House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs

 

AGENDA

 

Room M106 and Zoom

February 25, 2025 - February 28, 2025

Last Updated 2/21/2025 3:49 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-government-operations-and-military-affairs.

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         Caucuses and Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   H. 67 - An act relating to legislative operations and government accountability

Walk-through

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

1:30 PM                   H. 67 - An act relating to legislative operations and government accountability

Testimony

Sen. Randy Brock, Co-Chair, Summer Government Accountability Committee

Tim Ashe, Deputy State Auditor, State Auditor's Office

Doug Hoffer, State Auditor, State Auditor's Office

 

2:30 PM                   Governor's FY2026 Proposed Budget

Committee Discussion

 

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

9:00 AM                   25-0242 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to election law

Testimony

Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office

Sean Sheehan, Director of Elections and Campaign Finance, Secretary of State's Office

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Tim Devlin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

11:00 AM                   25-0351 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Testimony

Michele Childs, Team Lead Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Rev. Mark Hughes, Executive Director, Co-Chair, Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, Health Equity Advisory Commission

Geoffrey Pizzutillo, Executive Director and CoFounder, Vermont Growers Association

Josh Decatur, Legislative Advisor, Vermont Growers Association

Graham Unangst-Rufenacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont

Amelia Machia, Co Founder, Green Mountain Patients' Alliance

Jessilyn Dolan, Co Founder, Green Mtn. Patients' Alliance

Jean Hamilton, Director of Program Development, Land Access and Opportunity Board

Ornella Matta-Figueroa, Director of Advocacy and Community Engagement, Land Access and Opportunity Board

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   TBA

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, February 27, 2025

9:00 AM                   25-0351 - An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

Michele Childs, Team Lead Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:30 AM                   H. 1 - An act relating to accepting and referring complaints by the State Ethics Commission

Testimony

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

BetsyAnn Wrask, Clerk of the House, Vermont House of Representatives

Christina Sivret, Executive Director, Vermont State Ethics Commission

T.J. Jones, Consultant, Vermont State Ethics Commission

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Flood Recovery Emergency Response

David DiBiase, Chief, City of Vergennes Fire Department

Samantha Sheehan, Municipal Policy and Advocacy Specialist, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

 

2:00 PM                   25-0485 - An act relating to an annual technical corrections bill

Benjamin Novogroski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, February 28, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         25-0244 - An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation

Discussion

Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   School District Governance

This is a joint hearing with Senate Government Operations that will be held in Room 11. The meeting will be livestreamed at https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-government-operations

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Autumn Crabtree at acrabtree@leg.state.vt.us