115 State Street Montpelier, VT   05633 Tel:  (802) 828-2228 Fax:  (802) 828-2424		Rep. Helen Head, Chair Rep. Thomas Stevens, Vice Chair Rep. Kevin "Coach" Christie Rep. Rachael Fields Rep. Diana Gonzalez, Ranking Member Rep. Mary E. Howard, Clerk Rep. Edward Read Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann Rep. Brian Smith Rep. Vicki Strong Rep. Tommy Walz
	STATE OF VERMONT House

 

House Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs

 

AGENDA

 

Room 44

January 16, 2018 - January 19, 2018

Last Updated 3/29/2018 10:20 AM

 

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

15 min after Floor                   H. 294 - An act relating to inquiries about an applicant’s salary history

                  S. 275 - An act relating to equal pay

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch and Caucuses

 

2:30 PM                   Bill Introductions

 

-                   H. 488 - An act relating to Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Rep. Brian Cina, Sponsor

 

-                   H. 561 - An act relating to the Vermont Veterans Educational Assistance Program

                  H. 595 - An act relating to protecting the right to quiet enjoyment of multifamily residential property

Rep. James Harrison, Sponsor

 

-                   H. 413 - An act relating to a weatherization of subsidized housing tax credit

 

-                   H. 618 - An act relating to tipped employees

Rep. Kurt Wright, Sponsor

 

-                   H. 614 - An act relating to the sale and use of fireworks

Rep. Charles "Butch" Shaw, Sponsor - Invited

 

-                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

9:00 AM                   Pathways Vermont

Hilary Melton, Executive Director, Pathways Vermont

Lindsay Casale, Housing First Program Director, Pathways Vermont

 

10:00 AM                   Weatherization

H. 413 - An act relating to a weatherization of subsidized housing tax credit

 

                  

Geoff Wilcox, Weatherization Program Administrator, Office of Economic Opportunity, Department for Children and Families

 

-                   Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity

Dwight DeCoster, Director, Weatherization Program

 

-                   Heat Squad

Ludy Biddle, Executive Director, NeighborWorks of Western Vermont

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

15 min after Floor                   Veterans Treatment Court

Chris Whidden, President, Veterans Law Student Association, Vermont Law School

 

-                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 18, 2018

9:00 AM                   Habitat for Humanity

Susan Sommer, Executive Director, Bennington County Habitat for Humanity

 

9:30 AM                   H. 907 - An act relating to improving rental housing safety

Lillian Colasurdo, Policy Advisor, Vermont Department of Health

Douglas Farnham, Policy Director and Tax Economist, Vermont Department of Taxes

Michael Desrochers, Executive Director of Fire Management, Department of Public Safety

Tim Angell, Assistant Fire Marshal, Select Board Member, St Johnsbury

Matthew Cetin, Fire Marshal and City Health Officer, Barre City

Rachel Seelig, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

15 min after House Floor                   Professional Regulation

Jaye Johnson, General Counsel, Governor's Office

Jason Maulucci, Governor's Information and Referral Office

 

-                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 19, 2018

9:00 AM                   Veterans Treatment Court

Honorable Paul Reiber, Chief Justice, Vermont Supreme Court

Honorable Brian Grearson, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Superior Court

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

15 min after Floor                   Veterans' Service Organizations

Room 11

Brenda Cruickshank, Veterans of Foreign Wars - Department of Vermont

Scott Lobell, Governor's Veterans Advisory Council

John des Groseilliers , Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve

Andrian Megrath, Vietnam Veterans of America - Chapter 1

Christina Morgan, Executive  Director, The Dodge House

Misha Pemble-Belkin, Vermont Adaptive

Gene Hicks, Veterans' Leadership Coalition

Clayton Wood, Veterans' Place

David Vines, New England Veterans Alliance - Phone

William Vilardo, Supportive Services for Veterans' Families, University of Vermont

Eric Andersen, Senior Development Associate, Veterans Council, Easterseals, Vermont

 

11:45 AM                   Lunch

 

12:15 PM                   Tax Workshop

Education Finance.

Room 10

 

1:30 PM                   H. 412 - An act relating to establishing a homeless bill of rights and prohibiting discrimination against people without homes

Chloe White, Policy Director, ACLU of Vermont

Jessica Radbord, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid

Erhard Mahnke, Executive Director, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition

 

-                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring two hard copies. Please write your name, organization, date and title on each document. With few exceptions, any documents you hand out to a committee, or send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s webpage.

 

For the health and consideration of members of the committee and others, please use unscented body and cosmetic products and refrain from using perfume, or cologne.

 

If you have any questions and comments, please contact

 Ron Wild at 802-828-3559 or rwild@leg.state.vt.us