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  • Sen. Joe Benning, Chair
  • Sen. Dick McCormack, Vice Chair
  • Sen. Dick Mazza
  • Sen. Corey Parent
  • Sen. Russ Ingalls, Clerk

Senate Committee on Institutions

 

AGENDA

 

Via Zoom

April 20, 2021 - April 23, 2021

Last Updated 4/23/2021 10:19 AM

 

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:00 PM                   Capital Bill

Mark-up and Possible Vote

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Erik Filkorn, Principal Assistant, Department of Buildings and General Services

 

2:30 PM                   Capital Bill

Proposed Language to Encroachment Rules

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   H. 438 - An act relating to capital construction and State bonding

Section 26-Lanuage Revision

Kristin Clouser, Deputy Secretary of Administration, Agency of Administration

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

 

2:15 PM                   H. 438 - An act relating to capital construction and State bonding

Walleye

Cubby Smith, Walleye Association

Mike Covey, Executive Director, Vermont Traditions Coalition

 

2:45 PM                   Proposed Language to Encroachment Rules

Sen. Christopher Bray, Sponsor, Addison County

Peter Walke, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

3:15 PM                   Ferry Adirondack Reef Project

Laura Trieschmann, State Historic Preservation Officer, Department of Housing and Community Development

Arthur Cohn, Nautical Archaeologist, Ferrisburgh

Jonathan Eddy, Member, Waterfront Diving Center

John Paul, Lake Champlain Ferry Company

 

Thursday, April 22, 2021

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Immediately after the Floor                   H. 438 - An act relating to capital construction and State bonding

Section 26

Kristin Clouser, Deputy Secretary of Administration, Agency of Administration

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Erik Filkorn, Principal Assistant, Department of Buildings and General Services

 

2:00 PM                   H. 438 - An act relating to capital construction and State bonding

Proposed Amendment - Encroachment

Sen. Christopher Bray, Sponsor, Addison County

 

Friday, April 23, 2021

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:00 PM                   Department of Corrections

Women's Correctional Facility Replacement

James Baker, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women

 

2:00 PM                   S. 136 - An act relating to requiring safety training for State construction projects

Sen. Christopher A. Pearson, Sponsor

Matt Musgrave, Government Affairs Director, Associated General Contractors of Vermont

David Mickenberg, Lobbyist, Working Vermont

Larry Moquin, Regional Organizer, NE, Laborers' International Union of North America

 

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

 Denise Diehl at ddiehl@leg.state.vt.us