House Committee on Judiciary

 

AGENDA

 

Room 30

January 15, 2019 - January 18, 2019

Last Updated 1/18/2019 2:27 PM

 

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

10:00 AM                   House Floor and Caucuses

 

11:45 AM                   Lunch

 

1:30 PM                   Legislative Counsel, Judiciary, Attorney General, State's Attorneys, Defender General, VT Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence, Center for Crime Victims Services

Introductions and Updates

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Hon. Brian Grearson, Chief Superior Judge, Office of Chief Superior Judge

Patricia Gabel, State Court Administrator, Court Administrator's Office

David Scherr, Assistant Attorney General, Vermont Attorney General's Office

Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Defender General's Office

James Pepper, Deputy State's Attorney, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs

Auburn Watersong, Associate Director of Public Policy, VT Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence

Chris Fenno, Executive Director, Center for Crime Victim Services

 

2:45 PM                   Break

 

3:00 PM                   Legislative Counsel, Judiciary, Attorney General, State's Attorneys, Defender General, VT Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence, Center for Crime Victims Services

Continuation

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

9:00 AM                   Judiciary System, Restorative Justice, Diversion and ACLU of Vermont

Overview & Updates

Hon. Brian Grearson, Chief Superior Judge, Office of Chief Superior Judge

Patricia Gabel, State Court Administrator, Court Administrator's Office

Derek Miodownik, Restorative and Community Justice Executive, Department of Corrections

Laura Zeliger, Community & Restorative Justice Director, Department of Corrections

David Scherr, Assistant Attorney General, Vermont Attorney General's Office

Willa Farrell, Director, Court Diversion and Pre Trial Services

Chloe White, Policy Director, ACLU of Vermont

 

11:45 AM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

15 Minutes after Floor                   Consequences of Misdemeanors

Robert Sand, Faculty, Vermont Law School

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 17, 2019

9:00 AM                   Green Book Introduction

Working with Vermont Statutes

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

9:30 AM                   Roles of the State's Attorneys

Overview & Updates

Rory Thibault, State's Attorney, Washington County

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   Vermont Legal Aid

Overview and updates

Wendy Morgan, Attorney, VT Legal-Aid

 

11:45 AM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Immediately After House Floor                   Decorum Training

Immediately following adjournment of House Floor

 

15 minutes after Floor                   Department of Public Safety

Introductions and Updates

Jeffrey Wallin, Director,Vermont Crime Information Center, Department of Public Safety

Christopher Herrick, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Safety

 

2:45 PM                   Break

 

3:00 PM                   Governor's Proposed FY2019 Budget Adjustment

Judiciary Budget Adjustment

 

3:30 PM                   Vermont Bar Association

Overview & Updates

Therese Corsones, Executive  Director, Vermont Bar Association

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 18, 2019

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

15 minutes after Floor                   Department for Children and Families

Introductions, substantiations and DCF registry.

Ken Schatz, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

Karen Vastine, Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

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

 Mike Bailey at 828-2257 or mbailey@leg.state.vt.us