House Committee on Corrections and Institutions

 

AGENDA

 

Room 33

March 26, 2019 - March 29, 2019

Last Updated 3/28/2019 9:37 AM

 

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

10:00 AM                   House  Floor

 

10:30 AM                   Capital Bill Mark- Up

Review of DMH bed proposal funding as it relates to the Capital Budget and walk through of Draft 5.1 of the Capital Bill.

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:30 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:20 PM                   H. 533 - An act relating to workforce development

Discussion with Legislative Council regarding amendment draft 1.1 as it relates to workforce development within the correctional system and program funding as it relates to the Capital Bill.

David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

2:40 PM                   Capital Bill Mark- Up

Walk through of the Capital Bill Draft 6.1 language and updated spreadsheet.

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

 

3:15 PM                   Capital Bill Mark- Up

Walk through of Capital Bill Draft 6.1 language.

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

 

7:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

8:30 AM                   H. 533 - An act relating to workforce development

Walk through of H.533 amendment draft 1.1 corrections workforce development.

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Michael Touchette, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

Dale Crook, Correctional Field Services Specialist, Department of Corrections

Sarah Buxton, Director, Workforce Policy and Performance, Department of Labor

Monica Weeber, Director of Administrative Services, Department of Corrections

 

9:30 AM                   Department of Corrections

Discussion regarding the updated prison population report as it relates to the Chittenden County Correctional Facility.

Michael Touchette, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

Monica Weeber, Director of Administrative Services, Department of Corrections

 

9:45 AM                   Committee Discussion

 

10:30 AM                   Retention of Superior Court Judges and Magistrates

Joint Assembly

 

12:45 PM                   Lunch

 

1:20 PM                   H. 533 - An act relating to workforce development

Review of amendment draft 4.1

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

2:00 PM                   House Floor

 

4:00 PM                   Committee Discussion

Capital Bill presentation planning.

 

4:30 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Thursday, March 28, 2019

9:00 AM                   H. 543 - An act relating to capital construction and State bonding

Committee Discussion regarding Capital Bill House Floor presentation planning, and committee vote for House Appropriations H.543 amendment draft 1.1.

 

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House  Floor

 

After the Floor                    Committee  Discussion

 

4:30 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Friday, March 29, 2019

9:30 AM                   House  Floor

 

After the Floor                    TBA

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   TBA

 

4:30 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 5 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

 Danielle Bean at 802-828-2259 or dbean@leg.state.vt.us