Senate Committee on Appropriations

 

AGENDA

 

Room 5 and Zoom

February 24, 2026 - February 27, 2026

Last Updated 2/24/2026 1:56 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

1:00 PM                   FY27 Budget

Attorney Generals Office

Charity Clark, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office

Willa Farrell, Community Justice Unit Director, Attorney General's Office

 

2:00 PM                   FY27 Budget

Humanities and Historical Society

Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, Executive Director, Vermont Humanities

Steve Perkins, Executive Director, Vermont Historical Society

 

2:30 PM                   FY27 Budget

Secretary of State's Office

Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Secretary of State, Vermont

 

3:15 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 AM                   FY27 Budget

State's Attorneys and Sheriffs

Tim Lueders-Dumont, Esq., Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs

Lauren Clemons, Director of Labor Relations and Operations, Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs

Annie Noonan, Special Advisor on Fiscal Operations, Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs

 

2:15 PM                   FY27 Budget

Public Utility Commission

Ed McNamara, Chair, Public Utility Commission

Karen Hutchinson, Finance Director, Public Utility Commission

Ann Bishop, Operations Director, Public Utility Commission

 

2:45 PM                   FY27 Budget

Military Department

Brigadier General Kim Fedele, Financial Manager, Vermont Military Department

 

3:15 PM                   Break

 

3:30 PM                   S. 243 - An act relating to distributing funds to the Vermont Language Justice Project

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Sen. Martine Larocque Gulick, Sponsor, Sponsor

 

3:45 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, February 26, 2026

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   FY27 Budget

Center for Crime Victim Services

Jennifer Poehlmann, J.D., Executive Director, Center for Crime Victim Services

Carol Brochu, Director of Finance and Administration, Center for Crime Victim Services

 

2:00 PM                   FY27 Budget

Vermont State Colleges

Dr. Elizabeth Mauch, Dr, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges System - Zoom

 

2:30 PM                   FY27 Budget

Criminal Justice Council

Christopher Brickell, Executive Director, Vermont Criminal Justice Council

Lindsay Thivierge, Director of Administration and Compliance, Vermont Criminal Justice Council

Jason Pinard, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Financial Services Division, Agency of Administration

 

3:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, February 27, 2026

1:00 PM                   S. 173 - An act relating to workers’ compensation and the Vermont Labor Relations Board

Sophie Zdatny, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Sponsor, Sponsor

 

2:30 PM                   FY27 Budget

Department of Financial Regulation

Kaj Samsom, Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation

David Cameron, Administrative Services Director, Department of Financial Regulation

Aaron Ferenc, Deputy Commissioner of Banking, Department of Financial Regulation

 

3:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

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 Elle Oille-Stanforth at Elle.Oille-Stanforth@vtleg.gov

1:30 PM                   TBD