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Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
AGENDA
Room 27 and Zoom
April 22, 2025 - April 25, 2025
Last Updated 4/25/2025 7:53 AM
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
9:30 AM Senate Floor
10:30 AM Non-Profit Legislative Day
Martin Hahn, Director, Common Good Vermont
10:45 AM H. 34 - An act relating to workforce leadership in Vermont
Workforce: Military Recruitment
Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Kirby Keeton, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Major General Gregory C. Knight, Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard
Bob Burke, Director, Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs
Jay Ramsey, Director of Workforce Development, Vermont Department of Labor
Michael Harrington, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Labor
12:00 PM Adjourn
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
9:00 AM H. 461 - An act relating to expanding employee access to unpaid leave
Sophie Zdatny, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Megan Sullivan, Vice President of Government Affairs, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women
Charlie Gliserman, Director of Policy, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
9:30 AM H. 321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments
John Rodgers, Lieutenant Governor, State of Vermont
Ornella Matta-Figueroa, Director of Advocacy and Community Engagement, Land Access and Opportunity Board
Jean Hamilton, Director of Program Development, Land Access and Opportunity Board
Geoffrey Pizzutillo, Executive Director and CoFounder, Vermont Growers Association
Graham Unangst-Rufenacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
Dave Silberman, Director, Vermont Cannabis Action Fund
11:05 AM Break
11:20 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
Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Michael Chernick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Tim Tierney, Director of Recruitment and International Trade, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
11:45 AM S.R. 12 - Senate resolution reaffirming the friendship between the State of Vermont and Taiwan and supporting enhanced Vermont-Taiwan bilateral relations and Taiwan’s participation in international organizations
Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Michael Chernick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Tim Tierney, Director of Recruitment and International Trade, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
12:00 PM Adjourn
1:00 PM Senate Floor
Thursday, April 24, 2025
9:00 AM H. 34 - An act relating to workforce leadership in Vermont
Workforce: Military Recruitment
Brian Carpenter, BG(R) and Former Member, Vermont Workforce Development Board - Zoom
June Heston, Widow, Brigadier General Michael Heston - Zoom
Megan Sullivan, Vice President of Government Affairs, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Patrick Titterton, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
9:45 AM S. 90 - An act relating to employee privacy protections
Introduction and Walk-through
Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky, Sponsor, Senate Committee on Government Operations
Sophie Zdatny, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:00 AM S. 128 - An act relating to eliminating certain exemptions from the minimum wage and overtime, including the tipped minimum wage; increasing the minimum wage; and requiring that inmates receive the minimum wage for work performed
Introduction and Walk-through
Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky, Sponsor, Senate Committee on Government Operations
Sophie Zdatny, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:50 AM Break
11:00 AM H. 479 - An act relating to housing
Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Jon Groveman, Policy and Water Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council
Christopher Roy, Director, Litigation Group & Complex Land Use and Development - Zoom
12:00 PM Adjourn
1:00 PM Senate Floor
Friday, April 25, 2025
9:00 AM Adult Education
Brian Kravitz, Development and Outreach Director, Central Vermont Adult Education
Dwight DeCoster, Weatherization Program Director, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO)
Bobby Sweeny, Student, Vermont Adult Learning
Mina Jendoubi, Student, Central Vermont Adult Education
Jared Hatch, Student, Central Vermont Adult Education
Aleksandr "Sasha" Protopopov, Student, Vermont Adult Learning
9:30 AM S. 34 - An act relating to lowering the rate of increase for mobile home lot rents
Julia Curry, Advisor to Manufactured Home Co-operatives, Cooperative Development Institute
Stuart Bennett, CUBB Properties - Zoom
Nawar Kareem, Fernwood Manor, Bolton
Betty Ann Scammell, Tenant - Zoom
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM H. 479 - An act relating to housing
Land Banks
Shaun Gilpin, Housing Division Director, Department of Housing and Community Development - Zoom
James Tischler, State Land Bank Authority - Zoom
Joseph Rivet, State Land Bank Authority - Zoom
11:15 AM Adjourn
11:30 AM Senate Floor
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Heidi Wilson Parker at hparker@leg.state.vt.us