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  • Sen. Dick Sears, Chair
  • Sen. Alice W. Nitka, Vice-Chair, Clerk
  • Sen. Jeanette K. White
  • Sen. Joe Benning
  • Sen. Philip Baruth

Senate Committee on Judiciary

 

AGENDA

 

Room 1

January 22, 2019 - January 25, 2019

Last Updated 1/25/2019 1:32 PM

 

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

9:00 AM                   Senate Protocols and Floor Decorum

 

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

- After the Floor                   S. 19 - An act relating to violent habitual criminals

Walk-through

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

David Cahill, State's Attorney, Windsor County - Phone

Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Defender General's Office

Tom Dalton, Executive  Director, Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform

Michael Touchette, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

9:00 AM                   S. 17 - An act relating to filing fees for petitions to expunge or seal a criminal history record

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Tari Scott, Chief of Trial Court Operations, Office of Court Administrator

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

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

Hon Brian Grearson, Chief Superior Judge, Court Administrator's Office

Chris Fenno, Executive Director, Center for Crime Victim Services

Mairead O'Reilly, Poverty Law Fellow, Vermont Legal Aid

David Scheer, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   Cannabis Regulation

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 24, 2019

9:00 AM                   S. 18 - An act relating to consumer justice enforcement

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Joshua Diamond, Deputy Attorney General, Attorney General's Office

David Mickenberg, Lobbyist, VT Association of Justice

James Feehan, Lobbyist, American Property and Casualty Insurance Association

Wendy Knight, Commissioner, Department of Tourism and Marketing, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

David Seligman, Director, Towards Justice - Phone

Chris D'Elia, President, Vermont Bankers' Association

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   S. 18 - An act relating to consumer justice enforcement

Seamus Duffy, Attorney, New England Cable & Telecommunications Association (NECTA)

Jill Rickard, Director of Policy, Department of Financial Regulation

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 25, 2019

9:00 AM                   S. 37 - An act relating to medical monitoring damages

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

Jon Groveman, Policy and Water Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Emily Joselson, Attorney, Vermont Association for Justice

 

10:45 AM                   Break

 

11:00 AM                   S. 18 - An act relating to consumer justice enforcement

Tom Aicher, Attorney, Recreation Industry

 

11:30 AM                   Implicit Bias Training

Ethan Allen Room

 

If you have any questions and comments, please contact

 Peggy Delaney at 802-828-2278 or pdelaney@leg.state.vt.us