2019-2020 Session
Change SessionS.351 (Act 138)
An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
- Sponsor(s)
- Last Recorded Action
- House 6/26/2020 - Senate Message, Signed by Governor July 2, 2020
Bill/Resolution Text
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An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Detailed Status
Regular Session 2019-2020
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An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Roll Call History
Regular Session 2019-2020
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An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Committee Meetings
Regular Session 2019-2020
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An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2019-2020
Thursday, April 2, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 10:30 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Update: Overview of federal COVID-19 money for agriculture; farmers markets and essential workers list; H2A seasonal workers program; federal farm insurance marginal protetion program.
Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Alyson Eastman, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Laura Ginsburg, Agricultural Development Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Kyle Harris, Agricultural Development Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- 11:30 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
continuation of update
Thursday, April 9, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 10:00 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Update: milk processors capacity; community gardens; farmers markets ability to open; testing of sludge for hearvy metals; H2A workers program status.
Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
John Snell, Board Member, Montpelier Farmers Market
Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
Alyson Eastman, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- 11:30 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Update
Chuck Ross, Director, University of Vermont Extension
Thursday, April 16, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 10:00 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Vermont Food Systems
Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
- 10:40 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Farmers Markets
Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
- 11:00 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Dairy supply management
Catherine DeRonde, Senior Economist, Agri-Mark
Leon Berthiaume, CEO, St. Albans Cooperative Creamery
Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Thursday, April 23, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 10:00 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Migrant farm workers
Will Lambek, Organizer, Migrant Justice
Jose Ignacio De La Cruz, Dairy Worker
Dan Baker, Professor, UVM
Julia Doucet, Outreach Nurse and Nurse Case Manager, Open Door Clinic, Middlebury
Sarah Kleinman, Extension Director of 4-H, Farmworker, and Family Education Programs, University of Vermont Extension
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- 11:15 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Congressional delegation
Ryan McLaren, Outreach Representative, Office of Congressman Peter Welch
Erica Campbell, Outreach Representative, Office of Senator Bernie Sanders
Tom Berry, Policy Advisor on Agriculture, Conservation, Energy and Natural Resources, Office of Sen. Leahy
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 10:00 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Migrant workers; Dairy issues
Alyson Eastman, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Bill Rowell, Chair of Board, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
Amanda St. Pierre, Executive Director, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday, May 1, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 8:30 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Support for farmers in Vermont
Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
Hannah Sessions, Owner, Blue Ledge Farm, Leicester
Paul Stone, Owner, Stonewood Farm, Orwell
Brian Kemp, President, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition
Will Stevens, Owner, Golden Russet Farm
Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Jon Erickson, Professor, University of Vermont
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 9:30 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Update from Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Status of Farmers Markets
Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- 10:15 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Impact on migrant workers
Xusana Davis, Executive Director of Racial Equity, Agency of Administration
- 10:45 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Regional Food Supply and the Future of Farming in Vermont
Jon Erickson, Professor, University of Vermont
Friday, May 8, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 10:30 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Monday, May 11, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- 10:00 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Effects on farm community
Heather Darby, Agronomy Specialist, UVM Extension
Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Fairs and Field Days Association
Joseph Tisbert, President, Vermont Farm Bureau
Andrea Stander, Policy Consultant, Rural Vermont
Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
Brian Kemp, President, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition
Bill Rowell, Chair of Board, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers
Steven Reviczky, Executive Director, Vermont Farm Bureau
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 9:30 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Agricultural industry financial challenges
Cassie Polhemus, Chief Executive Officer, Vermont Economic Development Authority
- 10:30 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Nancy Everhart, Agricultural Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Ela Chapin, Farm and Forest Viability Program Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
farmer support
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Friday, May 22, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Farm aid
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday, May 28, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Food security; Governor's proposals
Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network
Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
Andrea Stander, Policy Consultant, Rural Vermont
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday, May 29, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 10:00 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Farm support
Darlene Reynolds, DFA Farmer of the Year for 2019, Crossroads Dairy
Denna Benjamin, Riverview Farm, Franklin
Will Gladstone, Newmont Farm, Bradford
Amanda St. Pierre, Executive Director, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
Bill Rowell, Chair of Board, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Committee discussion: Farm support package
