House Committee on General and Housing

AGENDA

Room 31 and Zoom

February 14, 2023 - February 17, 2023

Last Updated 2/17/2023 12:46 PM

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-general-and-housing.

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

10:00 AM                   House Floor

-                                   Lunch and Caucuses

1:15 PM                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Mark-up and possible vote

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

-                                   Break

2:30 PM                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Mark-up and possible vote

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

-                                   Break

3:15 PM                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Continuation from above

-                                   Break

3:30 PM                   Adjourn

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

9:15 AM                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Possible vote

Patrick Titterton, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office

-                                   Break

10:15 AM                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Possible vote

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Ashlynn Doyon, Director of Financial Literacy, Outreach, and Special Projects, Office of the State Treasurer

11:00 AM                   Break

11:15 AM                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Continued from above - possible vote

12:00 PM                   Lunch

1:15 PM                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Possible vote

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

2:00 PM                   Break

2:15 PM                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Continued from above - possible vote

3:00 PM                   House Floor

10 mins after Floor                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Possible vote

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

-                                   Break

-                                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Continued from above - possible vote

6:00 PM                   Adjourn

Thursday, February 16, 2023

9:15 AM                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Mark-up, discussion and possible vote

Austin Davis, Government Affairs Manager, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce

10:15 AM                   Break

10:30 AM                   Joint Assembly

Election of the Sergeant at Arms and Elections of Trustees for the University of Vermont and Vermont State Agricultural College

12:00 PM                   Lunch

1:00 PM                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Discussion and possible vote

1:45 PM                   Break

2:00 PM                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Discussion and possible vote

3:00 PM                   Break

Committee is excused from the Floor

3:45 PM                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Review and vote

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

4:00 PM                   Break

-                                   H. 66 - An act relating to paid family and medical leave insurance

Continuation from above

5:00 PM                   Public Hearing on Housing

Joint hearing with the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs.

Room 267 Pavilion Building (109) State St.

Pre-registration for testimony required.Hearing will be livestreamed HERE

Emily Rosenbaum, Self-Advocate, Town of Stowe

Michel Messier, Self-Advocate, City of Rutland

Elise Shanbacker, Self-Advocate, City of Vergennes

Colby Lynch, Self-Advocate, City of Barre

Jessica Laporte, Self-Advocate, Town of Duxbury

Buster Caswell, Self-Advocate, Town of Milton

Nancy Snyder, Self-Advocate, City Of Burlington

Cindy Reid, Self-Advocate, City of South Burlington

Michelle Kersey, Self-Advocate, Town of Plainfield

Catherine Melocik, Self-Advocate, Town of Hartford

John Haffner, Self-Advocate, Town of Hartford

Angie Harbin, Self-Advocate, Town of Tunbridge

Syndi Zook, Self-Advocate, City Of Burlington

Marion Leakey, Self-Advocate, Town of South Hero

Margaret Anderson, Self-Advocate, Town of South Hero

Leo Schiff, Self-Advocate, Town of Brattleboro

Patricia Tedesco, Self-Advocate, Town of Woodbury

Cynthia Haviland, Self-Advocate, Town of Williston

Jeanne Zimmerman, Self-Advocate, City of South Burlington

Rebecca Plummer, Self-Advocate, City of Montpelier

Lisa Groeneveld, Self-Advocate, City of South Burlington

Peter Plumeau, Self-Advocate, City of South Burlington

Eric Stacy, Self-Advocate, Town of Windsor

Gary Winslett, Self-Advocate, City of South Burlington

Joe Gunter, Self-Advocate, Town of Middletown Springs

Maura Lane, Self-Advocate, Town of Moretown

Susan Aranoff, Self-Advocate, Town of East Montpelier

Michael Monte, Self-Advocate, City Of Burlington

David Frye, Self-Advocate, Town of North Ferrisburgh

Michael Krancer, Self-Advocate, Town of Stowe

Thomas Weiss, Self-Advocate, City of Montpelier

Steve Whitaker, Self-Advocate, City of Montpelier

Sam Anonymous, Self-Advocate, Town of Warren

Friday, February 17, 2023

9:30 AM                   House Floor

10 min after Floor                   VHCC Annual Updates

Molly Duggan, VHCC Co-Chair, Cathedral Square

Mary Cohen, Executive  Director, Housing Trust of Rutland County

Benjamin Doyle , President, Preservation Trust of Vermont

Mohamed Abdullahi, Somali Team Member, Trusted Community Voices

Matt Williams, Executive Director, Catamount Trail Association

-                                   Break

-                                   Committee Meeting

TBD - as time allows

12:00 PM                   Lunch

-                                   Adjourn

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

 Ron Wild at rwild@leg.state.vt.us