House Committee on Judiciary

 

AGENDA

 

Room 30

April 20, 2021 - April 23, 2021

Last Updated 5/20/2021 3:07 PM

 

Meetings will be live streamed here unless otherwise noted

 

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

10:00 AM                   House  Floor

 

After the House Floor                   Caucuses & Lunch

 

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

Committee discussion

John Campbell, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs

Mairead O'Reilly, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid

 

2:45 AM                   Break

Time is approximate

 

3:15 PM                   Committee  Discussion

Committee update on upcoming bills and bills in committee

 

3:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

9:05 AM                   S. 3 - An act relating to competency to stand trial and insanity as a defense

Reports from other committees

Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Reporter, House Committee on Health Care

Rep. Mary A. Morrissey, Reporter, House Committee on Corrections and Institutions

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:10 AM                   Break

 

10:25 AM                   Office of the Child, Youth, and Family Advocate

Update on H.265

Rep. Marybeth Redmond, House Committee On Human Services

Rep. Daniel Noyes, House Committee On Human Services

Rep. Francis McFaun, Reporter, House Committee On Human Services

 

-                                   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

 

11:50 AM                   Adjourn

 

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

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

Committee discussion

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

 

2:55 AM                   Break

 

3:15 PM                   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

Mourning Fox, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, April 22, 2021

9:10 AM                   S. 7 - An act relating to expanding access to expungement and sealing of criminal history records

Committee discussion and possible vote

 

9:40 AM                   Break

 

10:00 AM                   H. 317 - An act relating to establishing the Bureau of Racial Justice Statistics and the Bureau of Racial Justice Statistics Advisory Panel

Joint meeting with Senate Committee on Judiciary

Rep. Kevin "Coach" Christie, Co-sponsor of Bill, Member from Hartford

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:55 AM                   H. 317 - An act relating to establishing the Bureau of Racial Justice Statistics and the Bureau of Racial Justice Statistics Advisory Panel

Dr. Etan Nasreddin-Longo, Chair, RDAP

Rebecca Turner, Supervising Attorney, Appellate Division, Office of the Defender General

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

 

11:20 AM                   S. 3 - An act relating to competency to stand trial and insanity as a defense

Committee discussion and possible vote

 

11:45 AM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

3:45 PM                   Adjourn

Time is approximate

 

Friday, April 23, 2021

9:30 AM                   House  Floor

 

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

Committee discussion and possible vote

 

11:45 AM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   S. 99 - An act relating to repealing the statute of limitations for civil actions based on childhood physical abuse

Walk-though of bill

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Marc Wennberg, Facilitator, Restorative Inquiry into St. Joseph's Orphanage

Gene Clark, Member, Voices of St. Joseph's Group

Brenda Hannon, Member, Voices of St. Joseph's Group

Michael Ryan, Member, Voices of St. Joseph's Group

Kim Dougherty, Co-Founder, Partner, Justice Law Collaborative, LLC

Raymond Upton, Advocate, Abuse Survivor

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

 

3:15 PM                   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