Senate Committee on Agriculture

 

AGENDA

 

Room 28 and Zoom

March 26, 2024 - March 29, 2024

Last Updated 3/29/2024 9:24 AM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-agriculture.

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:30 AM                   Joint Assembly

Judicial Retention

 

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

9:15 AM                   Bills in Committee

 

9:30 AM                   H. 603 - An act relating to the poultry slaughter exception to inspection

Bill Cavenaugh, Farm Business Advisor, Farmer Emergency Fund Administrator , NOFA VT

Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   H. 664 - An act relating to designating a State Mushroom

Introduction of bill  

Rep. David Templeman, Reporter

Rep. Michelle Bos-Lun, Sponsor, Windham-3

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

12:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Thursday, March 28, 2024

9:00 AM                   School Nutrition Day

Teddy Waszazak, Advocacy Manager, Hunger Free Vermont

Kathy Alexander, Director, School Nutrition Association of Vermont

Harley Sterling, School Nutrition Director and President of SNAVT, Windham Northeast Supervisory Union

Scott Fay, Director of Child Nutrition, Essex Westford School District

Bob Hildebrand, SNS Food Service Director, The Abbey Group

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   H. 877 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

Rep. Rodney Graham, Sponsor, House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry

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

 

10:30 AM                   H. 614 - An act relating to land improvement fraud and timber trespass

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

 

11:15 AM                   H. 603 - An act relating to the poultry slaughter exception to inspection

Julie Boisvert, Meat Inspection Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

 

11:30 AM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Friday, March 29, 2024

9:00 AM                   Department of Environmental Conservation

Report on Act 135 Surface Water Withdrawals Registration and Reporting

Jeff Crocker, Streamflow Protection Coordinator, Department of Environmental Conservation

Ryan Patch, Agriculture Climate and Land Use Policy Manager, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

 

9:30 AM                   H. 706 - An act relating to banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides

Initial walk-through of bill

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

 

11:15 AM                   Committee Adjourns

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Linda Leehman at lleehman@leg.state.vt.us

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