House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development

 

AGENDA

 

Room 35 and Zoom

March 31, 2026 - April 3, 2026

Last Updated 3/27/2026 6:44 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

9:00 AM                   H. 837 - An act relating to rounding cash transactions

Cameron Wood, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Maggie Lenz, Lobbyist, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association

Megan Sullivan, Vice President of Government Affairs, Vermont Chamber of Commerce

Ben Edgerly Walsh, Climate & Energy Program Director, VPIRG - Invited

 

10:00 AM                   House Floor and Caucuses

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   S. 327 - An act relating to economic development

Walk-through

Sen. Alison Clarkson, Sponsor

Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

2:45 PM                   Taiwanese Delegation

Charles Liao, Director General, Taipei Economic & Cultural Office

Jennifer Wang, Deputy Director, Taipei Economic & Cultural Office

 

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

9:00 AM                   S. 327 - An act relating to economic development

Lyle Jepson, Commissioner, Agency of Economic Development - Invited

Jessica Hartleben, Executive Director, Vermont Economic Progress Council - Invited

Jon Copans, Executive Director, Montpelier Commission on Recovery and Resilience

Ben Doyle, President, Preservation Trust of Vermont - Invited

Rick Ufford-Chase, Mayor, Newport - Invited

Megan Sullivan, Vice President of Government Affairs, Vermont Chamber of Commerce - Invited

 

11:00 AM                   S. 173 - An act relating to vocational rehabilitation

Committee discussion

Karina Dunigan, Vocational Counselor, Catamount Case Management LLC - Zoom

Sophie Zdatny, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         TBA

 

Thursday, April 2, 2026

9:00 AM                   Manufacturing Industry Day

This is a Joint Meeting with Senate Economic Development. It will be held in Room 11 and livestreamed here: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-economic-development-housing-and-general-affairs.

 

10:00 AM                   Field Trip

Bright Futures Industry Awareness Day; VTSU Randolph

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         TBA

 

Friday, April 3, 2026

9:00 AM                   Legislative Interns Report

Cabot Sayles, UVM Legislative Intern

Bailey Davis, Norwich Legislative Intern

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         TBA

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   TBA

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

Please email handouts to the committee assistant at least 24 hours before your scheduled meeting time. With few exceptions, any documents you send to a committee assistant are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s web page.

 

Should you require accessibility services, please click here and note that requests should be made 48 hours in advance of testimony.

 

 

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Jonathan Pickarski at Jonathan.Pickarski@vtleg.gov