H.513 (Act 79)
An act relating to broadband deployment throughout Vermont
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Last Recorded Action: 5/29/2019 - House message: Governor approved bill on June 20, 2019
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2019-2020
House Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. Timothy Briglin, Chair, House Committee on Energy and Technology
- Rep. Laura Sibilia, Vice Chair, House Committee on Energy and Technology
House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- Jo Bradley, CEO, Vermont Economic Development Authority
- Cassie Polhemus, Chief Operating Officer, incoming CEO, Vermont Economic Development Authority
- Clay Purvis, Director of Telecommunications and Connectivity, Department of Public Service
- Maria Royle, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- June Tierney, Commissioner, Department of Public Service
House Committee on Energy and Technology
- Jeff Austin, Director of Government Relations, Consolidated Communications
- Fletcher Kittredge, CEO, GWI
- Carole Monroe, CEO, ValleyNet, ECFiber
- Leslie Nulty, CFO, Mansfield Community Fiber, Inc.
- Brian Otley, Senior Vice President, Operations, Green Mountain Power
- Clay Purvis, Director of Telecommunications and Connectivity, Department of Public Service
- Maria Royle, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Irv Thomae, Chair, ECFiber
- Dylan Zwicky, Lobbyist, Leonine Public Affairs, New England Cable & Telecommunications Association (NECTA)
House Committee on Ways and Means
- Jeffrey Austin, Director of State Government Relations, Consolidated Communications
- Dan Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Doug Farnham, Senior Research Economist and the Director of Policy, Department of Taxes
- Chris Rice, Lobbyist, Verizon
- Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Rep. Laura Sibilia, Reporter of the Bill, Sponsor
- Erin Sigrist, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
- Charles Storrow, Lobbyist, AT&T
- June Tierney, Commissioner, Department of Public Service
Senate Committee on Finance
- iishana Artra, Co-Founder, EMF Safety for Vermont
- Jeff Austin, Director of Government Relations, Consolidated Communications
- Michael Birnbaum, Owner, Kingdom Fiber
- John Brabant, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Vermonters for a Clean Environment
- Michael Burke, Director of Field Operations, Green Mountain Power
- Lauren-Glenn Davidian, Executive Director, CCTV Center for Media and Democracy
- Dan Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Robert Dostis, Vice President of Stakeholder Relations, Green Mountain Power
- Gregg Faber, Analyst, Public Utility Commission
- Doug Farnham, Senior Research Economist and the Director of Policy, Department of Taxes
- Jamie Feehan, Lobbyist, VPPSA
- Chuck Finberg, Resident, Shrewsbury
- Jonathan Gibson, Resident, Shrewsbury
- Jeremy Hanson, Chair, CVFiber
- Sen. Cheryl Hooker
- Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- Nancy Lynch, Government Affairs Director, Vermont Association of Realtors
- Greg Marchildon, State Director, AARP
- Leslie Nulty, CFO, Mansfield Community Fiber, Inc.
- Em Peyton, Putney, VT
- Jim Porter, Director for Public Advocacy, Department of Public Service
- Clay Purvis, Director of Telecommunications and Connectivity, Department of Public Service
- Chris Recchia, General Manager, EC Fiber
- Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Garrett Ryan, Resident, Woodbury, VT
- Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor, Windham-Bennington
- Annette Smith, Executive Director, Vermonters for a Clean Environment
- Irv Thomae, Chair, ECFiber
- June Tierney, Commissioner, Department of Public Service
- Zachary Tomanelli, Communications and Technology Director, VPIRG
- Stephen Whitaker, Telecom/IT Planning and Accountability Advocate, Montpelier
- James White, Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, Comcast - Northeast Division
- Stan Williams, Chair, ValleyNet
- Dylan Zwicky, Lobbyist, NECTA
- Dylan Zwicky, Lobbyist, New England Cable & Telecommunications Association