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STATE OF VERMONT
House of Representatives
  • Rep. Amy Sheldon, Chair
  • Rep. Larry Labor, Vice Chair
  • Rep. Larry Satcowitz, Ranking Member
  • Rep. Sarah "Sarita" Austin, Clerk
  • Rep. John L. Bartholomew
  • Rep. Ela Chapin
  • Rep. Kate Logan
  • Rep. Kristi Morris
  • Rep. Rob North
  • Rep. Christopher "Chris" Pritchard
  • Rep. Michael "Mike" Tagliavia

House Committee on Environment

 

AGENDA

 

Room EA and Zoom

March 18, 2025 - March 21, 2025

Last Updated 3/14/2025 5:01 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

 

-                                   Inventory Report

Trey Martin, Director of Conservation and Rural Community Development

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

Major Pollaidh, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

 

-                                   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 - Invited

 

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

9:00 AM                   Bottle Bill

Background and possible next steps

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

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

Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, March 20, 2025

9:00 AM                   TBD

 

10:30 AM                   Joint Assembly

Judicial Retention

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, March 21, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

11:00 AM                   TBD

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   TBD

 

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

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