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House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
AGENDA
Room 35
March 19, 2019 - March 22, 2019
Last Updated 3/22/2019 10:00 AM
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
9:00 AM School Nutrition Day
Anore Horton, Executive Director, Hunger Free Vermont
Molly Betournay, Director, Social Research and Advocacy, Clean Yield Asset Management
9:30 AM H. 513 - An act relating to broadband deployment throughout Vermont
Unofficial Proposed Amendments
Maria Royle, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Jo Bradley, CEO, Vermont Economic Development Authority
10:00 AM House Floor and Caucuses
12:00 PM Lunch
3:35 PM Introduction of Bills
- H. 193 - An act relating to creating a State funding match for Americorps members
Rep. Daniel Noyes, Sponsor
Phil Kolling, Executive Director, SerVermont
- H. 316 - An act relating to creating an automotive workforce training pilot program
Rep. Daniel Noyes, Sponsor
- H. 328 - An act relating to supporting workforce development at Salvation Farms
Rep. Daniel Noyes, Sponsor
- H. 67 - An act relating to workers’ compensation
Rep. Charles "Butch" Shaw, Sponsor
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
9:00 AM S. 109 - An act relating to captive insurance companies and risk retention groups
Mark-up
Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council - Invited
David Provost, Deputy Commissioner, Captive Insurance Division, Department of Financial Regulation
Ian Davis, Director of Financial Services, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
Richard Smith, President, Vermont Captive Insurance Association
10:30 AM Break
10 minutes
10:40 AM H. 533 - An act relating to workforce development
George Russell, Chair, Vermont Youth Conservation Corp, Founder of Machinery Advisors Consortium
10:50 AM Introduction of Bills
- H. 101 - An act relating to creating an Event Marketing Fund
Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann, Sponsor
- H. 298 - An act relating to the creation of the Tourism Marketing Promotion Fund
Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann, Sponsor
- H. 326 - An act relating to promoting maker spaces
Rep. Amy Sheldon, Sponsor
- H. 415 - An act relating to consumer protection and prohibiting special heating fuel charges
Rep. Johannah Donovan, Sponsor
11:30 AM Vermont Convention Bureau
Jeff Lawson, Executive Director, Vermont Convention Bureau
Austin Davis, Government Affairs Manager, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM House Floor
Thursday, March 21, 2019
9:00 AM Introduction of Bills
- H. 335 - An act relating to providing workers’ compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by Family Services Division caseworkers
Rep. Ann Pugh, Sponsor
- H. 386 - An act relating to promoting economic development in smaller Vermont communities
Rep. Katherine "Kari" Dolan, Sponsor
- H. 148 - An act relating to prize-linked savings accounts
Rep. Matthew Hill, Sponsor
- H. 374 - An act relating to the creation of the Workforce Development Educational Loan Benefit Program for doctors, physician assistants, police officers, nurses, and teachers
Rep. James Carroll, Sponsor
10:30 AM Break
- H. 200 - An act relating to drug testing of employees
Rep. Eileen Dickinson, Sponsor
- H. 14 - An act relating to workers’ compensation
Rep. Charles Kimbell, Sponsor
After Review Bills Introduced
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM House Floor
Friday, March 22, 2019
9:00 AM Committee Discussion
Committee liaison update
9:30 AM House Floor
12:00 PM Lunch
ATTENTION WITNESSES- House Commerce is a paperless committee. Please email handouts in PDF form to the committee assistant by the day before your scheduled testimony. Please include 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
Liz First Raddock at 802-828-2255 or lraddock@leg.state.vt.us