House Committee on General and Housing

 

AGENDA

 

Room 31 and Zoom

April 1, 2025 - April 4, 2025

Last Updated 4/1/2025 3:23 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-general-and-housing.

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Caucuses

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Fair Housing Awareness Day

Testimony

Big Hartman, Executive Director & General Counsel, Vermont Human Rights Commission

Kahlia Livingston, Fair Housing Project Education & Outreach Coordinator, CVOEO

Leo Beebe, Student - Winooski High School

 

1:35 PM                   Break

 

2:00 PM                   H. 173 - An act relating to granting public higher education employees the right to strike

Testimony and committee discussion

Sharon Reich Paulsen, General Counsel, The University of Vermont

 

2:30 PM                   H. 169 - An act relating to amending the prohibitions against discrimination in public accommodations and housing

Testimony and committee discussion

Chris Delia, President, Vermont Bankers' Association

Jose Ignacio De La Cruz, Member, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante

Will Lambek, Organizer, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante

Alexandra Alvarado, Director of Marketing and Education, American Apartment Owners Association

Jessica Hyman, Director, Fair Housing Program, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO)

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

9:00 AM                   H. 429 - An act relating to the jurisdiction of the Human Rights Commission

Introduction and walk-through

Rep. Elizabeth Burrows, Sponsor

Sophie Zdatny, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

9:30 AM                   South End Innovation District Housing Proposal

Testimony

Adam Necrason, Necrason Group, Hula, Ride Your Bike, LLC

Lucia Campriello, Hula Lakeside

Russ Scully, Hula, Ride Your Bike, LLC

William Kohn Fleissig, Collaborative Equities LLC

Andrew Foley, Jonathan Rose Companies

 

10:00 AM                   Bill Introductions

TBA

 

11:30 PM                   H. 173 - An act relating to granting public higher education employees the right to strike

Testimony

Judith Dillon, Executive Director, Labor Relations Board

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, April 3, 2025

9:00 AM                   S. 127 - An act relating to housing and housing development

Introduction, walk-through, and testimony

Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Sponsor

Cameron Wood, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Jon Gray, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

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

Witnesses TBD

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, April 4, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   H. 169 - An act relating to amending the prohibitions against discrimination in public accommodations and housing

Walk-through and mark-up

Cameron Wood, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

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 Magali Stowell Aleman at mstowellaleman@leg.state.vt.us