House Committee on Environment

 

AGENDA

 

Room EA and Zoom

March 18, 2025 - March 21, 2025

Last Updated 3/21/2025 7:53 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-environment.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

10:00 AM                   House Floor and Caucuses

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Inventory Report

Trey Martin, Director of Conservation and Rural Community Development

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

 

3:30 PM                   H. 231 - An act relating to technical corrections to fish and wildlife statutes

Rep. Thomas Oliver, House Committee on Judiciary

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

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

 

4:00 PM                   H. 230 - An act relating to the management of fish and wildlife

Rep. Larry Satcowitz, Sponsor

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

Andrea Shortsleeve, Interim Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Hannah Smith, Associate General Counsel, Fish and Wildlife

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

Dr. Rosalind Renfrew, Wildlife Diversity Program Manager, Department of Fish and Wildlife

 

5:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

9:00 AM                   Bottle Bill

Discussion of H.158 of 2023.

Matt Chapman, Director of Waste Management & Prevention Division, Department of Environmental Conservation

Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

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

Bree Dietly, Principal, Breezeway Consulting, Beverage Association of Vermont

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, March 20, 2025

9:00 AM                   Resilience Implementation Strategy

Marian Wolz, Resilience and Adaptation Coordinator, Climate Action Office, Agency of Natural Resources

Evan Horne, Resilient Lands Coordinator, Climate Action Office, Agency of Natural Resources

 

10:00 AM                   H. 230 - An act relating to the management of fish and wildlife

Sections 4 and 5

Judge Thomas Zonay, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary

Hannah Smith, Associate General Counsel, Fish and Wildlife

 

10:30 AM                   Joint Assembly

Judicial Retention

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, March 21, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:15 AM                   H. 319 - An act relating to miscellaneous environmental subjects

Vote on amendment

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

 

1:20 PM                   Adjourn

 

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 Anika Adams at aeadams@leg.state.vt.us