House Committee on Judiciary (Room 30)

Thursday, February 28, 2019

9:00 AM

H.162 - An act relating to removal of buprenorphine from the misdemeanor crime of possession of a narcotic

Walk-through and Testimony

• Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
• David Cahill, State's Attorney, Windsor County
• David Scherr, Assistant Attorney General, Vermont Attorney General's Office
• James Pepper, Deputy State's Attorney, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs
• Lieutenant Casey Daniell, Lieutenant, Department of Public Safety
• Tom Dalton, Executive Director, Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

H.460 - An act relating to sealing and expungement of criminal history records

• Chloe White, Policy Director, ACLU of Vermont
• Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
• David Scherr, Assistant Attorney General, Vermont Attorney General's Office
• Marshall Pahl, Appellate and Juvenile Defender, Defender General's Office
• Tari Scott, Chief of Trial Court Operations, Office of Court Administrator
• Hon. Brian Grearson, Chief Superior Judge, Office of Chief Superior Judge
• James Pepper, Deputy State's Attorney, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs

11:00 AM

Fair and Impartial Policing

• Bor Yang, Executive Director, VT Human Rights Commission
• David Scherr, Assistant Attorney General, Vermont Attorney General's Office

11:30 AM

H.278 - An act relating to acknowledgment or denial of parentage

• Kurt Hughes, Partner, Murdoch Hughes & Twarog, P.C.

11:45 AM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

15 Minutes After Floor

H.330 - An act relating to repealing the statute of limitations for civil actions based on childhood sexual abuse

Walk-through and Testimony

• Erik FitzPatrick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
• Sarah Robinson, Deputy Director, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
• Robert Paolini, Attorney, Vermont Center for Crime Victims Services
• Jerome O'Neill, Attorney, Gravel and Shea

4:00 PM

H.321 - An act relating to aggravated murder for killing a firefighter or an emergency medical provider

• Representative Brian K. Savage, Sponsor
• Douglas Brent, Fire Chief, Barre City Fire Department
• John Campbell, Executive Director, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs
• Robert Paolini, Attorney, Defender General's Office

4:30 PM

Adjourn