House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs

 

AGENDA

 

Room 44

January 21, 2020 - January 24, 2020

Last Updated 1/24/2020 2:36 PM

 

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Lunch and Caucuses

 

1:00 PM                   Reports Repeal Bill

Discussion and Decision

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's Proposed FY 2021 Budget Address

Joint Assembly - House Chamber

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

9:00 AM                   J.R.H. 1 - Joint resolution urging the President to issue an executive order and the Congress to enact a federal law prohibiting a U.S. nuclear first strike

Reintroduction and Walk-through

Rep. Mary Sullivan, Sponsor

Michael Chernick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Doug Racine, Former Secretary, Agency of Human Services

John Reuwer, Representative, Physicians for Social Responsibility - Skype

Deborah Moore, Visiting Instructor, Middlebury College

David Factor, Student, Middlebury College

 

11:00 AM                   Financing Affordable Housing

Treasurer's Report

Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

15 min after Floor                   Bill Introductions

 

-                                   H. 805 - An act relating to the collective bargaining rights of teachers

Rep. Johannah Donovan, Sponsor

 

-                                   H. 645 - An act relating to modernizing Vermont’s wage and hour laws

Continuation of Walk-through

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

3:00 PM                   Labor Relations

Randi Weingarten, President, National American Federation of Teachers

Heather Riemer, Director, American Federation of Teachers VT

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 23, 2020

9:30 AM                   Pathways Vermont

Hilary Melton, Executive Director, Pathways Vermont

Patrick Gallagher, Development Director, Pathways Vermont

Christopher Rotsettis, Support Line Caller

Jennifer Furey, Support Line Operator, Pathways Vermont

 

10:15 AM                   H. 783 - An act relating to recovery residences

Introduction, Walk-through and Some Testimony

Rep. John Killacky, Sponsor

Rep. Jean O'Sullivan, Co-sponsor

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Eileen Peltier, Executive Director, Downstreet Housing, Residences for Recovery Initiative and VTARR, Vice Chair

Jeff Moreau, Founding Executive Director, Vermont Alliance for Recovery Residences

 

11:30 AM                   H. 773 - An act relating to authorizing the natural organic reduction of human remains

Introduction

Rep. William J. Lippert, Sponsor

 

-                                   H. 821 - An act relating to binding interest arbitration for employees of the Vermont Judiciary and the Vermont State Colleges

Introduction

Rep. Robert Hooper, Sponsor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

15 min after Floor                   H. 867 - An act relating to protecting and remediating at-risk cemeteries

Introduction

Rep. Robert Helm, Sponsor

 

-                                   H. 809 - An act relating to banning the lottery

Introduction

Rep. James Gregoire, Sponsor

 

-                                   H. 827 - An act relating to the beverage container redemption system

Introduction

Rep. James Gregoire, Sponsor

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 24, 2020

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

15 min after Floor                   Bill Introductions

 

-                                   H. 815 - An act relating to the installation of fireblocking in single-family dwellings

Rep. Casey Toof, Sponsor

Mason Maltais, Self Advocate, North Hero

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   H. 492 - An act relating to establishing a homeless bill of rights and prohibiting discrimination against people without homes

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

Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General

Amanda Garces, Director of Policy, Education and Outreach, Vermont Human Rights Commission

Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

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If you have any questions and comments, please contact

 Ron Wild at 802-828-3559 or rwild@leg.state.vt.us