by Timothy Page

Schedule for All Vermont Legislature Committees this week: Click on Committee name for Zoom links. Agenda listings top-line only, not inclusive. Click here to see the complete weekly schedule of all committees on one page. Click here for list of all committees and links to their bills, members and contact information. 

House Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry

H. 274 – Develops agriculture and nutrition education curriculum

Caucus of the Whole

H. 81 – Ensure fair repair of agricultural equipment

House Appropriations

Caucus of the Whole

FY24 Budget

House Commerce and Economic Development

H. 79 – Ensure rights to independent auto repair

H. 299 – Creates a Vermont-Ireland Trade Commission

H. 121 – Affords data privacy protections

Caucus of the Whole

S. 48 – Regulating sale of catalytic converters

H. 390 – Limits the hours that transport of catalytic converters can occur

H. 160 – Labor reimbursement rates for auto insurance claims

H. 304 – Regulates the use of aftermarket parts in insured automobile repairs

House Corrections and Institutions

Joint Assembly: Retention of Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Justices

House Education

This agenda has not yet been published.

House Environment and Energy

S. 5 – “Affordable” Heat Act mandate

House General and Housing

H. 276 – Creates a rental housing registry

H. 132 – Homeless bill of rights

H. 361 – Prohibiting retaliatory policy following the settlement of a discrimination claim

H. 359 – Makes even more minor or one-time discrimination unlawful

H. 363 – Prohibiting discrimination based on ethnic hair types and styles

H. 364 – Prohibits discrimination based on immunization status

H. 454 – Creates union for Vermont State Colleges adjunct faculty

H. 297 – Provides workers’ comp. coverage for PTSD for public, State employees

H. 338 – Grants certain unionized State employees the right to strike

J.R.S. 17 – Joint resolution urging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to comply with the expedited asylum hearing provisions of the Afghan Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022

House Government Operations and Military Affairs

Joint Assembly: Retention of Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Justices

S. 9 – State Auditor examining State contractor records

Regional Dispatch Report

Ranked Choice Voting

Multiple Town and Waste-Management-District charter amendments

House Health Care

S. 54 – Maintains separation of insurance markets in VT Health Connect

Caucus of the Whole

Act 131 of 2022: Pharmacy Benefit Management

House Human Services

FY24 Budget

Joint Assembly: Retention of Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Justices

H. 208 – Establish a public prekindergarten education program

H. 300 – Uses cannabis sales tax to pay for Afterschool and Summer Care

H. 403 – Addresses inequities in child care grant access

H. 340 – Expands eligibility for the Child Care Financial Assistance Program

Child Care and Early Childhood Education

House Judiciary

Joint Assembly: Retention of Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Justices

S. 36 – Permits arrest without a warrant

S. 3 – Prohibits paramilitary training camps

S. 14 – Justice expenditure reporting

House Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife

Not yet published

House Transportation

H. 479 – Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to laws related to transportation

H. 64 – Ban on wake boats

Joint Assembly: Retention of Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Justices

Miscellaneous Changes to Laws Related to Vehicles

Caucus of the Whole

Agency of Transportation Paving Audit

House Ways and Means

Joint Assembly: Retention of Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Justices

H. 480 – Removes municipalities from the property reappraisal process

H. 479 – Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to laws related to transportation

S. 45 – Establishes elective income tax on pass-through businesses

S. 35 – Hartford’s infrastructure financing

S. 94 – Amends timetables for City of Barre tax increment financing district

S. 93 – Repeals tax exemptions for advanced wood boilers

Senate Agriculture

H. 205 – Provides State assistance in diversifying farm production

Animal Welfare

Confirmation of Governor’s Appointment

23-0138 – An act relating to protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities

H. 472 – Makes multiple changes to miscellaneous agricultural regulations

Flower Producers in Vermont

Senate Appropriations

This agenda has not yet been published.

Senate Economic Development, Housing, and General Affairs

S. 123 – Requires that lodging establishments advertise their total fees

H. 66 – Mandated family and medical leave insurance

H. 157 – Vermont basic needs budget

H. 217 – Sets the contribution rate for Workers’ Compensation fund

Senate Education

H. 461 – Makes a number of changes to education policy

S. 134 – Protects libraries in Vermont State Colleges

Financial Literacy in High Schools

H. 165 – Requires public schools to serve free meals

Senate Finance

S. 139 – Expands the jurisdiction of the Enhanced 911 Board

S. 25 – Banning certain harmful chemicals from cosmetic, health products

H. 110 – Extends application period for telecom siting

H. 471 – Makes numerous technical and administrative changes to tax laws

S. 139 – Expands the jurisdiction of the Enhanced 911 Board

H. 76 – Regulates captive insurance companies

Auditor’s Report

Senate Government Operations

Joint Assembly: Retention of Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Justices

H. 429 – Numerous changes to election, campaign finance laws

H. 466 – Makes technical amendments to the Vermont Statutes Annotated

S. 55 – Allows public bodies to meet online

H. 305 – Amends many regulations covered by the Office of Professional Regulation

Senate Health and Welfare

H. 94 – Reach Up

H. 190 – Removing the residency requirement from assisted suicide

S. 91 – Changes rules of legal competency, insanity defense

S. 89 – Establishes a forensic facility, allows involuntary psych treatment

H. 62 – Interstate Counseling Compact

H. 222 – Expands legal med-assisted treatment for opioid addiction

H. 86 – Audiology, Speech Pathology Interstate Compact

H. 77 – Adopting the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact

Draft Letter to Federal Delegation

Senate Institutions

Joint Assembly: Retention of Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Justices

Capitol Construction and State Funding

Governor’s Recommended FY24 – FY25 Capital Budget Proposal

Senate Judiciary

S. 79 – Limits hospital liens on patients

H. 41 – Domestic-/sex-assault cases to community justice centers

H. 148 – Raises the marriageable age to 18

H. 89 – Legal protections for abortion, transgender service providers

H. 53 – Eliminate driver’s license suspension for some nonpayment

Senate Natural Resources and Energy

S. 100 – Attempts to address severe housing shortages

S. 140 – Creates study committee to evaluate costs, benefits of energy storage

Senate Transportation

Zero Fare Public Transit

MileageSmart Program and Emissions Repair Program

Replace Your Ride Program/eBike Incentives