House Committee on Judiciary

AGENDA

Room 30 and Zoom

January 25, 2022 - January 28, 2022

Last Updated 1/28/2022 8:13 AM

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-judiciary.  

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

10:00 AM                   House Floor

-                                   Caucuses

11:45 AM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   S. 30 - An act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms within hospital buildings

Review of Proposed Amendment, Committee Discussion and Possible Vote.

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Chris S. Bradley, President, Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs - Phone

2:15 PM                   Break

2:30 PM                   S. 30 - An act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms within hospital buildings

Continued: Committee Discussion and Possible Vote.

3:00 PM                   H. 546 - An act relating to racial justice statistics

Witness Testimony.

Betty Wheeler, Data Reviewer, Vermont State Police

Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

9:00 AM                   H. 548 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis establishment procedures

Walk-through.

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

10:00 AM                   Break

10:15 AM                   H. 548 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis establishment procedures

Witness Testimony.

Brynn Hare, Executive Director, Cannabis Control Board

Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Jill Sudhoff-Guerin, Policy and Communications Consultant, Vermont Medical Society

11:45 AM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   H. 644 - An act relating to decriminalization of a personal use supply of a regulated drug

Witness Testimony

Melissa Story, Chief Operating Officer, Recovery Vermont

Daniel Franklin, Vice President for Advocacy and Community Relations, Recovery Vermont

Kiah Morris, Movement Politics Director, Rights and Democracy Vermont

2:15 PM                   Break

2:30 PM                   H. 644 - An act relating to decriminalization of a personal use supply of a regulated drug

Continued Testimony and Committee Discussion.

3:00 PM                   House Floor

-                                   Adjourn

Thursday, January 27, 2022

10:15 AM                   H. 534 - An act relating to sealing criminal history records

Amendment Walk-through.

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

-                                   H. 534 - An act relating to sealing criminal history records

Witness Testimony.

Jennifer Poehlmann, Executive Director, Center for Crime Victim Services

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

11:15 AM                   Break

-                                   H. 534 - An act relating to sealing criminal history records

Continued Testimony and Committee Discussion.

11:45 AM                   Lunch

1:00 PM                   House Floor

15 Minutes After the Floor                   S. 30 - An act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms within hospital buildings

Proposed Amendment to Bill.

Rep. Patrick Brennan

-                                   Adjourn

Friday, January 28, 2022

9:00 AM                   S. 30 - An act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms within hospital buildings

Committee Discussion on Amendment, Possible Vote.

Rep. Patrick Brennan

9:30 AM                   House Floor

- 15 Minutes After the Floor                   H. 631 - An act relating to raising the age of eligibility to marry

Walk-through

Rep. Carol Ode, Sponsor

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

-                                   H. 631 - An act relating to raising the age of eligibility to marry

Witness Testimony.

Marcie Hambrick, Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Director, Prevent Child Abuse Vermont

Wilda White, Founder, Mad Freedom

11:45 AM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   H. 546 - An act relating to racial justice statistics

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

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

Evan Meenan, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys and Sheriffs' Dept.

2:15 PM                   Break

2:30 PM                   H. 548 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis establishment procedures

Nicholas Schuermann, Executive  Director, Vermont NORML

-                                   H. 309 - An act relating to decriminalizing certain chemical compounds found in plants and fungi that are commonly used for medicinal, spiritual, religious, or entheogenic purposes

Rep. Brian Cina, Sponsor

-                                   H. 648 - An act relating to funding for the Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children (VT-ICAC) Task Force

Committee Discussion and Possible Vote.

Please note that witnesses may not be called in the order in which they are listed.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Amber Burke at aburke@leg.state.vt.us