Senate Committee on Government Operations

 

AGENDA

 

Room 4

January 23, 2018 - January 26, 2018

Last Updated 2/2/2018 3:05 PM

 

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

1:00          Governor's 2019 FY Budget Address

Joint Assembly - House Chamber

 

3:00          H. 526 - An act relating to regulating notaries public

Betsy Ann Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office

Teri Corsones, Executive Director, Vermont Bar Association

Andrew Mikell, State Manager -, VT Attorneys Title Corp.

Chris D'Elia, President, Vermont Bankers' Association

Jim Knapp, Counsel, First American Title, VT Bar Association Property Law Section

 

4:30          Chairs' Meeting

 

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

After the Floor **Room 10**          Fair and Impartial Policing Model Policy

Rick Gauthier, Director, VT Criminal Justice Training Council

Jay Diaz, Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union - Vermont

Will Lambek, Migrant Justice

Enrique Balcazar, Farm worker, Migrant Justice

Keith Clark, Sheriff, Windham County Sheriff's Department

David Scherr, Assistant Attorney General, Vermont Attorney General's Office

 

-          Act 54

An act relating to the Racial Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice System Advisory Panel

T.J. Donovan, Vermont Attorney General

Mark Hughes, Justice for All

Karen L. Richards, Executive Director, Vermont Human Rights Commission

David Scherr, Assistant Attorney General, Vermont Attorney General's Office

Joshua Klavens, Justice for All

 

-          S. 281 - An act relating to the Systemic Racism Mitigation Oversight and Equity Review Board

Walkthrough

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Curtiss Reed, Executive Director, Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity

Diana Wahle, Community Equity Collaborative

Mark Hughes, Justice for All

Kate Logan, Rights and Democracy

 

Thursday, January 25, 2018

After the Floor          S. 273 - An act relating to miscellaneous law enforcement amendments

Sec. 7 -- System of Criminal Records

 Karen Gennette Esq., Executive  Director, Crime Research Group

Tony Facos, Chief, Montpelier Police Department

Christopher Herrick, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Safety

Jeffrey Wallin, Director, Department of Public Safety

Roger Marcoux, President, Sheriff's Association Representative

 

-          S. 273 - An act relating to miscellaneous law enforcement amendments

Sec 17 -- 911 Dispatch

Gary Taylor, 911 Call-Taking/Dispatch Working Group, E-911 Board

Rep. Charles "Butch" Shaw, Pittsford

Roger Marcoux, President, Sheriff's Association Representative

 

Friday, January 26, 2018

1:30 PM          Vermont  National Guard

Annual Sexual Assault Report.

Joint Hearing with House Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs.

Room 11

Maj Gen Steven Cray, Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard

Captain Scott Detweiler, Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, Vermont National Guard

Doris Sumner, Chief Warrant Officer III, State Equal Employer Manager, Vermont National Guard

Lieutenant Jason Kittredge, Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, Air, Vermont National Guard

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 6 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.

 

If you have any questions and comments, please contact

 Gail Carrigan at 828-2272 or gcarrigan@leg.state.vt.us