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House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
AGENDA
Room 44
January 28, 2020 - January 31, 2020
Last Updated 1/31/2020 1:47 PM
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
10:00 AM House Floor
- Lunch and Caucuses
1:00 PM H. 739 - An act relating to improving rental housing health and safety
Introduction and Walk-through
Rep. Thomas Stevens, Sponsor
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Sarah Carpenter, Chair, Rental Housing Advisory Board
Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
2:30 PM J.R.H. 7 - Joint resolution apologizing and expressing sincere condolences to all Vermonters and their families who were harmed as a result of State-sanctioned and eugenically inspired sterilization
Rep. Kathryn Webb, Sponsor - Invited
Michael Chernick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Adjourn
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
9:15 AM Department of Liquor and Lottery Related Bills
Introduction and Walk-through
- H. 717 - An act relating to allowing fourth-class license locations to serve beverages by the glass
Rep. Jessica Brumsted, Sponsor
Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Sivan Cotel, Co-founder and Director of Operations, Stonecutter Spirits
- H. 718 - An act relating to the sale, tasting, and distribution of vinous beverages
Rep. Carol Ode, Sponsor
Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- H. 780 - An act relating to listing the price of spirits and fortified wines
Rep. Matthew Birong, Sponsor
Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- H. 781 - An act relating to farm-based manufacturers of alcoholic beverages
Rep. Matthew Birong, Sponsor
Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
11:00 AM Mental Health Advocacy Day
SASH
Molly Dugan, Director, Support and Services at Home (SASH)
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM House Floor
15 min after Floor Mental Health Advocacy Day
Tiny Houses followed by Housing Vouchers
Liz Genge, Director of Property and Asset Management, Downstreet Housing and Community Development
Keith Grier, Director of Community Support Program, Downstreet Housing and Community Development
Anna MacKenzie , Mother, Washington County
Marcy Couillard, Case Manager, Washington County Mental Health
- H. 636 - An act relating to requiring dog trainers to obtain informed client consent
Rep. Sara Coffey, Sponsor
- H. 708 - An act relating to requiring dog trainer disclosures
Rep. James Masland, Sponsor
- Adjourn
Thursday, January 30, 2020
9:00 AM H. 783 - An act relating to recovery residences
Angela Zaikowski , Director, Vermont Apartment Owners Association, LLC
Bor Yang, Executive Director, VT Human Rights Commission
Shaun Gilpin, Housing Policy Specialist, Department of Housing and Community Development
Jan - Roberta Tarjan, Executive Director, Dismas House of Vermont
David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
10:00 AM Housing and Conservation Coalition
Tess Milner, Resident, Johnson
Dan Cahill, Land Steward, Burlington Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Department
Sean Lawson, CEO/Founding Brewer, Lawson Finest Liquids
Kay Curtis, Resident and Board Director, Tri-Park Cooperative Housing Corporation
Bill Hodgman, Park Manager, Tri-Park Cooperative Housing Corporation
Dominic Cloud, City Manager, City of St. Albans
11:15 AM H. 492 - An act relating to establishing a homeless bill of rights and prohibiting discrimination against people without homes
Kenneth Russell, Chair, Montpelier Homelessness Task Force
Morgan Brown, Formerly Lived Homeless
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM House Floor
15 min after Floor H. 783 - An act relating to recovery residences
Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
Brenda Siegel, Self-Advocate, Newfane
David Englander, Senior Policy & Legal Advisor, Vermont Department of Health
Peter Mallary, Vice President of Government Relations and Community Outreach, Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery
Jeff Moreau, Executive Director, Vermont Alliance for Recovery Residences
- Adjourn
Friday, January 31, 2020
9:30 AM House Floor
15 min after Floor J.R.H. 7 - Joint resolution apologizing and expressing sincere condolences to all Vermonters and their families who were harmed as a result of State-sanctioned and eugenically inspired sterilization
Committee Discussion
- H. 783 - An act relating to recovery residences
Committee Discussion
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
Joseph Gainza, Producer and Host, Gathering Peace Radio Program
Mark Redmond, Executive Director, Spectrum Youth and Family Services
Falko Schilling, Advocacy Director, ACLU of Vermont
Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
Ed Paquin, Executive Director, Disability Rights Vermont
Angus Chaney, Executive Director, Homeless Prevention Center, Rutland
- 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