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Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
AGENDA
Room 27 and Zoom
April 29, 2025 - May 2, 2025
Last Updated 4/25/2025 3:59 PM
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
9:30 AM Senate Floor
10:15 AM Credit Score Reporting
Rebecca Wasserman, Director of Economic Empowerment, Office of the State Treasurer
10:45 AM H. 479 - An act relating to housing
Committee Discussion
Cameron Wood, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:00 PM Adjourn
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
9:00 AM H. 339 - An act relating to removing the repeal of 7 V.S.A. § 230
Introduction and Walk-through
Rep. Lucy Boyden, Reporter, House Committee On Government Operations and Military Affairs
Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Amy Spear, Vermont Chamber President, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Wendy Knight, Commissioner, Department of Liquor and Lottery
9:30 AM H. 461 - An act relating to expanding employee access to unpaid leave
Discussion and Possible Vote
Sophie Zdatny, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM H. 321 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments
Possible Amendment
Tim Ashe, Deputy State Auditor, State Auditor's Office
Amy Lems, Board of Directors Member and Grant Administrator, Vermont Growers Association
Jill Sudhoff-Guerin, Member, Vermont Medical Society
Jessilyn Dolan, Co Founder, Green Mountain Patients' Alliance
Kelly Dougherty, Deputy Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health
James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board
12:00 PM Adjourn
1:00 PM Senate Floor
Thursday, May 1, 2025
9:00 AM H. 34 - An act relating to workforce leadership in Vermont
Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Michael Harrington, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Labor
9:30 AM Workforce
Updates
Sabina Haskell, Executive Director, Office of Workforce Strategy and Development
Jay Bellows, State Workforce Development Board
10:00 AM Workforce
Federal Updates
Mat Barewicz, Economic & Labor Market Information Director, Department of Labor
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM Workforce
Follow-up Testimony
Jay Ramsey, Director of Workforce Development, Vermont Department of Labor - Invited
Tiffany Walker, Senior Director of Workforce Education, Community College of Vermont - Invited
11:30 AM H. 479 - An act relating to housing
Appeals
Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:00 PM Adjourn
1:00 PM Senate Floor
Friday, May 2, 2025
9:00 PM H. 479 - An act relating to housing
Possible Vote
Cameron Wood, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
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
Possible Vote
Michael Chernick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:20 AM Adjourn
11:30 AM Senate Floor
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