Senate Committee on Finance

 

AGENDA

 

Via Zoom

February 23, 2021 - February 26, 2021

Last Updated 2/26/2021 3:24 PM

 

 

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   Pupil Weighting

Joint meeting with Senate Education

The meeting can be livestreamed here

Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education

Victoria Capitani, Chair, Dover Select Board

Alex Yin, Member, Winooski District School Board

 

3:00 PM                   Break

 

3:15 PM                   S. 80 - An act relating to limiting employee compensation for State-funded nonprofit organizations

Introduction and Walk-through

Sen. Christopher A. Pearson, Sponsor, Chittenden County

David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

3:45 PM                   Broadband Bill

Discussion

Sen. Randy Brock, Sponsor

 

4:00 PM                   Chairs' Meeting

 

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

10 mins after the floor                   S. 53 - An act relating to exempting feminine hygiene products from the Vermont Sales and Use Tax

Committee Discussion and Possible Vote

 

1:50 PM                   CRF and Governor's Broadband Proposals

Committee Discussion

 

2:15 PM                   Analysis of the Financial Viability for Public, Educational and Government Access Television

Ken Jones, Economic Research Analyst, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Peter Bluhm, Consultant and Owner, Berkshire Telecommunications Consulting

Dr. Robert Loube, Co-owner, Rolka Loube

Lauren-Glenn Davidian, Executive Director, CCTV Center for Media and Democracy

 

3:30 PM                   Break

 

3:45 PM                   S. 88 - An act relating to insurance, banking, and securities

Walk-through

Jill Rickard, Director of Policy, Department of Financial Regulation

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

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

Thursday, February 25, 2021

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

2:00 PM                   Results of the Votes for Sergeant at Arms, Adjutant and Inspector General, Trustees of the UVM and State Agricultural College

Joint Assembly

 

2:15 PM                   CRF and Governor's Broadband Proposals

Committee Discussion

June Tierney, Commissioner, Department of Public Service

 

3:15 PM                   Update on Potential Federal Funding from Congressman Peter Welch

Joint meeting with House and Senate Appropriations and House Ways and Means

The meeting will be livestreamed here.

 

4:15 PM                   Agency of Transportation's Right of Ways

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Rob White, Project Delivery Bureau Director, Agency of Transportation

 

Friday, February 26, 2021

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   S. 64 - An act relating to electric cooperatives and property tax exemptions for broadband infrastructure

Testimony

Rebecca Sameroff, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Taxes

Patricia Richards, General Manager, Washington Electric Coop - Invited

Barry Bernstein, President, Board of Directors, Washington Electric Coop

June Tierney, Commissioner, Public Service Department - Invited

Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns - Invited

 

2:30 PM                   Break

 

3:15 PM                   S. 60 - An act relating to allowing municipal and cooperative utilities to offer innovative rates and services

Committee Discussion and Possible Vote

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Melissa Bailey, Manager of Government and Member Relations, VPPSA

Riley Allen, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Service

 

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

 Faith Brown at fbrown@leg.state.vt.us