2017-2018 Session
Change SessionSenate Committee on Government Operations (Room 4)
The Senate Committee on Government Operations has jurisdiction over matters relating to the administration of government and justice; compensation of and retirement benefits for public officials and employees; suffrage; nominations and elections; municipal corporations; military affairs, including veterans and civil defense; public records and open meetings; and reapportionment.
Meeting Record
Thursday, February 8, 2018
- 2:00
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S.192 - An act relating to transferring the professional regulation of law enforcement officers from the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council to the Office of Professional Regulation
- Rick Gauthier, Director, VT Criminal Justice Training Council
- Keith Clark, Windham County Sheriff's Department
- BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Vincent Illuzzi, VSEA, Sheriff's Assoc.
- Elizabeth Novotny, Lobbyist, Vermont Police Association
- Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office
- Kelly Price, Senior Warden, Vermont Fish and Wildlife
- 2:30
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Office of Professional Regulation (OPR)
Discussion of Sunrise Assessment: Home Improvement and Construction Contractors (2017/18)
- Colin Benjamin, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office
- Gabe Gilman, General Counsel, Secretary of State's Office
- Christopher Curtis, Chief, Public Protection Division, Attorney General's Office
- Representative Mark Higley, House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- William Badger, AIA Vermont
- Sandra Vitzthum, self
- Maureen Connolly, Executive Officer, Home Builders Association of Northern Vermont
- Jim Bradley, HBRA
- Bill Moore, Sole Proprietor, Home Repair and Renovation
- Robyn Steward, Director, Building Trade Association of Vermont
- Carol Miklos, Executive Director, AIA Vermont
- Jason Hoffman
- 3:30
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Committee Discussion