S.23 (Act 86)
An act relating to increasing the minimum wage
Sponsors:
Sen. Michael Sirotkin
,
Sen. Rebecca Balint, Sen. Philip Baruth, Sen. Christopher Bray, Sen. Alison Clarkson, Sen. Ann Cummings, Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sen. Cheryl Hooker, Sen. Deborah Ingram, Sen. Virginia Lyons, Sen. Mark MacDonald, Sen. Richard McCormack, Sen. Christopher Pearson, Sen. Andrew Perchlik, Sen. Anthony Pollina, Sen. Jeanette White
Last Recorded Action: 2/28/2020 - Delivered to the Secretary of State on February 28, 2020
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2019-2020
Committee of Conference
- Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
House Committee on Appropriations
- Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office
- Sarah Clark, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Human Services
- Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
- Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
- Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
- Rep. Thomas Stevens, Chair, House Committee on General, Housing & Military Affairs
- Matthew Trieber, Reporter, House Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. Joseph "Chip" Troiano, Reporter, House Committee on General, Housing & Military Affairs
House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- Dirk Anderson, General Counsel, Department of Labor
- Mat Barewicz, Economic & Labor Market Information Chief, Department of Labor
- Daniel Barlow, Public Policy Manager, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
- Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office
- Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women
- Paul Brown, Co-owner, Cold Hollow Cider Mill, Waterbury
- Rep. Cynthia Browning, Sponsor of amendment
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Kara Casey, Housing and Economic Justice Specialist, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
- Jill Charbonneau, President, Vermont AFL-CIO
- Rep. Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, Sponsor of amendment
- Sarah Clark, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Human Services
- Catherine Davis, Executive Vice President, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Sarah DeFelice, Owner, Bailey Road, Montpelier
- Kim Donahue, Co-owner, The Inn at Round Barn Farm, Waitsfield
- Alyson Eastman, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Michelle Fay, Executive Director, Voices for Vermont's Children
- Mark Frier, Owner, The Reservoir, Tres Amigos, and The Rusty Nail
- Wes Hamilton, Co-owner, Three Penny Taproom, The Mad Taco
- Anore Horton, Executive Director, Hunger Free Vermont
- Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association
- Toby Howe, Lobbyist, Vermont Health Care Association
- Tom Kavet, Legislative Economist, Kavet, Rockler & Associates, LLC
- Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
- Coleen Kohaut, Nursing Home Administrator, Franklin County Rehabilitation
- Earl Kooperkamp, Board Member, Vermont Interfaith Action
- Lindsay Kurrle, Commissioner, Department of Labor
- Joie Lehouillier, Owner, Foote Brook Farm
- Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Kate Logan, Director of Programming and Policy, Rights and Democracy
- Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
- Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
- Charles Martin, Government Affairs Director, VT Chamber of Commerce
- William Moore, President and CEO, Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce
- Samantha Moran, Tipped Wage Worker, Burlington
- Jill Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont
- Annelise Orleck, Professor of History, Dartmouth College
- Sandy Paritz, Project Director, Vermont Poverty Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
- Virginia Renfrew, Lobbyist, Vermont Association of Adult Days
- Colin Robinson, Political Director, Vermont National Education Association
- Andy Sebranek, Tipped Wage Worker, Burlington
- Amy Shollenberger, Lobbyist, Vermont Parent Child Center
- Erin Sigrist, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
- Sen. Michael Sirotkin, Reporter
- Bill Stritzler, Managing Director, Smugglers' Notch Resort
- Matthew Trieber, House Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. Theresa Wood, Sponsor of amendment
- Rep. David Yacovone, House Committee on Appropriations
House Committee on Human Services
- Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office
- Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office
- Sen. Michael Sirotkin
Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- Mat Barewicz, Economic & Labor Market Information Chief, Department of Labor
- Dan Barlow, Public Policy Manager, Vermont Business for Social Responsibility
- Ryan Bourne, R. Evan Scharf Chair, The Public Understanding Of Economics at the Cato Institute
- Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office
- Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women
- Ericka Canales, Co-owner, Long Trail Veterinary Center
- Kara Casey, Housing and Economic Justice Specialist, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
- David Cooper, Economic Policy Institute
- Austin Davis, Government Affairs Manager, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Michelle Fay, Executive Director, Voices for Vermont's Children
- Mark Frier, Owner, The Reservoir, Tres Amigos, and The Rusty Nail
- Saru Jayaraman, Co-Founder, President, ROC United
- Coleen Kohaut, Nursing Home Administrator, Franklin County Rehabilitation
- Lindsay Kurrle, Commissioner, Department of Labor
- Yannet Lathrop , Researcher & Policy Analyst, National Employment Law Project
- Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Kate Logan, Director of Programming and Policy, Rights and Democracy
- Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont
- Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
- Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
- Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
- Jubilee McGill, Member, Rights and Democracy, VT
- David Mickenberg, Lobbyist, Cove, Working Vermont, and AARP-VT
- Sandy Paritz, Project Director, Vermont Poverty Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
- Judy Peterson, President and CEO, The University of Vermont Health Network
- Ken Schatz, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
- Brenda Siegel, Self-Advocate, Newfane
- Erin Sigrist, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
- Stephanie Yu, Policy Analyst, Public Assets Institute