House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs

 

AGENDA

 

Via Zoom

January 19, 2021 - January 22, 2021

Last Updated 1/22/2021 8:28 AM

 

 

Meetings will be livestreamed here unless otherwise noted

 

 

 

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

Following the Floor                   Implicit Bias Prevention Training

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch and Caucuses

 

2:00 PM                   H. 63 - An act relating to statewide public school employee health benefits

Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Chair of the Employer Commissioners, Commission on Public School Employee Health Benefits

Suzanne Dirmaier, Director, Uniserve, Northwestern Vermont

 

-                                   H. 81 - An act relating to statewide public school employee health benefits

Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Chair of the Employer Commissioners, Commission on Public School Employee Health Benefits

Suzanne Dirmaier, Director, Uniserve, Northwestern Vermont

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

9:00 AM                   Vermont Veterans' Home

Update on operations and Covid response

Melissa Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, Vermont Veterans' Home

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Bob Burke, Director, Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs

 

-                                   Budget Adjustment Act

Brief discussion

 

11:45 AM                   Break

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:00 PM                   Property Transfer Tax

Adam Greshin, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management

 

-                                   H. 63 - An act relating to statewide public school employee health benefits

Tim Noonan, Executive Director, Labor Relations Board

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 21, 2021

9:00 AM                   Basic Needs Budget

Dan Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

-                                   H. 28 - An act relating to the basic needs budget and livable wage

Introduction

Rep. James McCullough, Sponsor

 

-                                   H. 41 - An act relating to family leave and insurance protections for organ donors

Introduction

Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Sponsor

 

11:45 AM                   Break

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

15 min after Floor                   H. 81 - An act relating to statewide public school employee health benefits

Sue Ceglowski, Executive  Director, Vermont School Boards Association

Laura Soares, Past President, Vermont Education Health Initiative

Julie Filiberti, Paraeducator, Fairfax, Vermont

Neil Odell, President, Vermont School Boards Association

Joseph McNeil, Chief Negotiator, Employer Commissioners, Commission on Public School Employee Health Benefits

 

-                                   H. 63 - An act relating to statewide public school employee health benefits

Sue Ceglowski, Executive  Director, Vermont School Boards Association

Laura Soares, Past President, Vermont Education Health Initiative

Julie Filiberti, Paraeducator, Fairfax, Vermont

Neil Odell, President, Vermont School Boards Association

Joseph McNeil, Chief Negotiator, Employer Commissioners, Commission on Public School Employee Health Benefits

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 22, 2021

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

15 min after Floor                   H. 93 - An act relating to establishing a homeless bill of rights and prohibiting discrimination against people without homes

Introduction and walk-through

 

Rep. John Killacky, Sponsor

Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

-                                   Committee Discussion

Topics to be determined - time permitting

 

11:45 AM                   Break

 

1:00 PM                   Committee Discussion

Topics to be determined

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

2:00 PM                   Vermont Unemployment Insurance

Michael Harrington, Commissioner, Department of Labor

Cameron Wood, Director, Unemployment Insurance Division, Department of Labor

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

Please email handouts to the committee assistant at least 24 hours before your scheduled meeting time. With few exceptions, any documents you send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s web page.

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Ron Wild at rwild@leg.state.vt.us