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House Committee on Judiciary
AGENDA
Room 30 and Zoom
January 25, 2022 - January 28, 2022
Last Updated 1/28/2022 8:13 AM
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Tuesday, January 25, 2022
10:00 AM House Floor
- Caucuses
11:45 AM Lunch
1:15 PM S. 30 - An act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms within hospital buildings
Review of Proposed Amendment, Committee Discussion and Possible Vote.
Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Chris S. Bradley, President, Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs - Phone
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM S. 30 - An act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms within hospital buildings
Continued: Committee Discussion and Possible Vote.
3:00 PM H. 546 - An act relating to racial justice statistics
Witness Testimony.
Betty Wheeler, Data Reviewer, Vermont State Police
Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
4:00 PM Adjourn
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
9:00 AM H. 548 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis establishment procedures
Walk-through.
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM H. 548 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis establishment procedures
Witness Testimony.
Brynn Hare, Executive Director, Cannabis Control Board
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Jill Sudhoff-Guerin, Policy and Communications Consultant, Vermont Medical Society
11:45 AM Lunch
1:15 PM H. 644 - An act relating to decriminalization of a personal use supply of a regulated drug
Witness Testimony
Melissa Story, Chief Operating Officer, Recovery Vermont
Daniel Franklin, Vice President for Advocacy and Community Relations, Recovery Vermont
Kiah Morris, Movement Politics Director, Rights and Democracy Vermont
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM H. 644 - An act relating to decriminalization of a personal use supply of a regulated drug
Continued Testimony and Committee Discussion.
3:00 PM House Floor
- Adjourn
Thursday, January 27, 2022
10:15 AM H. 534 - An act relating to sealing criminal history records
Amendment Walk-through.
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- H. 534 - An act relating to sealing criminal history records
Witness Testimony.
Jennifer Poehlmann, Executive Director, Center for Crime Victim Services
Marshall Pahl, Appellate and Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office
11:15 AM Break
- H. 534 - An act relating to sealing criminal history records
Continued Testimony and Committee Discussion.
11:45 AM Lunch
1:00 PM House Floor
15 Minutes After the Floor S. 30 - An act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms within hospital buildings
Proposed Amendment to Bill.
Rep. Patrick Brennan
- Adjourn
Friday, January 28, 2022
9:00 AM S. 30 - An act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms within hospital buildings
Committee Discussion on Amendment, Possible Vote.
Rep. Patrick Brennan
9:30 AM House Floor
- 15 Minutes After the Floor H. 631 - An act relating to raising the age of eligibility to marry
Walk-through
Rep. Carol Ode, Sponsor
Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- H. 631 - An act relating to raising the age of eligibility to marry
Witness Testimony.
Marcie Hambrick, Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Director, Prevent Child Abuse Vermont
Wilda White, Founder, Mad Freedom
11:45 AM Lunch
1:15 PM H. 546 - An act relating to racial justice statistics
Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Rebecca Turner, Supervising Attorney, Appellate Division, Office of the Defender General
Evan Meenan, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys and Sheriffs' Dept.
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM H. 548 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis establishment procedures
Nicholas Schuermann, Executive Director, Vermont NORML
- H. 309 - An act relating to decriminalizing certain chemical compounds found in plants and fungi that are commonly used for medicinal, spiritual, religious, or entheogenic purposes
Rep. Brian Cina, Sponsor
- H. 648 - An act relating to funding for the Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children (VT-ICAC) Task Force
Committee Discussion and Possible Vote.
Please note that witnesses may not be called in the order in which they are listed.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact
Amber Burke at aburke@leg.state.vt.us