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Senate Committee on Government Operations

 

AGENDA

 

Room 4

January 28, 2020 - January 31, 2020

Last Updated 1/31/2020 3:28 PM

 

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:15 PM                   S. 124 - An act relating to miscellaneous law enforcement amendments

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Rick Gauthier, Director, LEAB

Roger Marcoux, Sheriff

Jeffrey Wallin, Director, Vermont Information Crime Center (VCIC)

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

 

3:00 PM                   15 Minute Break

 

3:15 PM                   Public Records

Continuing discussion

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Steve Whitaker, Concerned Citizen

Elizabeth Novotny, Lobbyist, Vermont Police Association

Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office

Tanya Marshall, State Archivist and Chief Records Officer, VT State Archives & Records Administration

Jay Diaz, Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union - Vermont

 

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   S. 220 - An act relating to educating specified professionals on the State’s energy goals

Walk-through

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation

Matt Cota, Executive Director, Vermont Fuel Dealers Association

 

-                                   S. 270 - An act relating to the professional regulation of massage therapy

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation

 

-                                   S. 233 - An act relating to uniform licensing standards

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation

Laura Pelosi, Member, Rural Health Services Task Force

 

3:30 PM                   15 Minute Break

 

3:45 PM                   Commission Discussion

Discuss aspects of an OPR bill

 

Thursday, January 30, 2020

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   H. 550 - An act relating to unclaimed property

Potential vote

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

Al LaPerle, Director of Unclaimed Property, Office of the State Treasurer

Timothy Duggan, Legal Director, Office of the State Treasurer

 

2:15 PM                   S. 189 - An act relating to survivor benefits for public employees

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Sen. Debbie Ingram, Sponsor

Dan Pouliot, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Human Resources

 

3:00 PM                   15 Minute Break

 

3:15 PM                   S. 307 - An act relating to binding interest arbitration for employees of the Vermont Judiciary and the Vermont State Colleges

Committee discussion

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Heather Reimer, American Federation of Teachers

Joseph McNeil, Negotiator, Judiciary

Patricia Gabel, Vermont State Court Administrator, Vermont Judiciary

 

4:00 PM                   S. 153 - An act relating to creating the Vermont 250th Commission

Howard Coffin, Historian

David Schutz, State Curator

Stephen Perkins, Executive Director, Vermont Historical Society

Jonah Spivak - Phone

 

Friday, January 31, 2020

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:00 PM                   Committee  Discussion

Discuss Senate Government Operations related provisions of S.125

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Lauren Hibbert, Director, Office of Professional Regulation

Phyillis Mitchell, Executive  Director

Julie Hulburd, Chair, Vermont State Ethics Commission

Larry Novins, Executive Director, Vermont State Ethics Commission

Paul Erlbaum, Vermont State Ethics Commission

Eric LaMontagne, Executive Director, Campaign for Vermont

 

1:45 PM                   S. 198 - An act relating to an enforceable State Code of Ethics

Committee Discussion

Larry Novins, Executive Director, Vermont State Ethics Commission

Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Catherine Rader, League of Women Voters - Invited

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

-                                   S. 157 - An act relating to expanding the powers of the State Ethics Commission

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

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 or comments, please contact

 Gail Carrigan at 828-2272 or gcarrigan@leg.state.vt.us