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  • Sen. Joe Benning, Chair
  • Sen. John Rodgers, Vice Chair
  • Sen. Dick Mazza
  • Sen. Virginia "Ginny" Lyons
  • Sen. Cheryl Hooker, Clerk

Senate Committee on Institutions

 

AGENDA

 

Room 7

February 25, 2020 - February 28, 2020

Last Updated 2/25/2020 3:36 PM

 

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

9:30 AM                   FLOOR

 

10:00 AM                   Senate morning committees

 

11:30 AM                   Implicit Bias Training

Legislative Lounge

Bor Yang, Executive Director, VT Human Rights Commission

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:30 PM                   Capital Budget Overview

Section 11, Line 78 Emergency Containment Contingency Fund; Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund; Municipal Pollution Control Grants; Dam Safety and Hydrology Projects

Eric Blatt, Director Facilities Engineering Division, Department of Environmental Conservation

Emily Byrne, Management Services Director, Agency of Natural Resources

Ben Green, Dam Safety Section Chief, Department of Environmental Conservation

Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

2:30 PM                   Break

 

2:45 PM                   S. 285 - An act relating to the State House Artwork and Portrait Project Committee

Draft 1.2, mark-up and possible vote

Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sponsor

David Schutz, State Curator, Department of State Buildings

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

8:30 AM                   Senate morning committees

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

1:30 PM                   

3-Acre Parcel

Chris Cole, Commissioner, Department of Buildings and General Services

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

 

2:00 PM                   H. 555 - An act relating to rulemaking on food concessions, lotteries, raffles, or games of chance on lands and buildings within the jurisdiction of the Department of Buildings and General Services

Introduction

Rep. Woodman Page, Sponsor

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

2:15 AM                   S. 285 - An act relating to the State House Artwork and Portrait Project Committee

Possible Vote

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Thursday, February 27, 2020

8:30 AM                   Senate morning committees

 

11:30 AM                   Committee Visits

Department of Fish and Wildlife Projects in Grand Isle County including Mallet's Creek WMA; Guillemette Access Area; and Ed Weed Fish Culture Station for tour of facility.

Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Jane Lazorchak, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Dylan Smith, Department of Fish and Wildlife

 

Friday, February 28, 2020

8:30 AM                   Senate morning committees

 

11:30 AM                   FLOOR

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Capital Budget FY21

Section 22, Sale of Baldwin Street Properties; Demolition of Wasson and Stanley Halls-Waterbury

Chris Cole, Commissioner, Department of Buildings and General Services

 

1:30 PM                   H. 209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Daniel French, Ed.D., Secretary, Agency of Education

John Carroll, Chair, State Board of Education

 

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

 Denise Diehl at 802-828-2352 or ddiehl@leg.state.vt.us