2015-2016 Session
Change SessionSenate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs (Room 27)
The Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs has jurisdiction over matters relating to economic development, commerce, and community development, including tourism and marketing, promotion of the arts, and film activities; matters relating to labor; matters relating to housing; matters relating to liquor and tobacco control; matters relating to lotteries; and all matters relating to subjects for which there is no other appropriate committee.
Meeting Record
Thursday, January 21, 2016
- 8:30 AM
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H.187 - An act relating to absence from work for health care and safety
Continuation of H.187 testimony -- held in room 27
Kiki McShane & Elaine McCrate will be testifying by phone- Annie Noonan, Commissioner, Department of Labor
- Jim Harrison, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
- Matt Sacco, ACE Hardware
- Lisa Lafountain, Citizen, Jericho
- Jaquelyn Rieke, Owner, Nutty Steph's, Middlesex
- Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women
- Kendal Melvin, Government Affairs Specialist, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
- Benjamin Brown, Citizen, Pittsford
- Kris Jolin, National Federation of Independent Businesses
- Matt Birong, Owner, 3 Squares Cafe, Vergennes
- Melinda Moulton, CEO, Main Street Landing, Burlington
- William Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont
- Donna Pomroy, Executive Director, Turtle Island Children's Center
- Kiki McShane, President, FarVision, Rutland
- Jill Olson, Vice President of Policy & Legislative Affairs, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
- Elaine McCrate, Associate Professor of Economic and Women's and Gender Studies, University of Vermont
If you have any questions and comments, please contact Cheryl Ewen at (802) 828-2272 or cewen@leg.state.vt.us
