House Committee on Judiciary

AGENDA

Room 30 and Zoom

March 8, 2022 - March 11, 2022

Last Updated 3/11/2022 11:31 AM

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

10:00 AM                   House Floor

-                                   Caucuses

11:45 AM                   Lunch

1:30 PM                   H. 475 - An act relating to the classification system for criminal offenses

Walk-through of new Draft, Witness Testimony, and Committee Discussion.

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

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

Jennifer Poehlmann, Executive Director, Center for Crime Victim Services

Rory Thibault, State's Attorney, Washington County

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

2:45 PM                   Break

3:00 PM                   H. 475 - An act relating to the classification system for criminal offenses

Continued Committee Discussion and Possible Vote.

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

9:00 AM                   H. 629 - An act relating to access to adoption records

Walk-through of New Draft, Witness Testimony, Committee Discussion, Possible Vote.

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Christina Shuma, Adoption Registry Coordinator, Department for Children and Families

Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women

Kate Van Wagner, Options Coordinator, Lund Center

Gregory Luce, Attorney, Adoptee Rights Law Center PLLC

10:00 AM                   Break

10:15 AM                   H. 629 - An act relating to access to adoption records

Continued Discussion.

11:45 AM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   H. 629 - An act relating to access to adoption records

Continued Discussion and Possible Vote.

3:00 PM                   House Floor

4:15 PM                   Adjourn

Thursday, March 10, 2022

9:00 AM                   H. 505 - An act relating to reclassification of penalties for unlawfully possessing, dispensing, and selling a regulated drug

Committee Discussion.

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

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

10:00 AM                   Break

10:15 AM                   H. 551 - An act relating to prohibiting racially and religiously restrictive covenants in deeds

Walk-through, Witness Testimony, Committee Discussion and Possible Vote.

Dan Richardson, Attorney, Burlington City Attorney

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Teri Corsones, Executive  Director, Vermont Bar Association

James Knapp, Co-Chair, Vermont Bar Association Property Law Section

-                                   Misc. Judicial Bill

Walk-through of New Draft, and Committee Discussion.

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

11:45 AM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   H. 475 - An act relating to the classification system for criminal offenses

Walk-through of New Draft, Committee Discussion and Possible Vote.

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

3:00 PM                   House Floor

15 Minutes After the Floor                   H. 505 - An act relating to reclassification of penalties for unlawfully possessing, dispensing, and selling a regulated drug

Continued Discussion and Possible Vote.

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

-                                   H. 475 - An act relating to the classification system for criminal offenses

Continued Discussion and Possible Vote.

5:00 PM                   Adjourn

Friday, March 11, 2022

9:30 AM                   House Floor

15 Minutes After the Floor                   H. 399 - An act relating to incarceration terms for criminal defendants who are primary caretakers of dependent children

New Draft Walk-through, Testimony, Discussion and Possible Vote.

Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Judge Thomas Zonay, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary

Ashley Messier, Executive Director, Women's Justice and Freedom Initiative

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

-                                   Misc. Judicial Bill

Committee Discussion and Possible Vote.

Judge Thomas Zonay, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary

-                                   H. 533 - An act relating to converting civil forfeiture of property in drug-related prosecutions into a criminal process

Discussion of House Appropriations Proposed Amendment

Rep. Felisha Leffler, Reporter

Rep. Trevor Squirrell, House Committee on Appropriations - Invited

-                                   Lunch

2:00 PM                   Adjourn

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