E.B. Flory, Dairy Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday, June 4, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Ela Chapin, Farm and Forest Viability Program Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Nick Richardson, President & CEO, Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 15 minutes after Adjournment
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Committee discussion on aid to farmers
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- 5:00 PM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Committee discussion and vote
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Appropriations
- 1:30 PM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- -
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
committee discussion
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday, June 18, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 9:30 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, , House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Thursday, June 18, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Appropriations
- 1:00 PM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Friday, June 19, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Alyson Eastman, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Sen. Robert Starr, Essex/Orleans Counties
Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday, June 19, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Appropriations
- After Floor
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Committee Discussion
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Appropriations
- 1:30 PM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Proposed Amendment
Rep. James Gregoire, Franklin District
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- 8:30 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Amendment to S.351
Rep. James Gregoire, Sponsor of amendment, Franklin District
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Rep. Charles Conquest, Reporter of Amendment, House Committee on Appropriations
- following House adjournment
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 11:00 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Appropriations
- 8:40 AM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Committee Discussion
Thursday, June 25, 2020
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Appropriations
- 1:30 PM
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S.351 - An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
proposed amendment
Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Committee Documents
An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2019-2020
House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Rep. Charles Conquest, Reporter of Amendment, House Committee on Appropriations
- Alyson Eastman, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Rep. James Gregoire, Sponsor of amendment, Franklin District
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Sen. Robert Starr, Essex/Orleans Counties
House Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. James Gregoire, Franklin District
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Dan Baker, Professor, UVM
- Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
- Denna Benjamin, Riverview Farm, Franklin
- Tom Berry, Policy Advisor on Agriculture, Conservation, Energy and Natural Resources, Office of Sen. Leahy
- Leon Berthiaume, CEO, St. Albans Cooperative Creamery
- Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Erica Campbell, Outreach Representative, Office of Senator Bernie Sanders
- Ela Chapin, Farm and Forest Viability Program Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Heather Darby, Agronomy Specialist, UVM Extension
- Xusana Davis, Executive Director of Racial Equity, Agency of Administration
- Jose Ignacio De La Cruz, Dairy Worker
- Catherine DeRonde, Senior Economist, Agri-Mark
- Julia Doucet, Outreach Nurse and Nurse Case Manager, Open Door Clinic, Middlebury
- Alyson Eastman, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Jon Erickson, Professor, University of Vermont
- Nancy Everhart, Agricultural Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- E.B. Flory, Dairy Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Fairs and Field Days Association
- Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Laura Ginsburg, Agricultural Development Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Will Gladstone, Newmont Farm, Bradford
- Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
- Kyle Harris, Agricultural Development Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
- Brian Kemp, President, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition
- Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
- Sarah Kleinman, Extension Director of 4-H, Farmworker, and Family Education Programs, University of Vermont Extension
- Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers
- Will Lambek, Organizer, Migrant Justice
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Ryan McLaren, Outreach Representative, Office of Congressman Peter Welch
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, , House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- Cassie Polhemus, Chief Executive Officer, Vermont Economic Development Authority
- Steven Reviczky, Executive Director, Vermont Farm Bureau
- Darlene Reynolds, DFA Farmer of the Year for 2019, Crossroads Dairy
- Nick Richardson, President & CEO, Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition
- Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network
- Chuck Ross, Director, University of Vermont Extension
- Bill Rowell, Chair of Board, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
- Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- Hannah Sessions, Owner, Blue Ledge Farm, Leicester
- John Snell, Board Member, Montpelier Farmers Market
- Amanda St. Pierre, Executive Director, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
- Andrea Stander, Policy Consultant, Rural Vermont
- Will Stevens, Owner, Golden Russet Farm
- Paul Stone, Owner, Stonewood Farm, Orwell
- Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Joseph Tisbert, President, Vermont Farm Bureau
- Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
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Fiscal Information
Fiscal Notes and Related Documents
No committee of conference members found for S.351 in the Regular Session 2019-2020.
An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Committee of Conference Meetings
Regular Session 2019-2020
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An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Committee of Conference Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2019-2020
No committee of conference meeting history found for S.351 in the Regular Session 2019-2020.
No committee of conference report found for S.351 in the Regular Session 2019-2020.
Act
- Signed into law 7/2/2020
- As Enacted (ACT 138)
- Act Summary
An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Statutes Affected
Regular Session 2019-2020
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| 10 V.S.A. § 321. General powers and duties |
