Senate Committee on Judiciary

 

AGENDA

 

Room 1 and Zoom

April 23, 2024 - April 26, 2024

Last Updated 4/26/2024 12:26 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

9:00 AM                   H. 780 - An act relating to judicial nominations and appointments

Walk-through

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

9:30 AM                   H. 780 - An act relating to judicial nominations and appointments

Testimony

Judge Thomas Zonay, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary

Eleanor Spottswood, Chair, Judicial Nominating Board

David Silver, Attorney

Robert Paolini, Executive Director, Vermont Bar Association

Jay Greene, Racial Equity Policy & Research Analyst, Office of Racial Equity

 

11:00 AM                   Break

 

11:15 AM                   H. 173 - An act relating to prohibiting manipulating a child for the purpose of sexual contact

Mark-up and Committee Discussion

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, April 25, 2024

9:00 AM                   H. 173 - An act relating to prohibiting manipulating a child for the purpose of sexual contact

Committee Discussion

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

9:10 AM                   H. 655 - An act relating to qualifying offenses for sealing criminal history records and access to sealed criminal history records

Mark-up, Committee Discussion, and Possible Vote

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

9:30 AM                   Break

 

9:35 AM                   H. 645 - An act relating to the expansion of approaches to restorative justice

Mark-up, Committee Discussion, and Possible Vote

Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Rachel Jolly, CEDO Assistant Director, Community Justice Center

Willa Farrell, Director, Court Diversion and Pre-Trial Services

 

10:00 AM                   S. 209 - An act relating to prohibiting unserialized firearms and unserialized firearms frames and receivers

Walk-through of House Changes

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   H. 878 - An act relating to miscellaneous judiciary procedures

AGO Language

Domenica Padula, Chief of the Criminal Division, Attorney General's Office

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

 

11:00 AM                   H. 878 - An act relating to miscellaneous judiciary procedures

Testimony on Baruth Amendment

Judge Thomas Zonay, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary

Jessica Dow, Impacted Citizen, Essex

Colonel Justin Stedman, Chief Warden of the Warden Service Division, Department of Fish and Wildlife

 

11:35 AM                   H. 878 - An act relating to miscellaneous judiciary procedures

Committee Discussion

Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, April 26, 2024

9:00 AM                   H. 876 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to the corrections laws

 

9:15 AM                   Overdose Prevention Sites

The Committee will be Looking at Sections of H.72

Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   H. 876 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to the corrections laws

Judge Thomas Zonay, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary

Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women

Falko Schilling, Advocacy Director, ACLU of Vermont

Jayna Ahsaf, FreeHer Vermont Campaign Director, The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls

Tiffany  Harrington, Organizer, FreeHer

Isaac Dayno, Executive Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Department of Corrections

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

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