House Committee on Transportation

 

AGENDA

 

Room 43

April 9, 2019 - April 12, 2019

Last Updated 4/12/2019 11:31 AM

 

Tuesday, April 09, 2019

10:00 AM                   House Floor and Caucuses

 

1:00 PM                   S. 149 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles and the Department of Motor Vehicles

Sections 16, 17, and 18 (Autonomous Vehicles)

Anthea Dexter-Cooper, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Joe Segale, Policy, Planning and Research Bureau Director, Agency of Transportation

Bridget Morris, Lobbyist, Morris and DeMag, Inc., Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers

 

2:30 PM                   Colored Signal Lamps

Committee Discussion

Issues from H.112

Anthea Dexter-Cooper, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

9:00 AM                   Towing

Testimony and Committee Discussion

Issues from H.201

Anthea Dexter-Cooper, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Shane Shippee, Al's Towing

Bob Montiminy, Secretary, Vermont Towing Association, Inc.

Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid

Jeanne Kennedy, Lobbyist, Enterprise Holdings

Steve Ellis, Owner, Ray's Auto, Newport

 

10:30 AM                   H. 38 - An act relating to primary enforcement of the adult safety belt law

Testimony followed by Committee Discussion

Bram Kranichfeld, Chief, Criminal Division, Attorney General's Office

 

11:00 AM                   S. 84 - An act relating to emissions inspections

Eileen Nooney, Director of Family and Community Support Services, Capstone Community Action

Paul Zabriskie, Director of Weatherization and Home Performance, Capstone Community Action

Tom Moye, Air Pollution Division, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:00 PM                   Colored Signal Lamps

Issues from H.112

Ken Morton, Chief, Williston Fire Department

 

2:30 PM                   S. 149 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles and the Department of Motor Vehicles

Sections: 7, 8, 9, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27

Anthea Dexter-Cooper, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Thursday, April 11, 2019

9:00 AM                   H. 69 - An act relating to enforcement of motor vehicle registration laws

Testimony and Committee Discussion

Wanda Minoli, Commissioner, Department of Motor Vehicles

Michael Smith, Director of Operations, Department of Motor Vehicles

Tara Thomas, Lieutenant, Vermont State Police

Rep. Nader Hashim, Sponsor

Lieutenant John Flannigan, VSP Safety Programs Unit Commander, Department of Public Safety

 

10:00 AM                   H. 38 - An act relating to primary enforcement of the adult safety belt law

Lieutenant John Flannigan, VSP Safety Programs Unit Commander, Department of Public Safety

Tara Thomas, Lieutenant, Vermont State Police

Keith Flynn, Behavioral Safety Unit Administrator in the State Highway Safety Office, Agency of Transportation

Wanda Minoli, Commissioner, Department of Motor Vehicles

Josh Schultz, Operations and Safety Bureau, Director, Agency of Transportation

 

11:00 AM                   S. 84 - An act relating to emissions inspections

Wanda Minoli, Commissioner, Department of Motor Vehicles

Jennifer Pittsley, Director of Special Programs, Department of Motor Vehicles

Tom Moye, Air Pollution Division, Department of Environmental Conservation

Emily Boedecker, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

15 min after Floor                   S. 149 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles and the Department of Motor Vehicles

Committee Discussion

Issues from H.346

Anthea Dexter-Cooper, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Costa Pappis, Planning Coordinator, Agency of Transportation

Bridget Morris, Lobbyist, Morris and DeMag, Inc., IHS Markit

Charles Storrow, Lobbyist, LexisNexis

 

Friday, April 12, 2019

9:00 AM                   S. 149 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles and the Department of Motor Vehicles

Sections 23-28

Amila Merdzonovic, Refugee Resettlement Program Director, US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants - Phone

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

15 min after Floor                   S. 149 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles and the Department of Motor Vehicles

Sections 16-18, Autonomous Vehicles Sections, Traffic Committee Language

Joe Flynn, Secretary of Transportation, Agency of Transportation

Joe Segale, Policy, Planning and Research Bureau Director, Agency of Transportation

Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

 

11:10 AM                   S. 149 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles and the Department of Motor Vehicles

Sections 16-18, Autonomous Vehicles

Ph.D. Anne Marie Lewis, Senior Director of Technology and Innovation Policy, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers - Phone

Wayne Weikel, Senior Director of State Government Affairs, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers

 

11:40 AM                   S. 149 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles and the Department of Motor Vehicles

Sections 16-18, Autonomous Vehicles

Adam Necrason, Lobbyist, Vermont Association for Justice

 

11:50 PM                   Adjourn

 

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 Madeleine Boyce at 802-828-2262 or mboyce@leg.state.vt.us