House Committee on Government Operations

 

AGENDA

 

Room 49

April 24, 2018 - April 27, 2018

Last Updated 4/26/2018 10:00 AM

 

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

9:00 AM                   H. 143 - An act relating to automobile insurance requirements and transportation network companies

Rep. Charles Kimbell

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

10:00 AM                   FLOOR and Caucuses, Lunch

 

1:30 PM                   S. 111 - An act relating to privatization contracts

Draft: Rep. Gannon Amendment

Susan Zeller, Chief Performance Officer, Agency of Administration

Susan Mesner, Deputy Auditor, State Auditor's Office

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

8:30 AM                   S. 120 - An act relating to the persons authorized to make contributions to candidates and political parties

Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Eleanor Spottswood, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office

Ben Cohen

Rick Hubbard, Citizen

Matt Dunne, Executive Director, Center on Rural Innovation

Dottye Ricks, League of Women House Committee on Government Operations Voters, Barre Town

 

10:30 AM                   State Code of Ethics

Madeline Motta, Chair, Ethics Commission

Brian Leven, Executive  Director, Ethics Commission

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Julie Hulburd, Member, Ethics Commission

Suzanne Lowensohn, Member, Ethics Commission

Sarah Vangel, Member, Ethics Commission

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

15 Minutes After the Floor                   S. 120 - An act relating to the persons authorized to make contributions to candidates and political parties

Committee Discussion

 

4:00 PM                   Code of Ethics Commission

Committee Discussion

 

Thursday, April 26, 2018

9:00 AM                   Committee Discussion

H. 716 - An act relating to approval of the adoption of the charter of the Edward Farrar Utility District and the merger of the Village of Waterbury into the District

Rep. Theresa Wood

Rep. Thomas Stevens

Howard Flanders, President, Board of Village Trustees, Village of Waterbury

Paul Guiliani, Attorney, Village of Waterbury

William Shepeluk, Municipal Manager, Waterbury, VT

Tucker Anderson, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council

Glenn Anderson, Citizen, Waterbury

 

10:00 AM                   S. 273 - An act relating to miscellaneous law enforcement amendments

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

15 Minutes After the Floor                   Committee Discussion

H. 624 - An act relating to the protection of information in the statewide voter checklist

H. 828 - An act relating to disclosures in campaign finance law

S. 111 - An act relating to privatization contracts

Draft 1.3

Will Senning, Director, Elections and Campaign Finance, Secretary of State's Office

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Friday, April 27, 2018

8:30 AM                   Committee Discussion - Bills - TBA

 

9:30 AM                   FLOOR

 

15 Minutes After the Floor                   Committee Check-In

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 3 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

 Denise Diehl at 802-828-2267 or ddiehl@leg.state.vt.us