Senate Committee on Finance

 

AGENDA

 

Room 6

March 26, 2019 - March 29, 2019

Last Updated 3/29/2019 9:49 AM

 

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   S. 161 - An act relating to housing investments

Sec 19

Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Dylan Zwicky, Lobbyist, Travel Technology Association

Doug Farnham, Senior Research Economist and the Director of Policy, Department of Taxes

Graham Campbell, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

2:30 PM                   H. 514 - An act relating to miscellaneous tax provisions

Walk-through

Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Graham Campbell, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Doug Farnham, Senior Research Economist and the Director of Policy, Department of Taxes

 

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

10:30 AM                   Retention of Superior Court Judges and Magistrates

Joint Assembly

 

1:30 PM                   Senate Floor

 

3:30 PM                   H. 514 - An act relating to miscellaneous tax provisions

Doug Farnham, Senior Research Economist and the Director of Policy, Department of Taxes

Jamey Fidel, General Counsel, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Tom Little, General Counsel, VSAC

Chris D'Elia, President, Vermont Bankers' Association

Clare Buckley, Lobbyist, Vermont Vehicle and Automotive Distributors Association

 

4:15 PM                   S. 162 - An act relating to promoting economic development

Walk-through

David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

4:40 PM                   H. 532 - An act relating to fiscal year 2019 budget adjustments

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

4:45 PM                   S. 162 - An act relating to promoting economic development

David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Megan Sullivan, Executive Director, Vermont Economic Progress Council

 

5:15 PM                   H. 532 - An act relating to fiscal year 2019 budget adjustments

Vote

 

Thursday, March 28, 2019

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

10 mins after the floor                   H. 47 - An act relating to the taxation of electronic cigarettes

Monte Williams, Principal, Monte Williams Consulting Group, LLC

Tiffany DeBona, Manager, Token Glass

Gaetano Putigano, 802 E-cig Supply, Inc

Mark Levine, M.D., Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health

Amanda Kitchen, Vermont Patients Alliance Inc.

Jill Sudhoff-Guerin, Government Relations Director, Vermont Medical Society

Alex Morano, Valley Vap

Helen Labun, Vermont Director of Public Poliby, Bi-State Primary Care Association

 

Friday, March 29, 2019

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

2:30 PM                   S. 170 - An act relating to the Standard Offer Program and hydroelectric plants

Mathew Rubin, President, Vermont Independent Power Producers Association

Patricia Richards, General Manager, Washington Electric Coop

Warren Coleman, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Power

Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

3:15 PM                   Efficiency Vermont

Rebecca Foster, Director, Efficiency Vermont

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 2 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

 Faith Brown at 802-828-2253 or fbrown@leg.state.vt.us