Senate Committee on Finance

 

AGENDA

 

Room 6 and Zoom

January 31, 2023 - February 3, 2023

Last Updated 2/3/2023 1:54 PM

 

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

9:30 AM                   Senate  Floor

 

1:30 PM                   Vermont Communications Union District Association

F.X. Flinn, Chair, ECFiber

Ellie de Villiers, Chair, VCUDA

Christa Shute, Executive  Director, NEK Broadband

 

2:30 PM                   NCOIL

Will Melofchik, General Counsel, National Conference of Insurance Legislators

 

3:00 PM                   Break

 

3:15 PM                   Consumption Taxes

Abby Shepard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Emily Byrne, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

 

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

2:00 PM                   National Conference of State Legislatures

Erica MacKellar, Senior Policy Specialist, National Conference of State Legislatures

 

3:00 PM                   Child Care Financing

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office

 

Thursday, February 2, 2023

1:00 PM                   Senate  Floor

 

1:30 PM                   Housekeeping Bill

Department of Financial Regulation

Emily Kisicki, Director of Policy, Department of Financial Regulation

Kevin Gaffney, Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation, Insurance Division

Emily Brown, Deputy Commissioner of Insurance, Department of Financial Regulation

 

2:20 PM                   Confirmation of Governor's Appointment

Kevin Gaffney, Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation, Insurance Division

 

2:35 PM                   Break

 

3:00 PM                   Family Leave

Cost and funding

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Patrick Titterton, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

Friday, February 3, 2023

11:30 AM                   Senate  Floor

 

1:30 PM                   Department of Public Service

Universal Service Charge update

June Tierney, Commissioner, Department of Public Service

 

1:55 PM                   Confirmation of Governor's Appointment

Vote - Kevin Gaffney as Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation

 

2:00 PM                   Vermont Economic Progress Council

Report on activities

Abbie Sherman, Executive  Director, Vermont Economic Progress Council

 

2:30 PM                   Audit Report

Burlington TIF

Doug Hoffer, State Auditor, State Auditor's Office

Katherine Schad, Chief Administrative Officer, Burlington

Brian Pine, Director, Community and Economic Development Office

David White, President, White & Burke Real Estate Investment Advisors, Inc.

Richard Haesler, Projects and Policy Specialist, Burlington

 

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

 Jill Decelles at jdecelles@leg.state.vt.us