House Committee on Judiciary

AGENDA

Room 30

March 16, 2021 - March 19, 2021

Last Updated 3/23/2021 2:07 PM

Meetings will be livestreamed here unless otherwise noted.

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

10:00 AM                   House Floor

After the House Floor                   Caucuses and Lunch

12:00 AM                   Joint Meeting

Division and pretrial services

15 minutes after House Caucuses                   H. 183 - An act relating to sexual violence

Proposed Colburn amendment

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Wilda White, Founder, MadFreedom

Rory Thibault, State's Attorney, Washington County

David Scherr, Assistant Attorney General, Vermont Attorney General's Office

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

Zachary Hozid, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Vermont

Rebecca Turner, Head of Appellate Division, Office of Defender General

3:00 PM                   Break

3:15 PM                   H. 183 - An act relating to sexual violence

Proposed Colburn amendment

Continued testimony from above witnesses

3:35 PM                   H. 145 - An act relating to amending the standards for law enforcement use of force

Proposed LaLonde amendment

3:45 PM                   Adjourn

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

9:00 AM                   H. 198 - An act relating to limiting the circumstances under which an asset is subject to judicial forfeiture

Presentation from the Institute for Justice

Lee McGrath, Senior Legislative Counsel and Managing Attorney of the Institute for Justice Minnesota Office, Institute for Justice

10:15 AM                   Break

10:25 AM                   H. 183 - An act relating to sexual violence

Colburn amendment

10:45 AM                   Committee Meeting

Study language for Center for Crime Victims

Chris Fenno, Executive Director, Center for Crime Victim Services

11:15 AM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   House Floor

3:45 PM                   Adjourn

Thursday, March 18, 2021

9:00 AM                   S. 7 - An act relating to expanding access to expungement and sealing of criminal history records

Walk-through

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

10:10 AM                   Break

10:25 AM                   S. 30 - An act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms at childcare facilities, hospitals, and certain public buildings

Walk-through

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

-                                   S. 97 - An act relating to miscellaneous judiciary procedures

Walk-through

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

11:45 AM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   House Floor

3:45 PM                   Adjourn

Friday, March 19, 2021

9:30 AM                   House Floor

11:00 AM                   Adjourn

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

 Evan O'Connor at eoconnor@leg.state.vt.us