House Committee on Judiciary

AGENDA

Room 30

March 30, 2021 - April 2, 2021

Last Updated 5/4/2021 4:19 PM

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

10:00 AM                   House Floor

After House Floor                   Caucuses and Lunch

1:15 PM                   S. 7 - An act relating to expanding access to expungement and sealing of criminal history records

Ericka Redic, Impacted Citizen, Chittenden

Patricia Gabel, Vermont State Court Administrator, Vermont Judiciary

Theresa Scott, Chief of Trial Court Operations, Vermont Judiciary

Honorable Brian Grearson, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary

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

2:45 PM                   Break

3:00 PM                   S. 7 - An act relating to expanding access to expungement and sealing of criminal history records

Continued testimony from above witnesses

3:30 PM                   Adjourn

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

9:00 AM                   S. 3 - An act relating to competency to stand trial and insanity as a defense

Walk-through and testimony

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Kelly Carroll, Impacted Citizen, Bennington

JoAnne Kortendick, Impacted Citizen, Colorado

Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Member from Northfield

10:00 AM                   Break

10:15 AM                   S. 3 - An act relating to competency to stand trial and insanity as a defense

Continued testimony by above witnesses

11:45 AM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   House Floor

15 Minutes after House Floor                   S. 3 - An act relating to competency to stand trial and insanity as a defense

Continued testimony on bill

A.J. Ruben, Supervising Attorney, Disability Rights Vermont

Jack McCullough, Director of Mental Health Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

Thursday, April 1, 2021

9:00 AM                   H. 203 - An act relating to criminal threatening a State employee or elected official

Walk-through

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Rory Thibault, State's Attorney, Washington County

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

Marshall Pahl, Appellate and Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office

-                                   H. 302 - An act relating to criminal threatening in schools

Walk-though

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Rory Thibault, State's Attorney, Washington County

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

Marshall Pahl, Appellate and Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office

10:00 AM                   Break

10:15 PM                   Criminal Threatening

Continued discussion of above bills and witnesses

11:45 AM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   House Floor

2:00 PM                   Results of the Votes for Retention of Superior Court Judges and Magistrates

Joint Assembly

After Joint Assembly                   House Floor

15 Minutes after House Floor                   H. 296 - An act relating to reducing the imposition of cash bail

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Rep. Michelle Bos-Lun, Sponsor

Sarah George, State's Attorney, Chittenden County

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

Jessica Barquist, Director of Policy and Organizing, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence

Falko Schilling, Advocacy Director, ACLU of Vermont

Marshall Pahl, Appellate and Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

Friday, April 2, 2021

9:30 AM                   House Floor

15 Minutes after House Floor                   S. 3 - An act relating to competency to stand trial and insanity as a defense

Discussion on bill

Wilda White, Founder, MadFreedom

Kristin Chandler, Training Coordinator, Team Two

11:45 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