House Committee on Appropriations

 

AGENDA

 

Room 9 and Zoom

January 6, 2026 - January 9, 2026

Last Updated 1/8/2026 2:58 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-appropriations.

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Caucuses and Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   FY26 Budget Adjustment Act

Vermont Veterans Home

Melissa Jackson, Chief Executive Officer, Vermont Veterans' Home

Steve McClafferty, Finance Director, Vermont Veterans' Home

Gary DeGasta, President of the Board of Trustees, Vermont Veterans' Home

 

1:30 PM                   Agency of Digital Services

Billing process of other state agencies

Denise Reilly-Hughes, Secretary, Agency of Digital Services

Kate Slocum, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Digital Services

 

2:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

9:05 AM                   FY26 Budget Adjustment Act

Human Rights Commission

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

 

9:30 AM                   FY26 Budget Adjustment Act

Cannabis Control Board

James Pepper, Chair, Cannabis Control Board

Olga Fitch, Executive Director, Cannabis Control Board

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   ARPA Update

Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

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

 

10:50 AM                   Reports Repeal Bill

Committee Discussion

 

11:00 AM                   Committee Discussion

 

11:15 AM                   Lunch

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's State of the State Address

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, January 8, 2026

9:30 AM                   Rural Health Transformation Fund (RHTP)

Jill Mazza Olson, Medicaid and Health Systems Director, Agency of Human Services

Tracy O'Connell, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Human Services

 

10:05 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program

Funding update

Andrea Wright, Manager, Environmental Policy and Sustainability, Agency of Transportation

Hilary DelRoss, Sustainability and Innovations Project Manager, Agency of Transportation

 

10:50 AM                   FY26 Budget Adjustment Act and Transportation Fund

Agency of Transportation

Candace Elmquist, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Transportation

Jayna Morse, Director, Finance & Administration Division, Agency of Transportation

Chris Rupe, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

 

11:30 AM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   FY25 Pension and OPEB Updates

Chris Rupe, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Tim Duggan, Director of Vermont Retirement Systems, Office of the State Treasurer

 

2:25 PM                   Break

 

2:30 PM                   Overview of Contingent Appropriations

Emily Byrne, Deputy Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, January 9, 2026

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         ARPA Update

Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Dan Dickerson, Administrative Services Director, Agency of Commerce and Community Development

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

 

12:00 PM                   Budget Workshop 1

This workshop will be held in Room 10

James Duffy, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Emily Byrne, Deputy Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

 

1:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Autumn Crabtree at Autumn.Crabtree@vtleg.gov