Legislature this week
Week of 29th April 2019
The projected date for adjournment is still Friday 17th May.
On Floor: House Senate
Tuesday 10 am 9:30 am
Wed 1 pm 1 pm
Thursday 1 pm 1 pm
Fri 9:30 am 11:30 am
NOTE: Wed. 05/01 4 pm Statehouse Lawn: Ceremony commemorating Abenaki Recognition Week
Tues: 04/30
House: On notice calendar (this means floor debate begins tomorrow 05/01)
S-23: Minimum Wage. This bill still identifies increasing wage to $15/hr. by 2024.
Prop. 5: Personal Reproductive Freedom. This is the constitutional amendment. It is the companion piece to H-57 Right to Abortion. Note: H-57 passed the House on a 105-Yea 37-Nay 7-Absent vote.
Senate: On notice calendar (this means floor debate begins tomorrow 05/01)
H-132: Housing discrimination domestic and sexual violence. This would prohibit discrimination in house based on an individual being identified as a victim of domestic and/or sexual violence. Some landlords have been reluctant to rent based on the concern for future unanticipated incidents.
Tues: 04/30
House Government Operations
1 pm S-54: Regulation of Cannabis
3 pm Prop-2: Constitutional amendment to eliminate reference to slavery and indentured servitude
House Judiciary
1:15 pm S-54: Regulation of Cannabis. Discussion on roadside saliva testing.
Senate Health & Welfare
10 am H-57: Right to Abortion. Note: Prop. 5 Personal Reproductive Freedom 28-Yea 2-Nay 0-Absent vote
Senate Judiciary
10 am H-57: Right to Abortion. Note: Prop. 5 Personal Reproductive Freedom 28-Yea 2-Nay 0-Absent vote
Wed. 05/01
4 pm Abenaki recognition ceremony Statehouse Lawn
House Commerce
15 min. after floor S-110 Data Privacy
House Government Operations
9 am S-54 Regulation Cannabis
5 pm Public Hearing Room 11 Prop. 2: Constitutional amendment to eliminate reference to slavery and indentured servitude
Senate Economic Development
8:30 am H-107: Paid Family Leave
Senate Judiciary
9am H-518: Fair and Impartial Policing
Thurs 05/02
House Human Services
9 am S-54 Regulation of Cannabis
Senate Economic Development
8:30 am H-107: Paid Family Leave
Senate Judiciary
9 am H-330: Statute of limitations relating to childhood sexual abuse
Fri 05/03
House Government Operations
After floor Prop. 2: Constitutional amendment to eliminate reference to slavery and indentured servitude