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Commerce and Economic Development Committee, Vermont House of Representatives
The Commerce and Economic Development Committee is a standing committee of the Vermont House of Representatives.
Per the House Rules, committees of the Vermont House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House unless otherwise specified by the Vermont Constitution or other state statutes. Committees are assigned at the start of each regular session. The first and secondly named members of each committee are the chair and the vice-chair, respectively. Each committee appoints a clerk from its members at the first meeting. The chair of each committee is responsible for calling meetings, and the clerk keeps a record of committee activity, including bills considered and members' votes, to be delivered to the Secretary of State at the end of each session.[1]
See rules: House Rules and Orders
Function
According to the House Rules, the Commerce and Economic Development Committee considers matters relating to:
| “ | Business organizations, including banking, insurance, corporations, workforce development, unemployment and workers’ compensation insurance, and the industrial and internal development of the state, but excluding matters relating to transportation, utilities, telecommunications, and energy.[2][3] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Commerce and Economic Development Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak (Vermont Progressive Party) left this committee on April 01, 2024. [Source]
2021-2022 legislative session
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Commerce and Economic Development Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(1) |
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Warren Kitzmiller (D) left this committee on July 10, 2022. [Source]
Paul Martin (R) left this committee on February 10, 2022. [Source]
Patrick Seymour (R) left this committee on February 24, 2022. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
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Commerce and Economic Development Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(1) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Commerce and Economic Development Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Bill Botzow, Chair | • Michael Marcotte, Vice chair | • Paul Poirier | ||
| • Jean O'Sullivan | • Robert Frenier | |||
| • Matthew Hill | • Patricia McCoy | |||
| • Charlie Kimbell | • Linda Myers | |||
| • Valerie Stuart | ||||
| • Linda Sullivan | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Commerce and Economic Development Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Bill Botzow, Chair | • Michael Marcotte, Vice-Chair | • Laura Sibilia | ||
| • Warren Kitzmiller, Ranking member | • Fred K. Baser | |||
| • Stephen Carr | • Corey Parent | |||
| • Maureen Dakin | • Heidi Scheuermann | |||
| • Jean O'Sullivan | ||||
| • Valerie Stuart | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Commerce and Economic Development Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Bill Botzow, Chair | • Michael Marcotte, Vice chair | |||
| • Warren Kitzmiller, Ranking Member | • Bob Bouchard | |||
| • Stephen Carr | • Eileen Dickinson | |||
| • George Cross | • Heidi Scheuermann | |||
| • Michele Ferland Kupersmith, Clerk | ||||
| • Paul Ralston | ||||
| • Sam Young | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Commerce and Economic Development Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Paul Ralston | • Donald Turner, Jr. | |||
| • Bill Botzow | • Eileen Dickinson | |||
| • Michele Ferland Kupersmith | • Heidi Scheuermann | |||
| • Sam Young | • Michael Marcotte | |||
| • Herb Russell | ||||
| • Warren Kitzmiller | ||||
| • Ernest Shand | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| Commerce and Economic Development Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Warren Kitzmiller, Chair | • Michael Marcotte, Vice chair | |||
| • Clement Bissonnette | • John Clerkin | |||
| • Bill Botzow | • Eileen Dickinson | |||
| • Jason Lorber | • Donald Turner, Jr. | |||
| • Ernest Shand | ||||
| • Megan Smith | ||||
| • Jeff Wilson | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Vermont General Assembly, "House Rules," accessed Feb. 24, 2021
- ↑ Vermont General Assembly, "House Rules," accessed Feb. 24, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
