House Committee on Human Services

 

AGENDA

 

Room 46 and Zoom

March 26, 2024 - March 29, 2024

Last Updated 4/2/2024 8:01 AM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-human-services.

 

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

10:30 AM                   Joint Assembly

Retention of Superior Court Judges

 

After Floor                         Caucuses and Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

8:50 AM                   S. 25 - An act relating to regulating cosmetic and menstrual products containing certain chemicals and chemical classes and textiles and athletic turf fields containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Xusana Davis, Executive Director, Office of Racial Equity

 

9:15 AM                   S. 25 - An act relating to regulating cosmetic and menstrual products containing certain chemicals and chemical classes and textiles and athletic turf fields containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Jeff Gearhart, Research Director, Ecology Center

 

9:45 AM                   S. 25 - An act relating to regulating cosmetic and menstrual products containing certain chemicals and chemical classes and textiles and athletic turf fields containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Committee discussion

 

10:15 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   Parent Child Center Network Advocacy Day

Donna Bailey, Executive Director, Addison County Parent Child Center

Anneleise Masi, Addison County Parent Child Center

Sara Herbert, Addison County Parent Child Center

 

10:50 AM                   S. 25 - An act relating to regulating cosmetic and menstrual products containing certain chemicals and chemical classes and textiles and athletic turf fields containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Martin Wolf, Director, Product Sustainability & Authenticity, Seventh Generation

Holly Davies, Ph.D, Senior Toxicologist, Environmental Public Health Division, Washington State Department of Health

 

11:35 AM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, March 28, 2024

9:00 AM                   S. 25 - An act relating to regulating cosmetic and menstrual products containing certain chemicals and chemical classes and textiles and athletic turf fields containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Kelly Ault, Executive Director, Vermont Outdoor Business Alliance

Chelsea Murtha, Director of Sustainability, American Apparel & Footwear Association

Kate Donovan, Senior Attorney and Director, Northeast Environmental Health, Natural Resources Defense Council

Kim Crosby, Environmental Compliance Officer, Casella Waste Management

 

10:15 AM                   Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility

Proposed amendment to H.833

Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Sponsor of amendment, Northfield

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   S. 25 - An act relating to regulating cosmetic and menstrual products containing certain chemicals and chemical classes and textiles and athletic turf fields containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Committee discussion

 

11:00 AM                   S. 25 - An act relating to regulating cosmetic and menstrual products containing certain chemicals and chemical classes and textiles and athletic turf fields containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Hillary Burrows, President, Autumn Harp, Inc.

Ethan Alden-Danforth, Ph.D., Vice President of Research and Development, Autumn Harp, Inc.

Kelsey Johnson, Vice President State Government Affairs, Personal Care Products Council

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, March 29, 2024

8:30 AM                   H. 879 - An act relating to the Emergency Temporary Shelter Program

Amendment

Rep. Eric Maguire, Sponsor of Amendment - Invited

 

8:45 AM                   S. 25 - An act relating to regulating cosmetic and menstrual products containing certain chemicals and chemical classes and textiles and athletic turf fields containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

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Kyla Bennett, Ph.D, Director, Science Policy, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)

Marguerite Adelman, Coordinator, Vermont PFAS/Military Poisons Coalition

Polly Jones, Member, Don't Undermine Memphremagog's Purity

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Disability Awareness Day

Bia Mele, Self-Advocate, Howard Center

Heidi Brady, Howard Center

Grace Kirpan, Self- Advocate, Upper Valley Services

Deb Reed, Upper Valley Services

Paula Mongeon, Self-Advocate, Howard Center

 

-                                   Lunch

 

-                                   House Floor

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Lori Morse at lmorse@leg.state.vt.us