Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

 

AGENDA

 

Room 27

March 19, 2019 - March 22, 2019

Last Updated 3/26/2019 1:20 PM

 

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

11:00 AM                   H. 327 - An act relating to automatic renewal contract provisions

Rep. Michael Marcotte, Reporter

David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

9:00 AM                   H. 26 - An act relating to restricting retail and Internet sales of electronic cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and tobacco paraphernalia in Vermont

Rep. Jessica Brumsted, Reporter

Christopher Curtis, Chief, Public Protection Division, Attorney General's Office

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

Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health

 

10:30 AM                   H.13, An act relating to alcoholic beverages

Roberto Gonzalez, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council

Rep. Michael Marcotte, Sponsor

Patrick Delaney, Commissioner, Department of Liquor and Lottery

 

-                                   S.144, An act relating to establishing a single tax rate for revenues from the sale of spirits and fortified wines

Sen. Richard Westman, Sponsor

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Roberto Gonzalez, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council

Patrick Delaney, Commissioner, Department of Liquor and Lottery

 

11:30 AM                   S. 162 - An act relating to promoting economic development

Sen. Brock's Amendment

Sen. Randy Brock, Sponsor

Megan Sullivan, Executive Director, Vermont Economic Progress Council

 

Thursday, March 21, 2019

9:00 AM                   Paid Family Leave

Rep. Thomas Stevens, Reporter

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Kendal Smith, Director of Policy Development and Legislative Affairs, Governor's Office

Kevin Gaffney, Deputy Commissioner, The Department of Financial Regulation, Insurance Division

Jessica Vintinner, Legislative Director and Principal Assistant, Department of Labor

Ashley Moore, State Director, Main Street Alliance of VT

Samatha Sheehan, Communication Manager, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   Paid Family Leave

Continued

 

Friday, March 22, 2019

8:45 AM                   S. 29 - An act relating to trade in covered animal parts or products

Taegen Yardley, Stowe High School

Emma Yardley, Stowe Elementary School

Elle McAvey, Shelburne Community School

Sara DiGuglielmo, Shelburne Community School

Summer DiGuglielmo, Shelburne Community School

Ashley Prout McAvey, Master of Environment Management, Vermont for Wildlife

 

9:15 AM                   S. 15 - An act relating to unemployment compensation

Dirk Anderson, General Counsel, Department of Labor

 

-                                   S. 116 - An act relating to the management and disposal of nicotine containers and replacement cartridges for tobacco substitutes

Sen. Christopher A. Pearson, Sponsor, Chittenden County

 

-                                   S. 158 - An act relating to consumer protection and repairing goods under warranty

Christopher Pearson, Sponsor

 

10:15 AM                   Break

 

-                                   S. 135 - An act relating to consumer protection and automobile financing

Sen. Becca Balint, Sponsor, Windham County

David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid

Clare Buckley, Lobbyist, Vermont Vehicle and Automotive Distributors Association

 

-                                   S. 144 - An act relating to establishing a single tax rate for revenues from the sale of spirits and fortified wines

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 6 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

 Kayla Dewey at 828-3803 or kdewey@leg.state.vt.us