H.688 (Act 153)
An act relating to addressing climate change
Sponsors:
Rep. Timothy Briglin, Rep. Selene Colburn, Rep. Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Rep. Mary Hooper, Rep. Martin LaLonde, Rep. Laura Sibilia
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Rep. Janet Ancel, Rep. Peter Anthony, Rep. Sarah "Sarita" Austin, Rep. John Bartholomew, Rep. Matthew Birong, Rep. Thomas Bock, Rep. Nelson Brownell, Rep. Jessica Brumsted, Rep. Mollie Burke, Rep. R. Scott Campbell, Rep. James Carroll, Rep. Seth Chase, Rep. Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, Rep. Annmarie Christensen, Rep. Kevin Christie, Rep. Brian Cina, Rep. Sara Coffey, Rep. Harold "Hal" Colston, Rep. Mari Cordes, Rep. Carl Demrow, Rep. Katherine "Kari" Dolan, Rep. Johannah Donovan, Rep. David Durfee, Rep. Caleb Elder, Rep. John Gannon, Rep. Marcia Gardner, Rep. Diana Gonzalez, Rep. Maxine Grad, Rep. Sandy Haas, Rep. Nader Hashim, Rep. Matthew Hill, Rep. Philip "Jay" Hooper, Rep. Robert Hooper, Rep. Lori Houghton, Rep. Mary Howard, Rep. Kathleen James, Rep. Stephanie Jerome, Rep. Kimberly Jessup, Rep. John Killacky, Rep. Warren Kitzmiller, Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, Rep. Jill Krowinski, Rep. Diane Lanpher, Rep. William Lippert, Rep. Emily Long, Rep. Terence Macaig, Rep. James Masland, Rep. Michael McCarthy, Rep. Curtis McCormack, Rep. James McCullough, Rep. Michael Mrowicki, Rep. Logan Nicoll, Rep. Daniel Noyes, Rep. John O'Brien, Rep. Jean O'Sullivan, Rep. Carol Ode, Rep. Kelly Pajala, Rep. Avram Patt, Rep. David Potter, Rep. Ann Pugh, Rep. Barbara Rachelson, Rep. Zachariah Ralph Watson, Rep. Marybeth Redmond, Rep. Peter Reed, Rep. Robin Scheu, Rep. Amy Sheldon, Rep. Trevor Squirrell, Rep. Thomas Stevens, Rep. Mary Sullivan, Rep. Randall Szott, Rep. George Till, Rep. Tristan Toleno, Rep. Maida Townsend, Rep. Matthew Trieber, Rep. Joseph "Chip" Troiano, Rep. Tommy Walz, Rep. Kathryn Webb, Rep. Rebecca White, Rep. Theresa Wood, Rep. David Yacovone, Rep. Michael Yantachka
Last Recorded Action: 9/23/2020 - Senate message Governor's veto overridden
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2019-2020
House Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. Timothy Briglin, Chair, House Committee on Energy and Technology
- Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
- Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
- Robert McDougall, Chief Environmental Division, Attorney General's Office
House Committee on Energy and Technology
- Rep. Robert Bancroft, Sponsor
- Erica Bornemann, Director, Emergency Management & Homeland Security
- Enrique Bueno, Chair, VT Passive House
- Chris Campany, Executive Director, Windham Regional Commission
- David Cash, Dean of the Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston
- Ken Colburn, Co-Chair Energy Working Group, Maine Climate Council
- Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development
- Matt Cota, Executive Director, Vermont Fuel Dealers Association
- Richard Cowart, Director, The Regulatory Assistance Project
- Steve Crowley, Chair, Sierra Club Energy Committee
- Austin Davis, Government Affairs Manager, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Representative, Sponsor
- T.J. Donovan, Attorney General, State of Vermont
- Bill Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont
- Jen Duggan, Vice President/Director, Conservation Law Foundation
- Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, State Climatologist
- Jared Duval, Executive Director, Energy Action Network
- Jon Erickson, Professor, University of Vermont
- Seth Fisher-Olvera, Student, Vermont Commons School
- David Grass, Environmental Health Program Manager, Vermont Department of Health
- Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
- Phil Huffman, Director of Government Relations and Policy, The Nature Conservancy
- Tom Kavet, Legislative Economist, Kavet, Rockler & Associates, LLC
- Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
- Lynn Knight, Executive Vice President, Institute for Sustainable Development
- Tara Kulkarni, Director, Center for Global Resilience & Security at Norwich University
- Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers
- Ed Larson, Lobbyist, Vermont Forest Products Association
- Molly Mahar, President, Vermont Ski Areas Association
- Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
- Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
- Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Laura Marx, Forest Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy
- Robert McDougall, Chief Environmental Division, Attorney General's Office
- Sue Minter, Executive Director, Capstone Community Action
- Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources
- Robert Morlino, Emergency Management Director, State Emergency Management Committee for Southern Vermont
- Laura Murphy, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
- Matt Musgrave, Government Affairs Director, Associated General Contractors of Vermont
- Lauren Oates, Climate & Energy Policy Manager, The Nature Conservancy
- Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
- Michael Pieciak, Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation
- Mary Powell, Energy Leader, Small Business Owner
- Jenny Rushlow, Professor, Vermont Law School
- Evelyn Seidner, Student, Burr and Burton Academy
- Win Smith, President, Sugarbush Resort & Trustee, The Nature Conservancy
- Jared Ulmer, Climate & Health Program Manager, Vermont Department of Health
- Peter Walke, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources
- Tasha Wallis, Executive Director, Lamoille County Planning Commission
- Frederick Weston, Principal and Director, Policy, The Regulatory Assistance Project
- KC Whiteley, 350VT Board Vice Chair, 350Vermont
- Susanne Young, Secretary of Administration, Agency of Administration
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Sen. Christopher Bray, Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Peter Walke, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation
Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Robert McDougall, Chief Environmental Division, Attorney General's Office
- Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources
- Laura Murphy, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
- Megan O'Toole, Staff Attorney, Department of Environmental Conservation, Air Quality and Climate Division
Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Jenny Rushlow, Professor, Vermont Law School
- Peter Walke, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation