115 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05633-5301
Tel: (802) 828-2228 		Statehouse Seal
STATE OF VERMONT
House of Representatives
  • 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

House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs

 

AGENDA

 

Room 44

April 3, 2018 - April 6, 2018

Last Updated 4/6/2018 9:24 AM

 

Tuesday, April 03, 2018

10:00 AM House Floor

Month of Military Child Resolution

 

- Caucuses and Lunch

 

1:00 PM S. 40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Tom Kavet, State Economist, Kavet, Rockler & Associates, LLC

 

- H. 693 - An act relating to the Honor and Remember Flag

Consider and Vote on Senate Proposal of Amendment

 

- H. 771 - An act relating to the Vermont National Guard

Consider Senate Proposal of Amendment

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

- S. 40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Fiscal Note

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office

 

3:00 PM H. 127 - An act relating to prohibiting smoking in multi-unit housing

Bob Edmonds, Self-Advocate, Waterbury

Rebecca Ryan, Senior Director, Health Promotion and Public Policy, American Lung Association of the Northeast

 

- Adjourn

 

Wednesday, April 04, 2018

9:00 AM S. 40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Room 10

Wes Hamilton, Co-owner and Managing Partner, Three Penny Taproom and The Mad Taco

Mark Frier, Owner, Reservoir Restaurant & Tap Room, The Bench, Tres Amigos, and The Rusty Nail

Tom Torti, Executive Director, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce

Annie Wohland, Lead Organizer, Burlington's Fight for $15

Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women

Lisa Fontaine, Owner, G & L General Store, Benson - Phone

David Snedeker, Executive  Director, Northeastern Vermont Development Association

Betsy Bishop, President, Vermont Chamber of Commerce

Erin Sigrist, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association

William Moore, President and CEO, Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce

Glenn Foster, Manager of Safety, Compliance, and Engineering for the Veneer Division, Columbia Forest Products

Daniel Barlow, Public Policy Manager, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility

 

12:00 PM Lunch

 

1:00 PM House Floor

 

15 min after Floor S. 40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Kylen Veilleux, Restaurant Worker and College Student, Burlington - Phone

Caleb Magoon, Business owner, Morrisville and Waterbury

Sarah Defelice, Bailey Road, Montpelier

Bill Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont

 

- H. 771 - An act relating to the Vermont National Guard

Consider Senate Proposal of Amendment

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

- Adjourn

 

Thursday, April 05, 2018

9:00 AM S. 204 - An act relating to the registration of short-term rentals

Room 10

Dan Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Wendy Knight, Commissioner, Department of Tourism & Marketing

Ronda Berns, Vice President of Tourism, Vermont Chamber of Commerce

Lillian Colasurdo, Policy Advisor, Vermont Department of Health

Douglas Farnham, Director and Tax Research Economist, Department of Taxes

Tim Piper, President, Vermont Inn and bed & breakfast Association

Carol Kulcyck, Owner, Robert Frost Mountain Cabins, Ripton

Bob Montgomery, Representative, KillingtonGroup

Keith Arnold, Owner, Duo Restaurant, Brattleboro

 

- S. 40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Alley Shubert, Self-Advocate, Burlington's Fight for $15

 

12:00 PM Lunch

 

1:00 PM House Floor

 

15 min after Floor Committee Discussion

Review public comments on bills in Committee

 

3:30 PM Recess Until Public Hearing

 

5:30 PM S. 40 - An act relating to increasing the minimum wage

Public hearing in room 11

Deb Snell, President, AFT Vermont, Moretown

Chloe White, Policy Director, ACLU of Vermont

Al Walskey, Self-Advocate, West Berskshire

Karen Lafayette, Lobbyist, Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council

Dotty Kyle, Retired Innkeeper

Rene Barry, Self-Advocate, Montpelier

Kelly Cummings, Self-Advocate, Jeffersonville

Ann Zimmerman, Self-Advocate, Guilford

Prof. Michel Kabay, Norwich University

Sharon Moulton, Self-Advocate, Lyndonville

Brenda Churchill, Self-Advocate, Bakersfield

Kate Larose, Director of Financial Futures, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity

Elaine Stehel, Self-Advocate, Northfield

Annie Wohland, Lead Organizer, Burlington's Fight for $15

Earl Wright, Self-Advocate, Burlington

Meghan Diffenderfer, Self-Advocate, Burlington

Gene Bergman, First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington

John Benoit, Self-Advocate, South Burlington

Kara Casey, Housing and Economic Justice Specialist, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence

Brenda Siegel, Self-Advocate, Newfane

Greg Tatro, Owner, GW Tatro Construction

Stephen Whitaker, Self-Advocate, Montpelier

Amy Huyffer, Self-Advocate, Strafford

Teddy Waszazak, Self-Advocate, Barre City

Kayla Kirkland, Self-Advocate, Barre Town

Jill Charbonneau, President, Vermont Labor Council, AFL-CIO

Jubilee McGill, Self-Advocate, Bridport

Michelle Fay, Executive Director, Voices for Vermont's Children

Christina Pasnick, Secretary, National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Vermont Chapter

Nathan Suter, Board Member, Peace & Justice Center

Eva Krukowski, Student, Bennington College

Steve May, Self-Advocate, Richmond

 

- Adjourn

 

Friday, April 06, 2018

9:30 AM House Floor

Resolution on Fair Housing

 

10:00 AM Fair Housing

Proclamation commemorating the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Federal Fair Housing Act.

Governor's Ceremonial office

 

- Committee Discussion of Bills in Committee

 

12:00 PM Lunch

 

1:00 PM Committee Discussion

 

- Adjourn

 

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