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  • Sen. Richard Westman, Chair
  • Sen. Rebecca "Becca" White, Vice Chair
  • Sen. Wendy Harrison, Clerk
  • Sen. Andrew Perchlik
  • Sen. Patrick "Pat" Brennan

Senate Committee on Transportation

 

AGENDA

 

Room 3 and Zoom

April 28, 2026 - May 1, 2026

Last Updated 4/24/2026 3:12 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

9:00 AM                   Agency of Transportation Updates

Update on State Rail Plan

David Pelletier, Systems Planning and Research Manager, Agency of Transportation

Zoe Neaderland, Planning Coordinator, Agency of Transportation

Carl Fowler, Advocate - Invited

 

11:00 AM                   Senate Floor

 

Thursday, April 30, 2026

9:00 AM                   Aviation Day

This is a joint meeting with House Transportation and House Commerce. It will be livestreamed on Senate Transportation's YouTube channel and held in the Pavilion Building in Room 267.

Charlie "Chuck" Suss, Bennington State Airport

Ashwil Bell, Habitat for Aviation, Franklin County State Airport

Beth White, Habitat for Aviation, Franklin County State Airport

Alasdair Crawford, ACE Academy & New England Soaring Association, Springfield Airport

Toby Schine, Vermont Pilots Association & Ytsera AIR Flight School, Caledonia State Airport

Robin Guillain, Vermont State University, Burlington International Airport

Jeff DiStasio, EAA Chapter 968, Rutland State Airport

Kyle Clark, President & CEO, Beta Technologies

 

11:00 AM                   Senate Floor

 

Friday, May 1, 2026

10:30 AM                   Update on Charge Vermont Program

Bronwyn Cooke, Community Planning and Policy Manager, Department of Housing and Community Development - Invited

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

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

 Megan Cannella at Megan.Cannella@vtleg.gov