House Committee on Government Operations

AGENDA

Via Zoom

May 4, 2021 - May 7, 2021

Last Updated 5/7/2021 3:47 PM

Meetings will be livestreamed here unless otherwise noted

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

10:00 AM                   House Floor

Caucuses will be held immediately following the Floor

15 min after Caucuses Adjourn                   S. 25 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis regulation procedures

James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board

-                                   Break

5:00 PM                   Public Hearing for Unemployment Insurance Issues

The meeting will be livestreamed here

Joint Hearing with House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to listen to employees and employers in Vermont about the issues faced with unemployment insurance during the COVID pandemic.

The public is invited to register to speak at the hearing or submit written testimony.

To register as a speaker at the hearing, please sign up here: https://legislature.vermont.gov/links/public-hearing-unemployment

Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first served basis, and testimony time will be limited to two minutes per person.

If you wish to submit written testimony, please email an MS Word or PDF file to: testimony@leg.state.vt.us

Tara Holt, St. Johnsbury

Deborah Wright, Bellows Falls/Rockingham

Llu Mulvaney-Stanak, Burlington

Harry Chaikin, Burlington

Martha Dallas, Burlington

Ann Bowen, Morrisville

Susan Isham, Newbury

Kody Fitzgerald, Graniteville

Renee Carpenter, East Montpelier

Jocelyn Emilo, Essex Junction

Caitlin Porter, Addison

Wendy Zimmer, St. Johnsbury

Joe Luneau, St. Albans City

Patty Curtis, Hinesburg

Will Sipsey, Lincoln

Brenda Siegel, Newfane

Jeremy Allaire, Hyde Park

Roxanne Vought, Burlington

6:15 PM                   Adjourn

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

9:00 AM                   S. 25 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis regulation procedures

Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Mark Hughes, Executive Director, Vermont Racial Justice Alliance (9:20 AM)

Geoffrey Pizzutillo, Executive Director and CoFounder, Vermont Growers Association (9:40 AM)

10:00 AM                   30 Minute Break

10:50 AM                   S. 25 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis regulation procedures

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

Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont

Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT

12:00 PM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   House Floor

10 min after Floor adjourns -                   S. 25 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis regulation procedures

Committee discussion

Nick Grimley, Director of Entrepreneurship & Tech Commercialization, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Jordan Wellington, Partner, VS Strategies

Pietro Lynn, Esq., Attorney, VT CBD Labs of Williston

Josh Decatur, CEO, Trace Vermont

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

Thursday, May 6, 2021

9:00 AM                   S. 25 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis regulation procedures

Committee discussion

Jessilyn Dolan, Executive Director, Vermont Cannabis Nurses Association

Amelia Machia, VMR Patient and Patient Advocate

10:00 AM                   30 Minute Break

10:30 AM                   S. 25 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis regulation procedures

Committee discussion

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

11:48 AM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   House Floor

15 min after Floor adjourns -                   S. 25 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis regulation procedures

Mark up and vote

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

2:45 PM                   S. 48 - An act relating to Vermont’s adoption of the interstate Nurse Licensure Compact

Update on bill progress in Ways and Means

Committee discussion

2:50 PM                   S. 15 - An act relating to correcting defective ballots

Update on bill progress in Appropriations

Committee discussion

3:00 PM                   Break

4:15 PM                   S. 25 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis regulation procedures

Mark up and vote - continued

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

4:32 PM                   Adjourn

Friday, May 7, 2021

9:30 AM                   House Floor

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

 Andrea Hussey at ahussey@leg.state.vt.us