House Committee on Government Operations (Room 49)

Thursday, January 28, 2016

9:00 AM

H.566 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington requiring firearms to be locked in safe storage depositories or placed in locking devices

Committee Meeting, Room 11

• Representative Joanna Cole
• Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

9:15 AM

H.567 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington regarding police confiscation of deadly or dangerous weapons

• Representative Joanna Cole
• Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

9:30 AM

H.568 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington prohibiting possession of firearms on premises where alcohol is licensed to be served

• Representative Joanna Cole
• Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

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H.566 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington requiring firearms to be locked in safe storage depositories or placed in locking devices

• Miro Weinberger, Mayor, City Of Burlington
• Brandon del Pozo, Chief of Police, Burlington Police Department
• John Hollar, Mayor, City of Montpelier
• Eileen Blackwood, Attorney, Burlington
• Thom Lauzon, Mayor, Barre City

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H.567 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington regarding police confiscation of deadly or dangerous weapons

• Miro Weinberger, Mayor, City Of Burlington
• Brandon del Pozo, Chief of Police, Burlington Police Department
• Thom Lauzon, Mayor, Barre City
• Eileen Blackwood, Attorney, Burlington

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H.568 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington prohibiting possession of firearms on premises where alcohol is licensed to be served

• Miro Weinberger, Mayor, City Of Burlington
• Brandon del Pozo, Chief of Police, Burlington Police Department
• Thom Lauzon, Mayor, Barre City
• Eileen Blackwood, Attorney, Burlington

10:30 AM

Testimony continued

If testimony is not concluded in the morning, it will resume in the afternoon.

• Kelly Dougherty, Executive Director, Women Helping Battered Women
• Jean Markey-Duncan, Sisters of Mercy
• Rachel Siegel, Burlington
• Bill Moore, Legislative Director, Vermont Traditions Coalition
• Scott Chapman, Chair, Vermont Second Amendment Coalition
• Evan Hughes, Vice President, Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs
• Ed Cutler, President, Gun Owners of Vermont
• Arthur Vento, Burlington
• Chuck Thompson, Burlington
• Karen Horn, Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
• Mike McGarghan, Burlington
• Chris Bradley, Secretary, Vermont State Rifle And Pistol Association
• Adam Roof, Burlington
• Ian Galbraith, Burlington
• Auburn Watersong, Associate Director of Public Policy, Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
• Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Rev. Dr. David Hamilton, Burlington
• Mary McAllister
• Roger Blake, South Royalton
• Carolyn Bates, Photographer, Burlington
• Benjamin Bidal, Student and Bartender, Burlington
• Heather Holter, Council Coordinator, Vermont Council on Domestic Violence
• Ken Atkins

12:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

FLOOR

H.566, 567 and 568

• Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council