House Committee on Ways and Means

AGENDA

Virtual Meetings

February 23, 2021 - February 26, 2021

Last Updated 5/17/2021 4:10 PM

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

10:00 AM                   FLOOR

After the Floor                     Caucuses and Lunch

1:00 PM                   H. 315 - An act relating to COVID-19 relief

potential vote

1:10 PM                   S. 13 - An act relating to the implementation of the Pupil Weighting Factors Report

Committee Discussion

Lawrence Picus, Professor, Picus Odden & Associates

2:15 PM                   H. 131 - An act relating to exempting transfers of property between siblings or sibling’s spouse from the Property Transfer Tax

Rep. Stephanie Jerome, House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development - Invited

Craig Bolio, Commissioner, VT Department of Taxes

Rebecca Sameroff, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Taxes

2:30 PM                   Budget Letter to Appropriations

Committee Discussion

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

9:00 AM                   H. 436 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to Vermont’s tax laws

Property Tax Credit Claim form

Jeffrey Dooley, Taxpayer Advocate, Department of Taxes

Carol Dawes, Legislative Chair, Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association

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

9:30 AM                   Miscellaneous Tax proposal

Paper bag intent

Abby Shepard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

11:30 AM                   H. 171 - An act relating to the governance and financing of Vermont’s child care system

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

12:00 PM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   FLOOR

After the floor                     H. 35 - An act relating to eliminating eligible school construction costs from a school district’s excess spending

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

2:45 AM                   21-0655 - An act relating to the Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to laws related to transportation

Anthea Dexter-Cooper, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

3:30 PM                   Governor's Proposed FY2022 Budget

Fish and Wildlife Billbacks

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Dan Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Thursday, February 25, 2021

9:00 AM                   H. 261 - An act relating to eliminating the sales and use tax exemption for prewritten software accessed remotely

Craig Bolio, Commissioner, VT Department of Taxes

Jeff Couture, Executive Director, Vermont Technology Alliance

Bram Kleppner, Commissioner, Tax Structure Commission

Abby Shepard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Graham Campbell, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

10:15 AM                   H. 185 - An act relating to exempting U.S. military retirement pay and survivor benefit income

Rep. Matthew Birong, Sponsor

Rep. Peter J. Fagan, Co-Sponsor

Graham Campbell, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

10:45 AM                   FY22 Pre-Budget Data

Brad James, Finance Manager, Agency of Education

11:00 AM                   H. 88 - An act relating to certification of agricultural use for purposes of the use value appraisal program

Abby Shepard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Rebecca Sameroff, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Taxes

11:10 AM                   21-0864 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

11:20 AM                   Licensed Pre-K Property Tax Exemption Proposal

Rebecca Sameroff, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Taxes

Craig Bolio, Commissioner, VT Department of Taxes

12:00 PM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   FLOOR

2:00 PM                   Joint Assembly

2:50 PM                   H. 88 - An act relating to certification of agricultural use for purposes of the use value appraisal program

committee vote

3:15 PM                   Federal Briefing with Congressman Welch

Joint Hearing with Senate Appropriations

see livestream link on the Senate Appropriations committee page

Friday, February 26, 2021

9:30 AM                   FLOOR

After the Floor                     H. 360 - An act relating to accelerated community broadband deployment

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

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

Patricia Richards, General Manager, Washington Electric Coop