House Committee on Ways and Means

 

AGENDA

 

Room 45 and Zoom

April 15, 2025 - April 18, 2025

Last Updated 4/18/2025 9:50 AM

 

 

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

10:00 AM                   FLOOR

 

after the floor                     Caucuses and Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   S. 27 - An act relating to medical debt relief and excluding medical debt from credit reports

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

Rebecca Sameroff, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Taxes

Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

1:45 PM                   State Revenues Update

Patrick Titterton, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

9:00 AM                   H. 483 - An act relating to the expansion of existing income tax credits

Amy Rose, Policy Director, Voices for Vermont's Children

Julie Lowell, Economic Security Policy and Outreach Director, Public Assets Institute (9:30 AM)

Karen Lafayette, Legislative Liaison, Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   S. 51 - An act relating to the Vermont unpaid caregiver tax credit

Meg Polyte, Policy Director, Alzheimer's Association, Vermont Chapter

Colin Hilliard, Associate State Director - Advocacy and Outreach, AARP VT

Mary Hayden, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Area Agencies on Aging

 

11:10 AM                   S. 27 - An act relating to medical debt relief and excluding medical debt from credit reports

vote

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

after the floor                     PILOT

Ted Barnett, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Jill Remick, Director of Property Valuation and Review, Department of Taxes

Jake Feldman, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Department of Taxes

Rebecca Washburn, Director, Lands Administration and Recreation, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

Niels Rinehart, Lands Administrator and Historic Resources Coordinator, Agency of Natural Resources

 

Thursday, April 17, 2025

9:00 AM                   School Construction

Ashlynn Doyon, Director of Policy, Office of the State Treasurer

Michael Gaughan, Executive Director, Vermont Bond Bank - Invited

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   H. 115 - An act relating to tax debt forgiveness for victims of fraud

Jeffrey Dooley, Taxpayer Advocate, Department of Taxes

Todd Daloz, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, Attorney General's Office

Chris D'Elia, President, Vermont Bankers' Association

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

after the floor                     Tax Increment Financing Districts

Ted Barnett, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

Friday, April 18, 2025

9:05 AM                   H. 443 - An act relating to a tax on vacant properties

Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

9:30 AM                   FLOOR

 

after the floor                     Land Use Change Tax

Jill Remick, Director of Property Valuation and Review, Department of Taxes

 

11:15 AM                   State and Federal Data Sharing

Rebecca Sameroff, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Taxes

Will Baker, General Counsel, Department of Taxes

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch