House Committee on Appropriations

AGENDA

Room 42

February 18, 2020 - February 21, 2020

Last Updated 2/20/2020 4:40 PM

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

9:30 AM                   H. 760 - An act relating to fiscal year 2020 budget adjustments

Senate further Proposal to House further Proposal -- Discussion and VOTE

10:00 AM                   S. 54 - An act relating to the regulation of cannabis

Prevention

Rep. Kathryn Webb, Chair, House Committee on Education

after floor                         Caucuses

1:00 PM                   20-0731 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Protection to Persons & Property

Anthony Roisman, Chair, Public Utility Commission

Brenda Chamberlin, Financial Director, Public Service Board

1:45 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Funding

Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office

2:15 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Rep. Timothy Briglin, Chair, House Committee on Energy and Technology

2:45 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

VOTE

3:00 PM                   20-0731 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Committee Discussion

4:15 PM                   Next Day Review

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

8:30 AM                   20-0731 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Committee Discussion

9:30 AM                   20-0731 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Advocates Hearing - Human Services - Room 11

Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.

Janet Hunt, Executive Director, Vermont Association of the Area Agencies on Aging

Steve Pouliot, Executive Director, Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI)

Ruby Baker, Executive Director, Community of Vermont Elders (COVE)

Amy Johnson, Parent Child Center Network

Sonja Raymond, Executive Director, Vermont Association for the Education for Young Children

Virginia Renfrew, Vermont Association for Adult Days

Drake Turner, Let's Grow Kids

Nicole Whalen, VT Foodbank and Vermonters Feeding Vermonters

Eric Avildson, Executive Director, Vermont Legal Aid

Margaret Atkinson, Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development

Amy Brady, Voices for Vermont's Children

Jan Demers, Executive Director, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity

Sue Minter, Executive Director, Capstone Community Action

Michael Redmond, Upper Valley Haven

Richard Williams, Executive Director, Vermont State Housing Authority

Patrick Gallagher, Development Director, Pathways Vermont

Susan Aranoff, Senior Planner and Policy Analyst, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council

Margaret Bozik, Director of Asset Management & Special Initiatives, Champlain Housing Trust

Karen Lafayette, Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council

Erhard Mahnke, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition

Jill Mazza Olson, Executive Director, VNAs of Vermont

Julie Tessler, Vermont Care Partners

MaryEllen Mendl, Vermont 2-1-1

Jennifer Boardman, Youth Development Program, Washington County Youth Services Bureau

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Laurie Emerson, Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Vermont

11:00 AM                   Adjourn Public Hearing

11:15 AM                   S. 240 - An act relating to recruiting new remote workers and new relocating workers

Rep. Jean O'Sullivan, Reporter, House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development

11:45 AM                   Recess for Lunch

1:00 PM                   S. 240 - An act relating to recruiting new remote workers and new relocating workers

VOTED

Rep. Michael Marcotte, Chair, House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development

2:15 PM                   Adjourn

Thursday, February 20, 2020

8:30 AM                   20-0731 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Committee Discussion

8:45 AM                   20-0731 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Members Budget Suggestions

Rep. Avram Patt, Lamoille-Washington (8:45 AM)

Rep. Warren F. Kitzmiller, Montpelier (9:00 AM)

Rep. Carol Ode, Chittenden 6-1 (9:15 AM)

Rep. Mary Sullivan, Burlington (9:30 AM)

Rep. Charles "Butch" Shaw, Rutland District (9:45 AM)

Rep. Brian Cina, Burlington (10:00 AM)

Rep. James Harrison, Rutland-Windsor (10:15 AM)

10:30 AM                   Joint Assembly

Election of College Trustees

11:45 AM                   Voluntary Introduction

Vermont Fairs Association

1:00 PM                   20-0731 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Advocates Hearing - NON- HS Sections in Room 11

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Jessica Barquist, Director of Policy and Organizing, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence

Deb Snell, President,  VFNHP, President, AFT Vermont

Abbey White, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Efficiency Vermont

Molly Dugan, Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition

Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network

David Mears, Forest Partnership

Lauren-Glenn Davitian, PEG Television

Sarah Carpenter, Chair, Rental Housing Advisory Board

Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development

Jonathan Bond, Executive  Director, Housing Foundation, Inc.

Patricia Tedesco, VT Home Access Program, VCIL

Olivia Campbell Andersen, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Vermont

Johanna Miller, Energy & Climate Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Jordan Giaconia, Public Policy Director, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility

Daniel Richardson, Vermont Access to Justice Coalition

Sandrine Kibuey, Director, VT Tenants & Mobile Home Program/CVOEO

Steve Whitaker, Concerned Citizen

Tom Cheney, Director, Advance Vermont

2:00 PM                   Adjourn Advocates Hearing

2:15 PM                   20-0731 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Committee Discussion

4:15 PM                   Next Day Review

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

Friday, February 21, 2020

8:30 AM                   20-0731 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Members Budget Suggestions

Rep. Michael Yantachka, Chittenden 4-1

Rep. R. Scott Campbell, Calendonia-3 (8:45 AM)

Rep. Carl Demrow, Orange-1 (9:00 AM)

Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann, Tourism Caucus, Lamoille-1 (9:15 AM)

Rep. John Killacky, Tourism Caucus, Chittenden 7-3 (9:15 AM)

Rep. Philip Jay Hooper, Orange-Washington-Addison (9:30 AM)

Rep. Paul Lefebvre, Essex-Caledonia-Orleans (9:45 AM)

10:00 AM                   20-0731 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

11:45 AM                   Recess for Lunch

1:00 PM                   20-0731 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Committee Discussion

3:30 PM                   Adjourn