House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry (Room 49)

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

9:00 AM

Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

• Pollaidh Major, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
• Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
• Trey Martin, Director of Conservation and Rural Community Development, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
• Liz Gleason, Farm and Forest Viability Program Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

10:00 AM

Vermont Land Trust

• Abby White, Vice President of Engagement, Vermont Land Trust
• Allen Karnatz, Champlain Valley Project Director, Vermont Land Trust
• Cara Montgomery, Stewardship Director, Vermont Land Trust

10:45 AM

H.81 - An act relating to fair repair of agricultural equipment

• Gay Gordon-Byrne, Executive Director, The Repair Association
• Willie Cade, Member, Board of Directors, The Repair Association
• Kevin O'Reilly, Right to Repair Campaign Director, U.S. PIRG
• Kelsey Schweitzer, Member, New England Farmers Union

11:30 AM

An act relating to Community Resilience and Biodiversity Protection

Overview of H.126

• Ed Larson, Lobbyist, Vermont Forest Products Association

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:30 PM

Committee Meeting

Discussion of H.126

• Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

3:15 PM

H.472 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

Committee Discussion and Vote

• Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

4:00 PM

H.81 - An act relating to fair repair of agricultural equipment

Walk-through

• David Hall, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel