VermontSenateHealthandWelfareCommittee:

Dr.HarryChen,Commissioner,VermontDepartmentofHealth
ShaylaLivingston,PublicHealthAnalyst,DepartmentofHealth
HeidiKline,DirectorofHealthSurveillance,DepartmentofHealth

CommentsfrommembersofthePublicHealthAssessmentGroup
MargoAustin,StudentAssistanceProgram,BurlingtonHighSchool
TimTrevithick,StudentAssistanceProgram,ChamplainValleyUnionHighSchool
MalikBurnett,MD,MBA,JohnsHopkinsBloombergSchoolofPublicHealth

JenniferCarbee,LegislativeCounsel,OfficeofLegislativeCouncil
NickNichols,PolicyDirector,DepartmentofMentalHealth
CatherineIacuzzi,ExecutiveDirector,MapleLeafFarm
BarbaraCimaglio,DeputyCommissioner,AlcoholandDrugAbuseProgram,Dept.ofHealth
JackDuffy,CEOofValleyVista
TheodoreMarcy,AmericanLungAssociation
PeterAlbert,BrattleboroRetreat

Rep.JillKrowinski

KatieMcLinn,LegislativeCounsel,OfficeofLegislativeCouncil
ChrisDoyle,MA,LPC,LCPC,PoliticalConsultantandCoCoordinator,NationalTaskForce
forTherapyEquality
PeterSprigg,SeniorFellowforPolicyStudies,FamilyResearchCouncil
AllenGilbert,ExecutiveDirector,AmericanCivilLibertiesUnionVermont
JanCarney,AssociateDeanofPublicHealth,UVMCollegeofMedicine
LindaBarker,Citizen,VermontVapor
RebeccaRyan,Director,HealthPromotionandPublicPolicy,AmericanLungAssociationof
theNortheast
GaetanoPutignano,ownerof802eCigsupplyLLC
SenatorClaireAyer
SenatorVirginiaLyons
SenatorAnthonyPollina
SenatorBrianCollamore
SenatorDickMcCormack

VermontSenateJudiciaryCommittee:
S.241Anactrelatingtopersonalpossessionandcultivationofcannabisandtheregulationof
commercialcannabisestablishments
S.95Anactrelatingtoregulationandtaxationofmarijuana
MichelleChildsLegislativeCounsel,OfficeofLegislativeCouncil

MajorGlennHall,Commander,BureauofCriminalInvestigations,DepartmentofPublicSafety

Lt.RegTrayah,StationCommander,Shaftsbury,ClandestineLabCommander,VermontState
Police
KeithFlynn,Commissioner,DepartmentofPublicSafety

KatieMcLinn,LegislativeCounsel,OfficeofLegislativeCouncil
SalPace,CountyCommissioner,PuebloCounty,Colorado
SenatorDickSears
SenatorJoeBenning
SenatorTimAshe
SenatorJeanetteWhite
SenatorAliceNitka

VermontSenateEducationCommittee:

SchoolDiscipline
JeanMurray,StaffAttorney,VermontLegalAid
JayDiaz,StaffAttorney,ACLU
CommunityHighSchoolofVermont

LisaMenard,Commissioner,DepartmentofCorrections
JohnHowe,CommunityHighSchoolofVermont
S.194Anactrelatingtostudentexpulsionandsuspensionasalastresort

KarenPrice,AssociateDirectorofFamilySupport,VermontFamilyNetwork
KarenL.Richards,ExecutiveDirector,VermontHumanRightsCommission
JoelCook,Director,VermontNationalEducationAssociation
EducationIssues
JamesDesMarais,LegislativeCounsel,OfficeofLegislativeCouncil
Rep.KathleenKeenan
SenatorAnnCummings
SenatorBillDoyle
SenatorPhilipBaruth
SenatorDavidZuckerman
SenatorBrianCampion
SenatorDustinDegree

HouseSenateEconomicDevelopment:
LegalizingMarijuanainVermont
Regulations&WorkforceIssues
ToddLaBaugh,Entrepreneur
Sen.DavidZuckerman
PatMoulton,Secretary,AgencyofCommerceandCommunityDevelopment
SenatorKevinMullin
SenatorPhilipBaruth

