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  • Rep. Martin LaLonde, Chair
  • Rep. Thomas Burditt, Vice Chair
  • Rep. Kevin "Coach" Christie, Ranking Member
  • Rep. Angela Arsenault
  • Rep. Karen Dolan
  • Rep. Ian Goodnow
  • Rep. Kenneth Goslant, Clerk
  • Rep. Zachary Harvey
  • Rep. Alicia Malay
  • Rep. Thomas Oliver
  • Rep. Barbara Rachelson

House Committee on Judiciary

 

AGENDA

 

Room 30 and Zoom

March 25, 2025 - March 28, 2025

Last Updated 3/27/2025 11:15 AM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:45 PM                   S. 9 - An act relating to after-hours access to orders against sexual assault

Walk-through of amendment

Michele Childs, Team Lead Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

2:00 PM                   S. 45 - An act relating to protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities

Walk-through and witness testimony

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

Oliver Manning, Manning Dairy LLC

Claudine Safar, Lawyer, Monaghan Safar PLLC

Gerard Vorsteveld, Owner, Vorsteveld Farm

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

 

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

9:00 AM                   H. 410 - An act relating to the calculation of recidivism and other related criminology measures

Marshall Pahl, Deputy Defender General and Chief Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office

Ellen Whelan-Wuest, Deputy Division Director, State Impacts, Council of State Governments Justice Center

 

10:00 AM                   S. 45 - An act relating to protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities

Witness testimony

Merrill Bent, Attorney, Green Mountain Law

John Echeverria, Professor, Vermont Law and Graduate School

Scott Sanderson, Manager of Farm and Food, Conservation Law Foundation

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, March 27, 2025

9:00 AM                   S. 87 - An act relating to extradition procedures

Walk-through and witness testimony

Michele Childs, Team Lead Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Jaye Johnson, General Counsel, Governor's Office

Kim McManus, Legislative Attorney, Vermont Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs

Josh O'Hara, Supervising Attorney, Defender General's Office

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, March 28, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

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.

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Nate Biscotti at nbiscotti@leg.state.vt.us