Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

 

AGENDA

 

Room 27 and Zoom

March 10, 2025 - March 14, 2025

Last Updated 2/28/2025 8:10 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-economic-development-housing-and-general-affairs.

Monday, March 10, 2025

1:00 PM                   Committee Discussion of  Bills

Labor

Sophie Zdatny, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel - Zoom

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel - Zoom

 

-                                   Break as needed

 

2:00 PM                   Committee  Discussion of  Bills

Housing

Cameron Wood, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel - Zoom

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel - Zoom

Tom Kennedy, Director of Community Development, Mount Ascutney Regional Commission

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:15 AM                   25-0841 - An act relating to a Senate Economic Development, Housing, and General Affairs Committee Bill

Committee Housing Bill

Jon Gray, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Michael Gaughan, Executive Director, Vermont Bond Bank

 

11:00 AM                   Break

 

11:15 AM                   25-0841 - An act relating to a Senate Economic Development, Housing, and General Affairs Committee Bill

Committee Housing Bill

Michael Pieciak, Vermont State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer - Invited

David White, President, White & Burke Real Estate Investment Advisors, Inc. - Invited

Will Lambek, Organizer, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

8:30 AM                   25-0941 - An act relating to economic development

Committee Economic Development Bill

Michael Pieciak, Vermont State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer - Invited

 

-                                   Committee Discussion

 

-                                   Possible Vote

 

-                                   Break as needed

 

11:00 AM                   25-0841 - An act relating to a Senate Economic Development, Housing, and General Affairs Committee Bill

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

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

1:00 PM                   Senate  Floor

 

Thursday, March 13, 2025

8:30 AM                   25-0652 - An act relating to compensation, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, and wage requirements for State construction projects

Patrick Titterton, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Matt Musgrave, Vermont Regional Director, Associated Builders and Contractors NH/VT

Bill Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont - Invited

Michael Harrington, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Labor

Kendal Smith, Deputy Commissioner, Vermont Department of Labor

 

-                                   25-0654 - An act relating to labor relations

Patrick Titterton, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

-                                   25-0653 - An act relating to employee rights

 

-                                   25-0912 - An act relating to rulemaking on safety and health standards and technical corrections on employment practices and unemployment compensation

 

-                                   Committee  Discussion of  Bills

 

-                                   Possible Vote

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

1:00 PM                   Senate  Floor

 

Friday, March 14, 2025

8:30 AM                   25-0841 - An act relating to a Senate Economic Development, Housing, and General Affairs Committee Bill

Committee Housing Bill

Cameron Wood, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

-                                   Committee Discussion

 

-                                   Break as needed

 

-                                   Possible Vote

 

11:15 AM                   Adjourn

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

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 Heidi Wilson Parker at hparker@leg.state.vt.us