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  • Rep. Maxine Grad, Chair
  • Rep. Thomas Burditt, Vice Chair
  • Rep. Kevin "Coach" Christie, Ranking Member
  • Rep. Selene Colburn
  • Rep. Kate Donnally
  • Rep. Kenneth Goslant, Clerk
  • Rep. Martin LaLonde
  • Rep. Felisha Leffler
  • Rep. William Notte
  • Rep. Robert Norris
  • Rep. Barbara Rachelson

House Committee on Judiciary

 

AGENDA

 

Room 30

April 13, 2021 - April 16, 2021

Last Updated 5/20/2021 2:24 PM

 

Meetings will be livestreamed here unless otherwise noted

 

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

After House Floor                   Caucuses and Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   H. 20 - An act relating to pretrial risk assessments and pretrial services

Committee discussion, and possible vote on House Committee on Corrections amendment and Senate proposal of amendment

Rep. Alice M. Emmons, Reporter, House Committee on Corrections and Institutions

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

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

Testimony, committee discussion and mark-up

Sarah Robinson, MSW, Deputy Director, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

2:35 PM                   Break

 

2:50 PM                   S. 7 - An act relating to expanding access to expungement and sealing of criminal history records

Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety

Jeffrey Wallin, Director, Vermont Crime Information Center (VCIC)

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

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

9:00 AM                   H. 317 - An act relating to establishing the Bureau of Racial Justice Statistics and the Bureau of Racial Justice Statistics Advisory Panel

Abigail Crocker, Professor, National Center on Restorative Justice

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

Honorable Brian Grearson, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   H. 317 - An act relating to establishing the Bureau of Racial Justice Statistics and the Bureau of Racial Justice Statistics Advisory Panel

Karen Gennette, Executive Director, Crime Research Group

Xusana Davis, Executive Director of Racial Equity and Chair of the Governor's Task Force on Racial Equality, Agency of Administration

 

11:50 AM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

2:00 PM                   S. 7 - An act relating to expanding access to expungement and sealing of criminal history records

Committee discussion

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

2:50 PM                   Break

Time is approximate

 

3:20 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, April 15, 2021

9:15 AM                   S. 3 - An act relating to competency to stand trial and insanity as a defense

Committee discussion

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:00 AM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

9:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, April 16, 2021

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

11:45 AM                   Adjourn

Time is approximate

 

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