SenatorBillDoyle
SenatorAnnCummings
SenatorBeccaBalnit

VermontSenateGovernmentOperationsCommittee:
S.221Anactrelatingtolawenforcementofficers
KeithFlynn,Commissioner,DepartmentofPublicSafety
SenatorJeanetteWhite
SenatorAnthonyPollina
SenatorChristopherBray
SenatorJoeBenning
SenatorBrianCollamore

VermontHouseEducationCommittee
CommunityHighSchoolofVermont
WilhelminaPicard,DirectorofCorrectionsEducation,CommunityHighSchoolofVermont
Rep.DavidSharpe
Rep.BernardJuskiewicz
Rep.KevinChristie
Rep.ScottBeck
Rep.SarahBuxton
Rep.LawrenceCupoli
Rep.TimothyJerman
Rep.EmilyLong
Rep.AnnManwaring
Rep.AliceMiller
Rep.KurtWright

VermontHouseHumanServicesCommittee:

H.74Anactrelatingtosafetyprotocolsforsocialandmentalhealthworkers
KatieMcLinn,LegislativeCounsel,OfficeofLegislativeCouncil
Rep.
AnnPugh
,Chair
Rep.
SandyHaas
,ViceChair
Rep.
FrancisMcFaun
,RankingMember
Rep.
StevenBerry
Rep.
PaulDame
Rep.
LarryFiske
,Clerk
Rep.
PatsyFrench

Rep.
JillKrowinski
Rep.
PatriciaMcCoy
Rep.
MichaelMrowicki
Rep.
JosephTroian

VermontHouseGeneralAffairsCommittee
H.261Anactrelatingtocriminalrecordinquiriesbyanemployer
JulioThompson,Director,CivilRightsUnit,OfficeoftheAttorneyGeneral
JanssenWillhoit,Rep
Rep.HelenHead
Rep.ThomasStevens
Rep.BrianSavage
Rep.DianaGonzalez
Rep.GabrielleLucke
Rep.MaryMorrissey
Rep.JobTate
Rep.TommyWalz

VermontHouseJudiciaryCommittee:
H.818Anactrelatingtostalking
AuburnWatersong,AssociateDirectorofPublicPolicy,NetworkAgainstDomestic&Sexual
Violence
Rep.MaxineGrad
Rep.BarbaraRachelson
Rep.WillemJewett
Rep.CharlesConquest
Rep.BillFrank
Rep.MartinLaLonde
Rep.BettyNuovo
Rep.MarciaMartel
Rep.VickiStrong
Rep.GaryViens

VermontHouseCorrectionsandInstitutionsCommittee:
H.623Anactrelatingtocompassionatereleaseandparoleeligibility

BrynnHare,LegislativeCounsel,OfficeofLegislativeCouncil
CaraCookson,PolicyDirectorforVermontCenterforCrimeVictimServices
Rep.AliceEmmons

Rep.LindaMeyers

Rep.JoanLenes
Rep.LynnBatchelor
Rep.CynthiaBrowning
Rep.SusanDavis
Rep.EileenDickinson
RachealFields
Rep.TerenceMacaig
Rep.ButchShaw
Rep.TheresaWood

VermontHouseHealthCareCommittee:

H.639Anactrelatingtopulseoximetrytoscreennewbornsforcongenitalheartdefects
Rep.GeorgeW.Till,Sponsor
KatieMcLinn,LegislativeCounsel,OfficeofLegislativeCouncil
TinaZuk,VermontGovernmentRelationsDirector,AmericanHeartAssociation
TessaDaniels,Parent
AbbyRogers,Advocate,MarchofDimes
Rep.WilliamLippert
Rep.ChristopherPearson
Rep.AnneDonahue
Rep.RobertBancroft
Rep.TimothyBriglin
Rep.LeighDakin
Rep.DouglasGage
Rep.RuqiayahMorris
Rep.AvramPatt
Rep.PaulPoirier
Rep.MarkWoodward