S.28

An act relating to divesting State retirement funds from the 200 publically traded companies that hold the largest carbon content fossil fuels reserves

Sponsors: Sen. Anthony Pollina , Sen. David Zuckerman

Location: Senate Committee on Government Operations

Last Recorded Action: 1/22/2015 - Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations

Committee Activity - Meeting Full List

2015 - 2016 Legislative Session

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Government Operations

1:30 PM

S.28 - An act relating to divesting State retirement funds from the 200 publically traded companies that hold the largest carbon content fossil fuels reserves

350 Vermont

Nora Hill, Vermont Commons School
Isabelle Francke, Student
Eric Becker, Clean Yield Asset Management
Bob Kenny, Goddard President
Matt Patsky, Trillium Investments

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Government Operations

1:30 PM

S.28 - An act relating to divesting State retirement funds from the 200 publically traded companies that hold the largest carbon content fossil fuels reserves

Eric Becker, Clean Yield Asset Management
Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
Matt Considine, Director of Investment, Office of the State Treasurer

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Government Operations

4:00 PM

S.28 - An act relating to divesting State retirement funds from the 200 publically traded companies that hold the largest carbon content fossil fuels reserves

Toby Heaps, CEO & Co-Founder, Corporate Knights
Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
Maura Carroll, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Government Operations

- after the floor

S.28 - An act relating to divesting State retirement funds from the 200 publically traded companies that hold the largest carbon content fossil fuels reserves

Joe Choquette, Downs Rachlin Martin
Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
Matt Considine, Director of Investment, Office of the State Treasurer
Deborah Markowitz, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources
Al Boright, Retired, Senior Legislative Counsel
Don Hooper, National Wildlife Federation
Ben Walsh, Climate & Energy Program Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group
Mike O'Neil, President, VT Troopers Association
Austin Davis, Policy & Communications Coordinator, 350Vt

Friday, February 19, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Government Operations

1:00 PM

S.28 - An act relating to divesting State retirement funds from the 200 publically traded companies that hold the largest carbon content fossil fuels reserves

Joint Meeting with House Government Operations - to be held in Room 11

Ed Stanak, President, District Environmental Commission
Bill McKibben, Scholar, author, and activist, Middlebury College
Jack Robinson, Trillium Assets
Michael Dworkin, Director of the Institute for Energy and the Environment, Vermont Law School
Chris D'Elia, President, Vermont Bankers' Association
Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
Hank Kim, Executive Director, National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems
Keith Brainard, Research Director, National Association of State Retirement Administrators
Nancy Lynch, Executive Director, VSEA
Nate Hausman, VT Chapter of the Sierra Club
Robb Kidd, Program Manager, VT Sierra Club Conservation Program

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Government Operations

1:30 PM

S.28 - An act relating to divesting State retirement funds from the 200 publically traded companies that hold the largest carbon content fossil fuels reserves

Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
Austin Davis, Policy & Communications Coordinator, 350Vt
Selene Colburn, Burlington City Council
Nancy Lynch, Legislative Director, VSEA

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Government Operations

-

S.28 - An act relating to divesting State retirement funds from the 200 publically traded companies that hold the largest carbon content fossil fuels reserves

Committee Discussion

Friday, March 11, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Government Operations

-

S.28 - An act relating to divesting State retirement funds from the 200 publically traded companies that hold the largest carbon content fossil fuels reserves

Committee Discussion

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Government Operations

3:00 PM

S.28 - An act relating to divesting State retirement funds from the 200 publically traded companies that hold the largest carbon content fossil fuels reserves