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 - Witnesses Who Testified
2017-2018 Legislative Session
House Committee on Appropriations
- Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office
- Tom Kavet, Legislature's Economist, Kavet, Rockler & Associates, LLC
- Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
- Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- Dirk Anderson, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Labor
- Dianne Avery, Professor Emerita, SUNY Buffalo Law School
- Mat Barewicz, Economic & Labor Market Information Chief, Department of Labor
- Daniel Barlow, Public Policy Manager, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
- Rene Barry, Self-Advocate, Montpelier
- John Benoit, Self-Advocate, South Burlington
- Gene Bergman, First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington
- Betsy Bishop, President, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
- Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office
- Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women
- Rep. Cynthia Browning, Sponsor of amendment
- Kara Casey, Housing and Economic Justice Specialist, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
- Jill Charbonneau, President, Vermont Labor Council, AFL-CIO
- Brenda Churchill, Self-Advocate, Bakersfield
- David Cooper, Senior Economic Analyst | Deputy Director of EARN, Economic Policy Institute
- Kelly Cummings, Self-Advocate, Jeffersonville
- Jed Davis, Owner, The Farmhouse Group
- Sarah Defelice, Bailey Road, Montpelier
- Meghan Diffenderfer, Self-Advocate, Burlington
- Bill Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont
- Michelle Fay, Executive Director, Voices for Vermont's Children
- Lisa Fontaine, Owner, G & L General Store, Benson
- Tim Fortune, Vice President, TLC Nursing Associates, LLC
- Glenn Foster, Manager of Safety, Compliance, and Engineering for the Veneer Division, Columbia Forest Products
- Mark Frier, Owner, Reservoir Restaurant & Tap Room, The Bench, Tres Amigos, and The Rusty Nail
- Isaac Grimm, Political Director, Rights and Democracy
- Wes Hamilton, Co-owner and Managing Partner, Three Penny Taproom and The Mad Taco
- Amy Huyffer, Self-Advocate, Strafford
- Michel Kabay, Norwich University
- Tom Kavet, State Economist, Kavet, Rockler & Associates, LLC
- Sarah Kenney, Deputy Director, Let's Grow Kids
- Kayla Kirkland, Self-Advocate, Barre Town
- Eva Krukowski, Student, Bennington College
- Lindsay Kurrle, Commissioner, Department of Labor
- Dotty Kyle, Retired Innkeeper
- Dennis LaBounty, Political Director, Vermont AFL-CIO
- Karen Lafayette, Lobbyist, Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council
- Kate Larose, Director of Financial Futures, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity
- Yannet Lathrop, Researcher and Policy Analyst, National Employment Law Project
- Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Caleb Magoon, Business owner, Morrisville and Waterbury
- Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
- Beth Ann Maier, Waterbury, VT Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics
- Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
- Steve May, Self-Advocate, Richmond
- Jim Mazzonna, Co-owner, DeBanville's General Store & Cafe'
- Mary Jo Mazzonna, Co-owner, DeBanville's General Store & Cafe'
- Jubilee McGill, Self-Advocate, Bridport
- David Mickenberg, Lobbyist, Working Vermont, AARP, COVE
- Ashley Moore, Campaigns Director, Main Street Alliance of VT
- William Moore, President and CEO, Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce
- Sharon Moulton, Self-Advocate, Lyndonville
- Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families
- Jill Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont
- Sandy Paritz, Project Director, Vermont Poverty Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
- Christina Pasnick, Secretary, National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Vermont Chapter
- Rep. Paul N. Poirier, Sponsor of amendment
- Sonja Raymond, Owner, Apple Tree Learning Center
- Ken Schatz, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
- Becca Schrader, Business Resource Manager, Vermont Community Loan Fund
- Alley Shubert, Self-Advocate, Burlington's Fight for $15
- Brenda Siegel, Self-Advocate, Newfane
- Erin Sigrist, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
- Sen. Michael Sirotkin, Sponsor and Reporter
- David Snedeker, Executive Director, Northeastern Vermont Development Association
- Deb Snell, President, AFT Vermont, Moretown
- Elaine Stehel, Self-Advocate, Northfield
- Nathan Suter, Board Member, Peace & Justice Center
- Greg Tatro, Owner, GW Tatro Construction
