House Committee on Judiciary

 

AGENDA

 

Room 30

January 22, 2019 - January 25, 2019

Last Updated 2/5/2019 8:05 AM

 

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

9:30 AM                   Martin Luther King Day Commemoration

Paul Reiber, Chief Justice, Vermont Supreme Court

Jimmie Edwards, Director, Department of Public Safety, City of St. Louis

 

10:00 AM                   House Floor and Caucuses

 

11:45 AM                   Lunch

 

2:00 PM                   19-0729 - An act relating to the budget adjustment

Judiciary budget adjustment discussion.

 

2:30 PM                   Break

 

2:45 PM                   Judicial Oversight Work and Recommendations; Sentencing Commission

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

3:45 PM                   19-0729 - An act relating to the budget adjustment

Judiciary Budget Adjustment - Committee Discussion

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

9:00 AM                   Judicial Update

Update on Zullo v State of Vermont Supreme Court case.

Any other cases in which VT Supreme Court asked for legislative action.

Judiciary tech bill.

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

10:00 AM                   H. 7 - An act relating to second degree aggravated domestic assault

Introduction, Walk-through and Testimony

Rep. Laura Sibilia, Lead Sponsor - Invited

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Tracy Shriver, State's Attorney, Windsor County State's Attorneys

Marshall Pahl, Appellate and Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office

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

Chris Fenno, Executive Director, Center for Crime Victim Services

 

11:45 AM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

15 Minutes after House Floor                   H. 19 - An act relating to sexual exploitation of a person in law enforcement officer custody

Walk-through and Testimony

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Chris Fenno, Executive Director, Center for Crime Victim Services

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

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

Elizabeth Novotny, Lobbyist, Vermont Police Association

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 24, 2019

9:00 AM                   Fair and Impartial Policing

Location is Room 11

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Garry Scott, Lieutenant, Vermont State Police

Ingrid Jonas, Major, Vermont State Police

Will Lambek, Organizer, Migrant Justice

Jose Luis -, Member, Migrant Justice

Olga -, Member, Migrant Justice

Richard Gauthier, Executive Director, VT Criminal Justice Training Council

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

Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General

Kesha Ram, Chair, Immigration Task Force

Mark Hughes, Executive Director, Justice for All - Written

Tabitha Moore, President, NAACP - Rutland

Tony Facos, Chief, Montpelier Police Department, Vermont Police Association

Curtiss Reed, Executive Director, Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity

Brenda Churchill, Statehouse Liaison, LGBTQIA Alliance of Vermont

Lia Ernst, Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union - Vermont

 

11:30 AM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's 2020 Budget Address

Joint Assembly - House Chamber

 

15 Minutes after Budget Address                   Domestic Violence Restorative Justice Interim Report

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

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 25, 2019

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

15 Minutes after Floor                   Security Briefing

Matthew S. Romei, Chief of Police, Capitol Police Department

 

11:00 AM                   iPad Training

 

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