2013-2014 Session
Change SessionHouse Committee on Ways and Means (Room 34)
The House Committee on Ways & Means considers matters relating to the revenue of the state, and which shall inquire into the state of the treasury; ascertain the amount of debt due the state, and the claims against it; report the amount of taxes necessary to be raised for the support of the government and inquire what measures, if any, ought to be adopted, the better to equalize the public burdens, secure the accountability of public agents, and otherwise improve the financial concerns of the state, including all matters relating to taxation, local or otherwise and all matters relating to the grand list.
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- 14-193, 194, 195, 196, 197
Meeting Record
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
- 8:45 AM
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H.586 - An act relating to improving the quality of State waters
- Zachary Mauldin, Legislative Counsel
- Representative David L. Deen, Chair, House Committee on Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources
- Dan Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Jim Leland, Director, Ag Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
- 9:30 AM
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House Convenes
- 1:30 PM
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S.221 - An act relating to providing statutory purposes for tax expenditures
- Sara Teachout, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel
- Cory Gustafson, Director, Government and Public Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
- AFTER
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H.586 - An act relating to improving the quality of State waters
- Zachary Mauldin, Legislative Counsel
- Trey Martin, Senior Counsel for Government Affairs, Agency of Natural Resources
- Dan Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- 3:30 PM
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S.314 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to laws related to motor vehicles
- Helena Gardner, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- 5:00 PM
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H.883 - An act relating to prekindergarten–grade 12 education districts
Public Hearing with House Education Committee in Room 11 from 5 to 7 pm. Witnesses may sign up to testify outside of Room 11 starting at 4:30.
- David Schoales, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
- Diane Kirson-Glitman, Jericho
- Mary Schwartz, Dorset
- Clyde Baldwin, Charlotte
- Debra Stolleroff, Plainfield
- Jim Peyton, Town of Lunenburg
- Diane Peyton, Town of Lunenburg
- Gail B. Conley, Huntington
- Chris McVeigh, Middlesex
- Jon Guiffre, Roxbury
- Peter Berger, Mount Holly
- Emily Long, Newfane
- Wendell Coleman, Londonderry
- Gordon Woodrow, Sunderland
- Leonard Barrett, Bridport
- Grant Geisler, Vermont Association of School Business Officials
- Kathleen Barren, Chittenden Central Supervisory Union
- Rick Pembroke, Vermont Association of School Business Officials
- Lori Bibeau, Vermont Association of School Business Officials, WCSU
- Sarah Peacock, Isle Lamott School Board
- Celeste Girrell, Sutton - Caledonia North Supervisory Union
- Vicky Scheufler, Burke
- Deb Cogan, Newport
- Carol Brigham, Whiting
- Ken Fredette, Wallingford
- Brian O'Regan, Montpelier
- Deborah Taylor, Rutland Central Supervisory Union
- Milan Miller, Williamstown
- Scott Thompson, Calais
- Geo Honinford, Royalton
- Erin Sigrist, Smuggler's Notch Vermont Business Round Table
- David Finney, Champlain College
- Conrad Smith, Calais
- Jed Graef, Shelburne
- Alison Anand, Richmond
- Margaret Smith, Essex
- Wayne Howe, Addison
- Chris Tormey, Cabot
- Lucas Herring, Barre City
- Jay Nichols, Superintendent, Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union
- Winton Goodrich, Berlin
- Charlie Merriman, Middlesex
- Susan Clark, Middlesex
- Michele Cote, Barre City
- Michelle Mathias, South Burlington
- Andrew Pond, Bolton School Board
- Brooke Dingledine, Randolph
- Kristin Husher, Brookfield Chair, Orange Southwest Supervisory Union
- Krista Huling, State Board of Education
- Heidi Spear, Fayston
- Joanne Canning, Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union
- Kim Gleason, Vermont School Boards Association
- Alexandra Thayer, Plainfield
- Beth Holtzman, Middlesex
- Elijah Hawkes, Principal, Randolph Union High School
- Julie Coffey, Jericho, Building Bright Futures
- Jeanne Collins, Burlington
- Lee Sease, Randolph
