Senate Committee on Finance

 

AGENDA

 

Room 6

January 22, 2019 - January 25, 2019

Last Updated 1/25/2019 1:52 PM

 

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

9:00 AM                   Senate Protocols and Floor Decorum

 

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:00 PM                   Captive Insurance 101

Room 10

David Provost, Deputy Commissioner, Captive Insurance Division, Department of Financial Regulation

 

2:00 PM                   Water Quality Funding

Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

2:50 PM                   January 2019 Consensus Revenue Forecast Review

Tom Kavet, Legislature's Economist, Kavet, Rockler & Associates, LLC

 

3:30 PM                   Break

 

4:05 PM                   Wayfair Marketplace

Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

4:30 PM                   Chairs' Meeting

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   Tax Expenditures

Part II

Graham Campbell, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

2:30 PM                   Vermont Captive Insurance Association

Richard Smith, Executive Director, Vermont Captive Insurance Association

Ian Davis, Director of Financial Services, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Heather McClure, Chief Risk Officer, J.D., Academic Physicians Insurance Company

 

3:00 PM                   Tax Abatement Audit and Other Issues

Doug Hoffer, State Auditor, State Auditor's Office

 

4:00 PM                   Credentialing of New Practitioners

Georgia Maheras, Director, Vermont Public Policy, Esq., Bi-State Primary Care Association

Pam Parsons, Executive Director, NOTCH - Phone

 

Thursday, January 24, 2019

1:50 PM                   Senate Floor

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's 2020 Budget Address

Joint Assembly - House Chamber

 

3:30 PM                   Governor's Budget

Discussion

Susanne Young, Secretary of Administration, Agency of Administration

Kaj Samsom, Commissioner, Department of Taxes

 

Friday, January 25, 2019

11:30 PM                   Implicit Bias Training

Ethan Allen Room

 

1:30 PM                   Tax Expenditures

Part III

Graham Campbell, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Doug Farnham, Senior Research Economist and the Director of Policy, Department of Taxes

 

2:00 AM                   Land Gains Tax Overview

Graham Campbell, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

2:30 PM                   Implications of the Federal Shutdown on Vermonters

Chris D'Elia, President, Vermont Bankers' Association

Joseph Bergeron, Executive Director, Association of Vermont Credit Unions

Molly Dillon, Deputy Commissioner, Banking, Department of Financial Regulation

 

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

 Faith Brown at 802-828-2253 or fbrown@leg.state.vt.us