Bill Status H.66

Sponsors: Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, Rep. Robin Scheu, Rep. Thomas Stevens , Rep. Julia Andrews, Rep. Joseph Andriano, Rep. Peter Anthony, Rep. Angela Arsenault, Rep. Sarah "Sarita" Austin, Rep. John Bartholomew, Rep. Daisy Berbeco, Rep. Matthew Birong, Rep. Alyssa Black, Rep. Tiffany Bluemle, Rep. Seth Bongartz, Rep. Michelle Bos-Lun, Rep. Lucy Boyden, Rep. Erin Brady, Rep. Jana Brown, Rep. Nelson Brownell, Rep. Jessica Brumsted, Rep. Mollie Burke, Rep. Elizabeth Burrows, Rep. Tesha Buss, Rep. R. Scott Campbell, Rep. Conor Casey, Rep. Ela Chapin, Rep. Heather Chase, Rep. Seth Chase, Rep. Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, Rep. Kevin Christie, Rep. Brian Cina, Rep. Sara Coffey, Rep. Esme Cole, Rep. Peter Conlon, Rep. Mari Cordes, Rep. Carl Demrow, Rep. Leonora Dodge, Rep. Karen Dolan, Rep. Katherine "Kari" Dolan, Rep. Katherine Donnally, Rep. David Durfee, Rep. Caleb Elder, Rep. Alice Emmons, Rep. Robert "Bobby" Farlice-Rubio, Rep. Golrang Garofano, Rep. Leslie Goldman, Rep. Edye Graning, Rep. Troy Headrick, Rep. Rebecca Holcombe, Rep. Philip "Jay" Hooper, Rep. Robert Hooper, Rep. Lori Houghton, Rep. Mary Howard, Rep. Noah Hyman, Rep. Kathleen James, Rep. Stephanie Jerome, Rep. Emilie Krasnow, Rep. Dennis LaBounty, Rep. Kate Lalley, Rep. Martin LaLonde, Rep. Saudia LaMont, Rep. Diane Lanpher, Rep. Josie Leavitt, Rep. Kate Logan, Rep. Emily Long, Rep. James Masland, Rep. Kate McCann, Rep. Michael McCarthy, Rep. Jubilee McGill, Rep. Marc Mihaly, Rep. Brian Minier, Rep. Michael Mrowicki, Rep. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, Rep. Logan Nicoll, Rep. William Notte, Rep. Daniel Noyes, Rep. Kate Nugent, Rep. John O'Brien, Rep. Carol Ode, Rep. Avram Patt, Rep. Phil Pouech, Rep. Monique Priestley, Rep. Barbara Rachelson, Rep. Mike Rice, Rep. Tristan Roberts, Rep. Lawrence Satcowitz, Rep. Amy Sheldon, Rep. Katherine Sims, Rep. Taylor Small, Rep. Trevor Squirrell, Rep. Gabrielle Stebbins, Rep. Mary-Katherine Stone, Rep. Heather Surprenant, Rep. Curt Taylor, Rep. David Templeman, Rep. Tristan Toleno, Rep. Dara Torre, Rep. Joseph "Chip" Troiano, Rep. Chea Waters Evans, Rep. Kirk White, Rep. Dane Whitman, Rep. Jonathan Williams, Rep. Theresa Wood

Location: Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

Last Recorded Action: 3/29/2023 - Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified

Regular Session 2023-2024

House Committee on Appropriations

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Patrick Titterton, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

House Committee on General and Housing

Rep. Scott Beck, Co-sponsor
Craig Bolio, Commissioner, Department of Taxes
Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women
Kara Casey, Director of Economic Development, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Austin Davis, Government Affairs Manager, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
Rep. Carl Demrow, Reporter, House Committee on Ways and Means
David Dolginow , Co-founder, Vice President, Shacksbury Cider
Ashlynn Doyon, Director of Financial Literacy, Outreach, and Special Projects, Office of the State Treasurer
Michelle Fay, Executive Director, Voices for Vermont's Children
Randy George, Co-owner, Red Hen Baking Company
Emily Kisicki, Director of Policy, Department of Financial Regulation
Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, Sponsor
Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
Matt Musgrave, Government Affairs Director, Associated General Contractors of Vermont
Michael Pieciak, Vermont State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
Rep. Robin Scheu, Reporter, House Committee on Appropriations
Abby Shepard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Erin Sigrist, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
Megan Sullivan, Vice President of Government Affairs, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Patrick Titterton, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Rep. Casey Toof, Co-sponsor
Anna Van Fleet, Director, Rates and Forms, Department of Financial Regulation
Molly Weston Williamson, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Cameron Wood, Director, Unemployment Insurance Division, Department of Labor

House Committee on Ways and Means

Craig Bolio, Commissioner, Department of Taxes
Matthew Buelow, Deputy, Employment Security Division, Washington State
Rep. Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, Reporter of the Bill, House Committee on General and Housing
Erin Choquette, Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Paid Leave Authority
Austin Davis, Government Affairs Manager, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
Bill Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont
Michelle Fay, Executive Director, Voices for Vermont's Children
Megan Holstein, Head of Absence Management, The Hartford
Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Ben Maddow, Silver Forest, Bellows Falls
Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
Michael Pieciak, Vermont State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
Rep. Robin Scheu, Reporter of the Bill, House Committee on Appropriations
Vicki Shabo, Senior Fellow, Paid Leave Policy and Strategy, New America
Abby Shepard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Megan Sullivan, Vice President of Government Affairs, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Patrick Titterton, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Molly Weston Williamson, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, Sponsor
Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Rep. Thomas Stevens, Sponsor