2018 Special Session
Change SessionHouse Committee on Government Operations (Room 49)
The House Committee on Government Operations considers matters relating to the organization, oversight, and conduct of state government, compensation of state officials and employees; pensions; law enforcement; public safety; reapportionment; municipal corporations; suffrage; nominations, elections, and the election of members; local, county, and regional governmental structures; relations between State and local governments; open meeting issues, and public records issues.
Meeting Record
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
- 8:30 AM
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S.281 - An act relating to the mitigation of systemic racism
- Mark Hughes, Justice for All
- Curtiss Reed, Executive Director, Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity
- Julio Thompson, Director, Civil Rights Unit, Office of the Attorney General
- Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources
- Diana Wahle, Community Equity Collaborative
- Emily Miller, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council
- 12:00 PM
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Lunch
- 1:00 PM
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FLOOR
- 15 Minutes After the Floor
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S.273 - An act relating to miscellaneous law enforcement amendments
- Thomas D. Anderson, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
- Colonel Matthew Birmingham, Colonel, Department of Public Safety
- John Campbell, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs
- Michael O'Neil, Executive Director, Vermont Troopers Association
- Heather Simons, Director of Training and Professional Development, Department of Corrections
- Vince Illuzzi, Attorney/Lobbyist, Vermont State Employees Association
- Richard Gauthier, Executive Director, VT Criminal Justice Training Council
- Trevor Whipple, Chief of Police, South Burlington, Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police
- Bill Bohnyak, Sheriff, Sheriffs' Association
- Elizabeth Novotny, Lobbyist, Vermont Police Association
- BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
