House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry

 

AGENDA

 

Room 49 and Zoom

April 23, 2024 - April 26, 2024

Last Updated 4/26/2024 2:35 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-agriculture-food-resiliency-and-forestry.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch and Caucuses

 

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

9:30 AM                   Collective Bargaining Rights

Introduction to S.102

Rep. Thomas Stevens, House Committee on General and Housing

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:30 AM                   S. 301 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

Committee Discussion

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

 

11:00 AM                   Collective Bargaining Rights

Committee Discussion of S.102

Judith Dillon, Executive Director, Labor Relations Board

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

3:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, April 25, 2024

9:30 AM                   Collective Bargaining Rights

Committee Discussion S.102

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   S. 301 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

Committee vote

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

 

11:00 AM                   Collective Bargaining Rights

Committee Discussion S.102

Jackie Folsom, President, Vermont Farm Bureau

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

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:15 PM                   Collective Bargaining Rights

Committee discussion S.102

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

3:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, April 26, 2024

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Jumping Worms Update

Mark Ferguson, Wildlife Biologist, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources

 

2:15 PM                   Collective Bargaining Rights

Committee Discussion of S.102

Liz Medina, Executive Director, AFL- CIO

Will Lambek, Organizer, Migrant Justice - Invited

 

3:00 PM                   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.

 

Should you require accessibility services, please click here and note that requests should be made 48 hours in advance of testimony.

 

 

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Sydonia Axis Lary at slary@leg.state.vt.us