H.321 (Act 56)

An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Sponsors: Rep. Matthew Birong , Rep. Lucy Boyden

Last Recorded Action: 6/13/2025 - House message: Governor approved bill on June 11, 2025

Committee Activity - Meeting Full List

Regular Session 2025-2026

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

9:30 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Walk-through

Michele Childs, Team Lead Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

11:00 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Testimony

Jean Hamilton, Director of Program Development, Land Access and Opportunity Board
Ornella Matta-Figueroa, Director of Advocacy and Community Engagement, Land Access and Opportunity Board
Mark Hughes, Executive Director, Co-Chair, Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, Health Equity Advisory Commission
Geoffrey Pizzutillo, Executive Director and CoFounder, Vermont Growers Association
Graham Unangst-Rufenacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
Amelia Machia, Co Founder, Green Mountain Patients' Alliance
Jessilyn Dolan, Co Founder, Green Mountain Patients' Alliance
Josh Decatur, Legislative Advisor, Vermont Growers Association

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

9:00 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Testimony

Sam Bellavance, Chief Executive Officer, Sunset Lake CBD
Colleen McQuade, Owner, Juniper Lane, Bennington
Scott Sparks, Owner, Vermont Bud Barn, Brattleboro
Dave Silberman, Director, Vermont Cannabis Action Fund
Gabriel Gilman, General Counsel, Cannabis Control Board
Noah Fishman, Owner, Zenbarn, Waterbury

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

1:45 PM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Walk-through, testimony, and discussion

Michele Childs, Team Lead Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Ted Barnett, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Gabriel Gilman, General Counsel, Cannabis Control Board

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

10:35 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Discussion, mark-up, and vote

Michele Childs, Team Lead Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board

Friday, March 14, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Ways and Means

1:00 PM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

potential vote

Michele Childs, Team Lead Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board
Ted Barnett, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Appropriations

2:00 PM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Walk through

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Ted Barnett, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board
Rep. Lucy Boyden, Reporter, House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Ways and Means

9:00 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Higley Amendment

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Appropriations

1:30 PM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Ways and Means Amendment
Walk through and vote

Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Rep. Mark Higley, Bill Reporter, House Committee on Ways and Means

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

10:15 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Discussion of Ways and Means amendment

Rep. Mark Higley, Sponsor, House Committee on Ways and Means

12:15 PM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Straw poll

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

11:15 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Introduction and Walk-through

Rep. Lucy Boyden, Reporter, House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
Michele Childs, Team Lead Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

11:10 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board
Gabriel Gilman, General Counsel, Secretary of State's Office
Sam Bellavance, Chief Executive Officer, Sunset Lake CBD
Geoffrey Pizzutillo, Executive Director and CoFounder, Vermont Growers Association
Graham Unangst-Rufenacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

9:30 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

John Rodgers, Lieutenant Governor, State of Vermont
Ornella Matta-Figueroa, Director of Advocacy and Community Engagement, Land Access and Opportunity Board
Jean Hamilton, Director of Program Development, Land Access and Opportunity Board
Geoffrey Pizzutillo, Executive Director and CoFounder, Vermont Growers Association
Graham Unangst-Rufenacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
Dave Silberman, Director, Vermont Cannabis Action Fund

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

10:45 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Possible Amendment

James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board
Tim Ashe, Deputy State Auditor, State Auditor's Office
Amy Lems, Board of Directors Member and Grant Administrator, Vermont Growers Association
Jill Sudhoff-Guerin, Member, Vermont Medical Society
Jessilyn Dolan, Co Founder, Green Mountain Patients' Alliance
Kelly Dougherty, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health
Gabriel Gilman, General Counsel, Cannabis Control Board

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

9:50 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Michele Childs, Team Lead Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Geoffrey Pizzutillo, Executive Director and CoFounder, Vermont Growers Association
Graham Unangst-Rufenacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
Gabriel Gilman, General Counsel, Cannabis Control Board
Timothy Egan, Vermont NORML
James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board
Chris Rupe, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

9:00 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

John Rodgers, Lieutenant Governor, State of Vermont
Geoffrey Pizzutillo, Executive Director and CoFounder, Vermont Growers Association
Graham Unangst-Rufenacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
Adam "Tito" Gross, Bern Living Organics
Josh Decatur, Legislative Advisor, Vermont Growers Association
Sara Farnsworth, Owner, Full Circle Farm
Airon Shaw, Owner, Ninny Goat & Company
James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board
Gabriel Gilman, General Counsel, Cannabis Control Board

11:00 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Testimony continued

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

9:30 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Committee Discussion

Michele Childs, Team Lead Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board
Gabriel Gilman, General Counsel, Cannabis Control Board
Kyle Harris, Board Member, Cannabis Control Board
Jean Hamilton, Director of Program Development, Land Access and Opportunity Board

Friday, May 16, 2025

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

9:00 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Committee Discussion

Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board
Julie Hulburd, Commissioner, Cannabis Control Board
Gabriel Gilman, General Counsel, Cannabis Control Board
Geoffrey Pizzutillo, Executive Director and CoFounder, Vermont Growers Association

10:15 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Committee Discussion and Vote

Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Friday, May 23, 2025

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Finance

1:00 PM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Chris Rupe, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board
Gabriel Gilman, General Counsel, Secretary of State's Office
Sam Bellavance, Chief Executive Officer, Sunset Lake CBD
Angela Payette, Forbins Finest

3:35 PM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Vote

Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Appropriations

1:00 PM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Walk-through and Possible Vote

Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Chris Rupe, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

9:15 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Update from Cannabis Control Board

James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Appropriations

11:30 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Senate proposal of amendment and Birong amendment

Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Chris Rupe, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
Rep. Edward "Teddy" Waszazak, Reporter of the Bill, House Committee on Ways and Means
James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Ways and Means

11:10 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Chris Rupe, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

12:00 PM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Discussion and straw poll of Birong Amendment

Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board

Friday, May 30, 2025

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

9:00 AM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board

Friday, May 30, 2025

Committee(s):

House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

3:30 PM

H.321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Discussion and straw poll of Harrison Amendment

Rep. Jim Harrison, Amendment Sponsor