House Committee on Corrections and Institutions

 

AGENDA

 

Room 33

January 21, 2020 - January 24, 2020

Last Updated 4/30/2020 9:25 AM

 

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

After the Floor                     Caucuses and Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Committee Constituent Time

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's FY2021 Proposed Budget Address

Joint Session - House Chamber

 

3:30 PM                   Overview of Capital Bill Budget Adjustment

Pass Out Notebooks

Brad Ferland, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Administration

Chris Cole, Commissioner, Buildings and General Services

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

8:30 AM                   Correctional Officers' Issues

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Gary Hoddley, VSEA

Thomas Abdelnour, Legislative Specialist, Vermont State Employees Association

 

10:30 AM                   PREA - Sexualized Work Environment in Confinement Settings

Finish Testimony on Reporting and Investigating.

Staff sexual misconduct and security risks.

Imbalance of power.

Heather Simons, Director of Training and Professional Development, Department of Corrections

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

After the Floor                     Bill Introductions

 

--                                  H.624 - Naming 133 State Street

Rep. Mary Sullivan, Sponsor

 

--                                  H. 713 - Allocating the cost of Department of Corrections resources

Rep. Charles Kimbell, Sponsor

 

--                                  H. 486 - A study of fragrances in State buildings

Rep. Diana Gonzalez, Sponsor

 

--                                  H. 647 - Applying Vermont prevailing wages to school construction projects

Rep. Maida Townsend, Sponsor

 

--                                  H. 648 - Davis-Bacon wage survey requirements for State construction projects

Rep. Maida Townsend, Sponsor

 

--                                  H. 690 - State aid for school construction for merged school districts

Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann, Sponsor

 

--                                  H. 741 - Criminal record checks on contractors working in State-owned or -leased facilities

Rep. Charles "Butch" Shaw, Sponsor

 

2:30 PM                   Parole Board 101 - Vermont Parole System

Dean George, Chair, Vermont Parole Board

Mary Jane Ainsworth, Director, Parole Board

 

4:00 PM                   Committee Discussion

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 23, 2020

8:30 AM                   PREA - Pathways and Profiles of Women Offenders

Sexual safety in male facilities.

Care and custody of LGBTQI inmates.

Jenn Sprafke, PREA Director, Department of Corrections

 

10:30 AM                   Justice Reinvestment

Joint Meeting with House Judiciary Committee

Location: Room 10

Ellen Whelan-Wuest, Deputy Program Director, Council of State Governments Justice Center

Cassondra Warney, Senior Policy Analyst, Council of State Governments Justice Center

David D'Amora, Senior Policy Advisor, Council of State Governments Justice Center

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

After the Floor                     Committee Discussion

 

3:00 PM                   Walk-through of FY 20-21 Capital Budget Adjustment Proposal

Section 2

Chris Cole, Commissioner, Department of Buildings and General Services

Joseph Aja, Director Design & Construction, Department of Buildings & General Services

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 24, 2020

8:30 AM                   Bonding Capacity

Teigh Southworth, Buildings Engineer, Department of Buildings & General Services

Joseph Aja, Director Design & Construction, Department of Buildings & General Services

Erik FilKorn, Principal Assistant, Department of Buildings and General Services

Chris Cole, Commissioner, Department of Buildings and General Services

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

After the Floor                     Committee Discussion

 

11:45 AM                   Lunch

 

12:30 PM                   H. 552 - Bond Bank Concerns

Michael Gaughan, Executive Director, Vermont Municipal Bond Bank

 

2:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 1-2 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 or comments, please contact

 Phil Petty at 802-828-2259 or ppetty@leg.state.vt.us