S.40

An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Sponsors: Sen. Michael Sirotkin, Sen. Deborah Ingram , Sen. Claire Ayer, Sen. Rebecca Balint, Sen. Philip Baruth, Sen. Francis Brooks, Sen. Alison Clarkson, Sen. Ann Cummings, Sen. Virginia Lyons, Sen. Mark MacDonald, Sen. Richard McCormack, Sen. Christopher Pearson, Sen. Anthony Pollina, Sen. Jeanette White

Last Recorded Action: 5/12/2018 - Governor vetoed bill; text of veto message

Committee Activity - Meeting Full List

2017-2018 Legislative Session
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
8:50 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

David Cooper, Senior Economic Analyst | Deputy Director of EARN, Economic Policy Institute
10:45 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Stephanie Yu, Policy Analyst, Public Assets Institute
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
8:45 AM

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Al Gobeille, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
Lindsay Kurrle, Commissioner, Department of Labor
Mat Barewicz, Economic & Labor Market Information Chief, Department of Labor
Friday, January 19, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
8:45 AM

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Tom Torti, Executive Director, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
Michael Rainville, President
Ashley Romeo-Boles, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Bill Moore, President and CEO, Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Bill Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont
Erin Sigrist, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
Lindsay DesLauriers, State Director, Main Street Alliance of VT
Dan Barlow, State Director, Vermont Business for Social Responsibility
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
10 minutes following floor action

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Lynn Smith, Executive Director, The Manor
Adriel Jubilee McGill, Rights and Democracy
Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women
Annie Wohland, Lead Organizer, Burlington's Fights for $15
Ed Paquin, Director, Disability Rights Vermont
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
10:20 AM

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Brenda Fleming, President, Vermont Association of School Business Officials
10:30 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

committee discussion on tipped minimum wage

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Mark Frier, Owner, Reservoir Restaurant & Tap Room, The Bench, Tres Amigos, and The Rusty Nail
Isaac Grimm, Political Director, Rights and Democracy
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
6:00 PM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

6:00-8:00

Steve Berry, Manchester, Global Meeting House
David Ellenbogen, Calais
Teddy Waszazak, Barre
Beth Ann Maier, Waterbury, VT Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics
Travon Leyshon, Green Mountain Labor Council
Talmage Jestice, Waitsfield
Nathan Suter, Montpelier
Heather Riemer, Burlington, Vermont Chapter of American Federation of Teachers
Perri Freeman, Burlington
Adrienne Coppersmith, Burlington
Steve Lobb, Montpelier, Justice for All
Emma Paradise, Montpelier
Eva Krukowski, Bennington
Cecile Johnston
Andrea Sambrook, Hinesburg
Marg Alice Proffitt, Business owner, Down Home Kitchen
Mark Bouchett, Burlington
Sarah Defelice, Montpelier
Josh Massey
Eric Recchia
Brenda Siegel
Annie Wohland, Lead Organizer, Burlington's Fights for $15
Danny Morgan
Glennie Sewell, Montpelier
Kara Casey, Housing and Economic Justice Specialist, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
Matthew LaFrance, Randolph
Sabra Ewing, Vershire
Brenda Siegel, Newfane
Dora Bouboulis, Brattleboro
Ann Zimmerman, Guilford
Jill Charbonneau, Middlebury
Gene Bergman, Burlington
Kathleen Coonrod, Burlington
Andrew Sullivan, Montpelier
Katherine Pastula, Barnet
James Haslam, Essex, Rights and Democracy
Friday, January 26, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
8:45 AM

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Enforcement of minimum wage law as it pertains to tipped employees

Dirk Anderson, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Labor
Cameron Wood, Director, Unemployment Insurance & Wages
9:00 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

committee discussion - tipped employees; benefit cliff; inflater index

10:30 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

David Mickenberg, Lobbyist, Working Vermont, Community Vermont Elders, AARP
Erhard Mahnke, Executive Director, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
Jill Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
10:30 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Tom Kavet, State Economist, Kavet, Rockler & Associates, LLC
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
10:45 AM

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Sandy Paritz, Vermont Legal Aid
Judy Peterson, CEO, Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties
Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
11:30 AM

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Committee discussion

Thursday, February 1, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
11:30 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Committee discussion

Friday, February 2, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
10:25 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Committee discussion

Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
10:15 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Committee discussion

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
Tucker Anderson, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council
Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Appropriations
2:30 PM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Sen. Michael Sirotkin
Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Appropriations
1:30 PM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
10:00 AM

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Sen. Dick Sears
Sen. Joe Benning
Friday, February 16, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
9:30 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Proposed amendments

Sen. Carolyn Whitney Branagan
Sen. Randy Brock
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
10:00 AM

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Minimum Wage and Benefits Cliff Study Committee
Room 10

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
9:00 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Sen. Michael Sirotkin, Sponsor and Reporter
10:00 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
9:00 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Lindsay Kurrle, Commissioner, Department of Labor
Mat Barewicz, Economic & Labor Market Information Chief, Department of Labor
Stephanie Yu, Policy Analyst, Public Assets Institute
Becca Schrader, Business Resource Manager, Vermont Community Loan Fund
Sonja Raymond, Owner, Apple Tree Learning Center
Sarah Kenney, Deputy Director, Let's Grow Kids
Tom Kavet, State Economist, Kavet, Rockler & Associates, LLC
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Jill Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont
Beth Ann Maier, Waterbury, VT Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics
Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
Dennis LaBounty, Political Director, Vermont AFL-CIO
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
-

