House Committee on Corrections and Institutions

 

AGENDA

 

Room 34 and Zoom

February 18, 2025 - February 21, 2025

Last Updated 2/21/2025 10:39 AM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-corrections-and-institutions.

 

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

10:00 AM                   House Floor and Caucuses

 

--                                  Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Governor's Proposed FY2026 Budget

Department of Corrections Proposed FY26 Budget

Focus on Plan to Fit-up the St. Johnsbury Work Camp for Treatment Services

Nicholas Deml, Commissioner, Department of Corrections

Isaac Dayno, Executive Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Department of Corrections

Kristin Calver, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections

 

2:30 PM                   Break

 

2:45 PM                   Governor's Proposed FY2026 Budget

Discussion - Recommendations to the House Appropriations Committee on Sections Under the Jurisdiction of the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions

Nick Kramer, Chief Operating Officer, Agency of Administration

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

8:30 AM                   Governor's Recommended FY26-FY27 Capital Budget

Vermont Agricultural and Environmental Laboratory Heat Plant Upgrades

Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets - Clean Water

Water Quality Grants

Joe Aja, Director Design & Construction, Department of Buildings and General Services

Cheryl Achilles, Director, Vermont Agriculture and Environmental Laboratory, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Laura DiPietro, Water Quality Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Nina Gage, Assistant Director, Water Quality Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Nicole Dubuque, Chief Operations Officer, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Amy Mercier, Financial Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

 

10:05 AM                   Break

 

10:10 AM                   Governor's Recommended FY26-FY27 Capital Budget

Building Community Grants - Fairs and Field Days Capital Projects

Bob Allen, Member, Vermont Fairs & Field Days Association

Christie Davis, Vermont State Fair (Rutland)

Tim Shea, Champlain Valley Exposition

Jeff Goodwin, Caledonia County Fair

Jason Sicard, Orleans County Fair

Ken Button, Addison County Fair and Field Days

Peggy Sherlock, Tunbridge Fair

 

10:35 AM                   H. 32 - An act relating to treatment for opioid use disorder in correctional facilities

Discussion - Proposed Changes to Language

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Isaac Dayno, Executive Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Department of Corrections

Tony Folland, Clinical Services Manager and State Opioid Treatment Authority

Haley Sommer, Communications Director, Department of Corrections

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:10 PM                   Governor's Recommended FY26-FY27 Capital Budget

Forests, Parks and Recreation - Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Improvement, 3-Acre Rule, Access Road and Water Quality Improvements

Danielle Fitzko, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

Frank Spaulding, Parks Projects Manager, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

Oliver Pierson, State Forester and Director of the Forests Division, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

Nate McKeen, Director of State Parks, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

 

2:05 PM                   Break

 

2:15 PM                   Recovery Day

Tracie Hauck, Executive Director, Rutland Turning Point Center

Robert Blake, Guest, Turning Point Center of Rutland

Dylan Johnson, Recovery Coach, Emergency Department, Turning Point Center, Bennington

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

After the Floor                     Governor's Proposed FY2026 Budget

Discussion - Approval with Conditions for B.1100(i) Appropriation for the Department of Corrections - $300,000 to enable treatment services at the St. Johnsbury Work Camp Facility

Grady Nixon, Joint Fiscal Office

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, February 20, 2025

8:30 AM                   Governor's Recommended FY26-FY27 Capital Budget

Agency of Human Services - Section 3, Capital Projects Proposed for Department of Corrections Facilities

Joe Aja, Director Design & Construction, Department of Buildings and General Services

Al Cormier, Chief of Operations, Department of Corrections

 

10:00 AM                   Governor's Recommended FY26-FY27 Capital Budget

Vermont Historical Society

Steve Perkins, Executive Director, Vermont Historical Society

 

10:30 AM                   Joint Assembly

Election of Sergeant at Arms and UVM Trustees

 

--                                  Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Governor's Recommended FY26-FY27 Capital Budget

Department of Fish and Wildlife, Section 9, Major Maintenance and Infrastructure Projects

Andrea Shortsleeve, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Elizabeth Stratton, Business Office Director, Department of Fish and Wildlife

 

2:00 PM                   H. 50 - An act relating to identifying State real property suitable for conversion into affordable housing

Weigh-in

Wanda Minoli, Commissioner, Department of Buildings and General Services

Emily Kisicki, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Buildings and General Services

Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

3:25 PM                   H. 50 - An act relating to identifying State real property suitable for conversion into affordable housing

Emily Kisicki, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Buildings and General Services

 

--                                  Adjourn

 

Friday, February 21, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10:15 AM                   H. 32 - An act relating to treatment for opioid use disorder in correctional facilities

Discussion - Proposed Changes to Language

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Tony Folland, Clinical Services Manager and State Opioid Treatment Authority, Vermont Department of Health

Isaac Dayno, Executive Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Department of Corrections

Haley Sommer, Communications Director, Department of Corrections

 

--                                  Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Governor's Proposed FY2026 Budget

Discussion - Approval with Conditions for B.1100(i) Appropriation for the Department of Corrections - $300,000 to Enable Treatment Services at the St.Johnsbury Work Camp Facility

Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

--                                  Adjourn

 

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