Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs

 

AGENDA

 

Room 27 and Zoom

April 15, 2025 - April 18, 2025

Last Updated 4/18/2025 8:02 AM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:05 AM                   Budget Priorities Discussion

Patrick Titterton, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

10:35 AM                   H. 479 - An act relating to housing

Appropriations

Molly Dugan, Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Cathedral Square - Zoom

Elizabeth Bridgewater, Executive Director, Windham and Windsor Housing Trust - Zoom

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

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

 

11:00 AM                   H. 479 - An act relating to housing

Section 4

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:20 AM                   H. 479 - An act relating to housing

Sections 8-11

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Judge Thomas Zonay, Chief Superior Judge, Vermont Judiciary - Zoom

Charlie Baker, Secretary/Treasurer, Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies - Zoom

Josh Hanford, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

9:00 AM                   Budget Priorities Discussion

 

10:35 AM                   Break

 

10:40 AM                   H. 461 - An act relating to expanding employee access to unpaid leave

David Martin, Governmental Affairs, Airline Pilots Association - Zoom

Johanna de Graffenreid, Public Policy Manager, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility

Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women

Charlie Gliserman, Director of Policy, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence

Megan Sullivan, Vice President of Government Affairs, Vermont Chamber of Commerce

 

11:10 AM                   H. 321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board

Gabe Gilman, General Counsel, Secretary of State's Office

Sam Bellavance, Chief Executive Officer, Sunset Lake CBD

Geoffrey Pizzutillo, Executive Director and CoFounder, Vermont Growers Association

Graham Unangst-Rufenacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Thursday, April 17, 2025

9:00 AM                   Workforce

Updates

Jay Ramsey, Director of Workforce Development, Vermont Department of Labor

 

9:40 AM                   Workforce

Updates

Tiffany Walker, Senior Director of Workforce Education, Community College of Vermont

 

10:00 AM                   H. 479 - An act relating to housing

Appropriations

Sarah Mearhoff, Director of Advocacy and Communications, Associated General Contractors of Vermont

Ben Osha, Director of Workforce and Education, Associated General Contractors of Vermont - Invited

 

10:15 AM                   Budget Priorities Discussion

Melissa Bounty, Executive Director, Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation

Peter Gregory, Executive Director, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission - Zoom

 

10:45 AM                   Break

 

10:55 AM                   H. 454 - An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems

Sections 1-2

Beth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:15 AM                   Building Supply Day

Claudia Homan, President, Vermont Retail Lumber Dealers Association

Jeremy Baker, Manager of the Lumber &  Building Materials Department, RK Miles

Tim Comes, Owner, Goodro Lumber

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Friday, April 18, 2025

9:00 AM                   H. 479 - An act relating to housing

Cameron Wood, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

James Tischler, City Planner - Zoom

Shaun Gilpin, Housing Division Director, Department of Housing and Community Development

 

9:45 AM                   Updates

Baby Bonds, Vermont Saves, Credit Score Reporting

Rebecca Wasserman, Director of Economic Empowerment, Office of the State Treasurer

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   S.R. 11 - Senate resolution supporting warm and cooperative relations on the part of both the United States and the State of Vermont with Canada and urging President Trump to remove all tariffs that he has imposed against Canadian imports and to refrain from subsequently imposing any new tariffs against Canadian imports

Michael Chernick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Tim Tierney, Director of Recruitment and International Trade, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

 

11:20 AM                   Adjourn

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

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