Senate Committee on Judiciary

 

AGENDA

 

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February 22, 2022 - February 25, 2022

Last Updated 2/25/2022 11:26 AM

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

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:00 AM                   S. 228 - An act relating to prohibiting no-knock warrants

Committee Discussion

Constitutional Basis of Knock and Announce Requirement :Rule 41

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Defender General's Office

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

Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety

 

10:30 AM                   S. 140 - An act relating to prohibiting civil arrests at courthouses

Erin Jacobsen, Co-Director of Community Justice Division, Attorney General's Office

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

Will Lembek, Member, Migrant Justice

 

11:15 AM                   S. 140 - An act relating to prohibiting civil arrests at courthouses

Mark-up  

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:30 AM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

9:00 AM                   S. 140 - An act relating to prohibiting civil arrests at courthouses

Committee Discussion

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Erin Jacobsen, Co-Director of Community Justice Division, Attorney General's Office

 

9:30 AM                   S. 178 - An act relating to supermajority verdicts in civil trials

Committee Discussion

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Wilda White, Founder, Mad Freedom

 

10:15 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   S. 163 - An act relating to State court jurisdiction for special immigrant juvenile status

Aryka Radke, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services Division, Department for Children and Families

Jennifer Myka, General Counsel, Department for Children and Families

Erin Jacobsen, Co-Director of Community Justice Division, Attorney General's Office

Judge Thomas Zonay, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary

 

10:55 AM                   Vote on Judicial Nominations

Superior Court Judge Heather Gray

Superior Court Judge Justin Jiron

Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Novotny

 

 

11:00 AM                   S. 268 - An act relating to the right to farm

Committee Discussion

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

Jon Groveman, Policy and Water Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau

Scott Sanderson, Farm and Food Fellow, Conservation Law Foundation

 

12:00 AM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, February 24, 2022

9:00 AM                   Update on Court System

Recommendations to Senate Appropriations

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Judge Thomas Zonay, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary

Annie Noonan, Labor Relations and Operations Manager, Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs

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

Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Steve Howard, Executive Director, Vermont State Employees Association

Justice Harold Eaton, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Vermont

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:25 AM                   S. 254 - An act relating to creating a private right of action against law enforcement officers for violating rights established under Vermont law

Committee Discussion

Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety

Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, February 25, 2022

9:00 AM                   S. 140 - An act relating to prohibiting civil arrests at courthouses

Mark-up  

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Nicholas Deml, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

Roger Marcoux, Sherriff, Sheriff's Association

Erin Jacobsen, Co-Director of Community Justice Division, Attorney General's Office

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

 

9:30 AM                   S. 127 - An act relating to a pilot project for a Department of Corrections report to assist the court setting conditions of probation

Committee Discussion/Rule 74

Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Nicholas Deml, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Defender General's Office

Judge Thomas Zonay, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary

 

10:30 AM                   S. 254 - An act relating to creating a private right of action against law enforcement officers for violating rights established under Vermont law

Mark-up

Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:10 AM                   Senate Floor

 

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