- Tom Torti, Executive Director, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Kylen Veilleux, Restaurant Worker and College Student, Burlington
- Al Walskey, Self-Advocate, West Berskshire
- Teddy Waszazak, Self-Advocate, Barre City
- Stephen Whitaker, Self-Advocate, Montpelier
- Chloe White, Policy Director, ACLU of Vermont
- Annie Wohland, Lead Organizer, Burlington's Fight for $15
- Cameron Wood, Director, Unemployment Insurance Division
- Earl Wright, Self-Advocate, Burlington
- Stephanie Yu, Policy Analyst, Public Assets Institute
- Ann Zimmerman, Self-Advocate, Guilford
House Committee on Human Services
- Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office
- Bard Hill, Director, Policy, Planning and Analysis, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
- Lee Lauber, Former Childcare and Family Support Worker
- Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families
- Ken Schatz, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
- Julie Tessler, Executive Director, VT Council of Developmental & Mental Health Services
House Committee on Ways and Means
- Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
- Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
- Sen. Michael Sirotkin
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- Dirk Anderson, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Labor
- Tucker Anderson, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council
- Mat Barewicz, Economic & Labor Market Information Chief, Department of Labor
- Dan Barlow, State Director, Vermont Business for Social Responsibility
- Sen. Joe Benning
- Gene Bergman, Burlington
- Steve Berry, Manchester, Global Meeting House
- Dora Bouboulis, Brattleboro
- Mark Bouchett, Burlington
- Sen. Carolyn Whitney Branagan
- Sen. Randy Brock
- Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women
- Kara Casey, Housing and Economic Justice Specialist, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
- Jill Charbonneau, Middlebury
- Kathleen Coonrod, Burlington
- David Cooper, Senior Economic Analyst | Deputy Director of EARN, Economic Policy Institute
- Adrienne Coppersmith, Burlington
- Sarah Defelice, Montpelier
- Lindsay DesLauriers, State Director, Main Street Alliance of VT
- Bill Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont
- David Ellenbogen, Calais
- Sabra Ewing, Vershire
- Brenda Fleming, President, Vermont Association of School Business Officials
- Perri Freeman, Burlington
- Mark Frier, Owner, Reservoir Restaurant & Tap Room, The Bench, Tres Amigos, and The Rusty Nail
- Al Gobeille, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
- Isaac Grimm, Political Director, Rights and Democracy
- James Haslam, Essex, Rights and Democracy
- Talmage Jestice, Waitsfield
- Cecile Johnston
- Tom Kavet, State Economist, Kavet, Rockler & Associates, LLC
- Eva Krukowski, Bennington
- Lindsay Kurrle, Commissioner, Department of Labor
- Matthew LaFrance, Randolph
- Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Travon Leyshon, Green Mountain Labor Council
- Steve Lobb, Montpelier, Justice for All
- Erhard Mahnke, Executive Director, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
- Beth Ann Maier, Waterbury, VT Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics
- Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
- Josh Massey
- Adriel Jubilee McGill, Rights and Democracy
- David Mickenberg, Lobbyist, Working Vermont, Community Vermont Elders, AARP
- Bill Moore, President and CEO, Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce
- Danny Morgan
- Jill Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont
- Ed Paquin, Director, Disability Rights Vermont
- Emma Paradise, Montpelier
- Sandy Paritz, Vermont Legal Aid
- Katherine Pastula, Barnet
- Judy Peterson, CEO, Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties
- Marg Alice Proffitt, Business owner, Down Home Kitchen
- Michael Rainville, President
- Eric Recchia
- Heather Riemer, Burlington, Vermont Chapter of American Federation of Teachers
- Ashley Romeo-Boles, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
- Andrea Sambrook, Hinesburg
- Sen. Dick Sears
- Glennie Sewell, Montpelier
- Brenda Siegel
- Brenda Siegel, Newfane
- Erin Sigrist, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
- Lynn Smith, Executive Director, The Manor
- Andrew Sullivan, Montpelier
- Nathan Suter, Montpelier
- Tom Torti, Executive Director, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Teddy Waszazak, Barre
- Annie Wohland, Lead Organizer, Burlington's Fights for $15
- Annie Wohland, Lead Organizer, Burlington's Fights for $15
- Cameron Wood, Director, Unemployment Insurance & Wages
- Stephanie Yu, Policy Analyst, Public Assets Institute
- Ann Zimmerman, Guilford