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Tipped minimum wage

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Isaac Grimm, Political Director, Rights and Democracy
Cameron Wood, Director, Unemployment Insurance Division
Dirk Anderson, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Labor
Jed Davis, Owner, The Farmhouse Group
Ashley Moore, Campaigns Director, Main Street Alliance of VT
Friday, March 30, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
15 min after Floor

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Ken Schatz, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
1:00 PM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Tom Kavet, State Economist, Kavet, Rockler & Associates, LLC
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S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Fiscal Note

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on Human Services
1:00 PM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Sections of S.40 that pertain to the benefits cliff as requested by the House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs

Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office
Ken Schatz, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families
Lee Lauber, Former Childcare and Family Support Worker
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
9:00 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Room 10

Wes Hamilton, Co-owner and Managing Partner, Three Penny Taproom and The Mad Taco
Mark Frier, Owner, Reservoir Restaurant & Tap Room, The Bench, Tres Amigos, and The Rusty Nail
Tom Torti, Executive Director, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
Annie Wohland, Lead Organizer, Burlington's Fight for $15
Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women
Lisa Fontaine, Owner, G & L General Store, Benson
David Snedeker, Executive Director, Northeastern Vermont Development Association
Betsy Bishop, President, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Erin Sigrist, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
William Moore, President and CEO, Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Glenn Foster, Manager of Safety, Compliance, and Engineering for the Veneer Division, Columbia Forest Products
Daniel Barlow, Public Policy Manager, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
15 min after Floor

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Kylen Veilleux, Restaurant Worker and College Student, Burlington
Caleb Magoon, Business owner, Morrisville and Waterbury
Sarah Defelice, Bailey Road, Montpelier
Bill Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on Ways and Means
11:00 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Fiscal Note

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
3:00 PM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Fiscal Note

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
-

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Alley Shubert, Self-Advocate, Burlington's Fight for $15
5:30 PM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Public hearing in room 11

Deb Snell, President, AFT Vermont, Moretown
Chloe White, Policy Director, ACLU of Vermont
Al Walskey, Self-Advocate, West Berskshire
Karen Lafayette, Lobbyist, Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council
Dotty Kyle, Retired Innkeeper
Rene Barry, Self-Advocate, Montpelier
Kelly Cummings, Self-Advocate, Jeffersonville
Ann Zimmerman, Self-Advocate, Guilford
Michel Kabay, Norwich University
Sharon Moulton, Self-Advocate, Lyndonville
Brenda Churchill, Self-Advocate, Bakersfield
Kate Larose, Director of Financial Futures, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity
Elaine Stehel, Self-Advocate, Northfield
Annie Wohland, Lead Organizer, Burlington's Fight for $15
Earl Wright, Self-Advocate, Burlington
Meghan Diffenderfer, Self-Advocate, Burlington
Gene Bergman, First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington
John Benoit, Self-Advocate, South Burlington
Kara Casey, Housing and Economic Justice Specialist, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
Brenda Siegel, Self-Advocate, Newfane
Greg Tatro, Owner, GW Tatro Construction
Stephen Whitaker, Self-Advocate, Montpelier
Amy Huyffer, Self-Advocate, Strafford
Teddy Waszazak, Self-Advocate, Barre City
Kayla Kirkland, Self-Advocate, Barre Town
Jill Charbonneau, President, Vermont Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Jubilee McGill, Self-Advocate, Bridport
Michelle Fay, Executive Director, Voices for Vermont's Children
Christina Pasnick, Secretary, National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Vermont Chapter
Nathan Suter, Board Member, Peace & Justice Center
Eva Krukowski, Student, Bennington College
Steve May, Self-Advocate, Richmond
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on Appropriations
3:00 PM

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As Passed the Senate

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on Human Services
4:25 PM

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Bard Hill, Director, Policy, Planning and Analysis, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
Julie Tessler, Executive Director, VT Council of Developmental & Mental Health Services
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
3:00 PM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

David Mickenberg, Lobbyist, Working Vermont, AARP, COVE
Sandy Paritz, Project Director, Vermont Poverty Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
9:00 AM

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Dianne Avery, Professor Emerita, SUNY Buffalo Law School
Tim Fortune, Vice President, TLC Nursing Associates, LLC
Mary Jo Mazzonna, Co-owner, DeBanville's General Store & Cafe'
Jim Mazzonna, Co-owner, DeBanville's General Store & Cafe'
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on Appropriations
9:00 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
9:00 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Yannet Lathrop, Researcher and Policy Analyst, National Employment Law Project
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Approx. 10:00-10:15am.

David Cooper, Senior Economic Analyst | Deputy Director of EARN, Economic Policy Institute
15 min after Floor

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Presentation and Committee discussion.

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on Appropriations
10:05 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office
10:45 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
11:15 AM

S.40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Tom Kavet, Legislature's Economist, Kavet, Rockler & Associates, LLC
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
1:00 PM

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Discussion, markup and possible vote.
Ethan Allen

Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Committee(s):
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
9:00 AM

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Committee will hear and vote on amendments

Rep. Cynthia Browning, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Paul N. Poirier, Sponsor of amendment
Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Committee(s):
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
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Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council