House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development

 

AGENDA

 

Room 35 and Zoom

March 17, 2026 - March 20, 2026

Last Updated 3/20/2026 11:57 AM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-commerce-and-economic-development.

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

9:00 AM                   Vermont Lumber Discussion

Bill Smith, Lobbyist, VT Retail Lumber Dealers Association

Jeremy Bakers, Director of the Board for the NRLDA, RK Miles

Claudia Homan, Vice President, Bethel Mills

 

10:00 AM                   House Floor and Caucuses

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

2:10 PM                   26-0768 - An act relating to the transformation of Vermont’s career technical education governance and funding systems

Committee Discussion

 

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

9:30 AM                   S. 173 - An act relating to vocational rehabilitation

Sen. David Weeks, Reporter

Sophie Zdatny, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Rowan Hawthorne, Policy and Legislative Affairs Director, Vermont Department of Labor

Kelly Massicotte, Attorney, Vermont Association for Justice

James Feehan, Government Relations Director, Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC

David Mickenberg, Lobbyist, Working Vermont

 

11:00 AM                   Break

 

11:10 AM                   S. 173 - An act relating to vocational rehabilitation

Continued Discussion

Amy Spear, Vermont Chamber President, Vermont Chamber of Commerce - Zoom

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, March 19, 2026

9:05 AM                   H. 160 - An act relating to creating a right to repair for medical devices

Justin Leventhal, Senior Policy Analyst, The American Consumer Institute

Nathan Proctor, Senior Director, Campaign for the Right to Repair, PIRG

 

10:00 AM                   H. 211 - An act relating to data brokers and personal information

Rick Gardner, Global Data Protection Officer, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Dylan Zwicky, Leonine Public Affairs, Partner, RELX

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, March 20, 2026

9:05 AM                   Legislative Intern Report

Bailey Davis, Norwich Legislative Intern

Cabot Sayles, UVM Legislative Intern

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Jonathan Pickarski at Jonathan.Pickarski@vtleg.gov