ombi la kodi la makazi na kukubali aina zote za vitambulisho vya serikali vilivyotolewa.

H.170 - Hakuna Hatua

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.170

Inapendekeza (1) kuweka mipaka ya usajili ya Chuo Kikuu cha Vermont na Chuo cha Kilimo cha Jimbo wakati kiwango cha upungufu wa nyumba katika Jiji la Burlington kiko chini ya asilimia tano; (2) kudai makazi ya Chuo Kikuu yaendelee na kanuni za makazi za manispaa na viwango vya usalama wa nyumba za kukodisha...

Usawa/Ufikivu:

H.38 - Hakuna Hatua

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.38

Inapendekeza kutoa idhini na kugawa fedha kwa nafasi za kudumu sita na nafasi za muda mbili katika Tume ya Haki za Binadamu.

S.2 - Hakuna Hatua

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.2

Inapendekeza kuanzisha Ofisi ya Usawa wa Afya ndani ya Idara ya Afya.

S.16 - Hakuna Hatua

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.16

Inapendekeza kudai kwamba sehemu ya kubadilisha watoto iwepo katika angalau choo kimoja katika kila jengo la umma au sehemu ya huduma ya umma.

S.56 - Inasonga Kupitia Seneti (Inayokubalika)

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.56

Inapendekeza kuunda Kamati ya Utafiti ya Ofisi ya Wamarekani Wapya ili kuchunguza na kuripoti kuhusu uundaji wa Ofisi huru ya Wamarekani Wapya.

Ajira

H.33 - Hakuna Hatua

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.33

Inapendekeza:

Kupanuwa upatikanaji wa likizo ya familia na matibabu isiyolipwa. Kutoa likizo iliyo na kinga ya ajira kwa sababu zinazohusiana na vurugu za nyumbani, unyanyasaji wa kingono, unyanyasaji wa kijinsia, kuomboleza, na dharura inayostahili. Kuondoa vizuizi kwa familia za LGBTQ+ katika kupata likizo ya utunzaji. Kuweka masharti ya kuripoti ili kufuatilia athari za upatikanaji ulio panuliwa. H.190 - Hakuna Hatua

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.190

Inapendekeza kufuta sheria za uzinifu zinazozuia “ngono ya kiholela” na kushiriki kwa hiari katika kazi ya ngono kwa malipo kwa watu wazima wakati inabaki na zuio na adhabu za jinai kwa biashara haramu ya watu walioingizwa kwa nguvu, udanganyifu, au kulazimishwa kushiriki katika kazi ya ngono.

Kisheria/Magereza

H.2 - Imepitishwa na Baraza la Wawakilishi

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.2

Inapendekeza kuongeza umri wa chini ambapo mtoto anaweza kuwa chini ya mchakato wa uhalifu wa vijana kutoka 10 hadi 12.

H.32 - Hakuna Hatua

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.32

Inapendekeza kutaka Idara ya Magereza kuingia katika makubaliano na programu za matibabu ya opioidi zilizo karibu na kila kituo cha magereza katika Jimbo kwa ajili ya utoaji wa huduma za matatizo ya matumizi ya opioidi.

S.9 - Imepitishwa na Seneti

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.9

Inapendekeza kuelekeza Msimamizi wa Mahakama kuunda taratibu za mdai kupata agizo dhidi ya unyanyasaji wa kingono baada ya masaa ya kawaida ya mahakama au katika wikendi na sikukuu.

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