StateofVermont
HouseofRepresentatives
Montpelier,Vermont
HouseResolution
H.R.4
OfferedbyRepresentativesHoughtonofEssexJunction,McCoyof
Poultney,andLoganofBurlington
Houseresolutionrelatingtostandingcommittees
ResolvedbytheHouseofRepresentatives:
ThatthislegislativebodyamendsRule25oftheRulesandOrdersofthe
HouseofRepresentativesasfollows:
25.Atthebeginningofeachregularsession,standingcommitteesshallbe
appointedhavingthefollowingnames,numberofmembers,andduties:
Committee MembersToConsiderMattersRelatingto
Agriculture,
FoodResiliency,
andForestry
118 Agriculture,foodresiliency,climatechange
mitigationandadaptation,forestryandforest
products,Stateparksandlands,andother
similarpolicies.
Appropriations1211 AppropriatingmoneyfromtheStateTreasury.
Commerceand
Economic
Development
11 Workforcedevelopmentandtrainingprograms,
businessdevelopmentandformations,financial
institutions,propertyandcasualty,life,and
captiveinsurance,securities,unemployment
andworkers’compensationinsurance,
consumerprotection,andothersimilarpolicies.
Correctionsand
Institutions
11 Vermont’sStatebondingasitrelatestothe
financingofState-ownedproperties,State
preservationinitiatives,climatechange
mitigation,andwaterquality;andthe
DepartmentofCorrections’roleinthecriminal
justicesystem,;andothersimilarpolicies.
Education 1211 Education,libraries,literaryandscientific
subjects,andothersimilarpolicies.
Environmentand
Energy and
Digital
Infrastructure
119 Conservationanddevelopment,climatechange
mitigation,landresources,air,water,and
wildlife,andsolidwastemanagement;energy
Energy,utilities,telecommunications,and
broadband;, informationtechnology, cybersecurity,andothersimilarpolicies.
Environment 11 Conservationanddevelopment;climatechange
mitigation;landresources,air,water,fish,and
wildlife;solidwastemanagement;andother
similarpolicies.
General and
Housing
1211 Housing,labor,equityandinclusion,andall
mattersrelatingtosubjectsforwhichthereisno
otherappropriatecommittee.
Government
Operationsand
MilitaryAffairs
1211 Thestructure,organization,andoversightof
State,local,county,andregionalgovernment,
andmunicipalcorporations;theadministration
ofpublicsafety;compensationandretirement
benefitsforpublicofficialsandemployees;
electionsandreapportionment;liquorand
lottery;militaryaffairs;publicrecordsandopen
meetings;informationtechnologyand
cybersecurity;andothersimilarpolicies.
HealthCare 11 Healthcare,definedasanintegrated,holistic
systemofcarethatincludespolicydevelopment
withandoversightoftheVermontDepartments
ofHealthAccess,ofMentalHealth,andof
Health,andhealthequity,healthinsurance,
healthcaredeliveryimprovement,andother
similarpolicies.
HumanServices11 Improvingthewell-beingofindividualsand
families,includingchildren,individualswith
disabilities,andolderVermonters,;oversightof
programsandservicesprovidedbytheVermont
DepartmentsforChildrenandFamilies,of
Disabilities,Aging,andIndependentLiving,
andofHealth;andothersimilarpolicies.
Judiciary 11 Civilrightsandcivilliberties,thecriminaland
civiljusticesystems,violencepreventionand
publicsafety,andothersimilarpolicies.
Rules
(Consistingof
theSpeaker,who
shallbechairex
officio;three
membersofthe
majorityparty,
theleader,the
assistantleader,
andonemember
atlargeelected
bythemajority
party;andthree
membersfrom
the minority
party,theleader,
assistantleader,
andonemember
7 TherulesoftheHouseandtoexpeditingthe
businessoftheHouse,includingthefinal
adjournmentthereof. atlargeelected
bytheminority
party. The
Speakershall
designateaVice
Chair,whoshall
be ranking
member.)
Transportation11 Allairandsurfacetransportation,the
registration,regulation,andlicensingof
transportationoperationsandusers,the
constructionandmaintenanceofthoroughfares,
theimpactofthetransportationsectoronair
pollutionandclimatechange,andothersimilar
policies.
WaysandMeans1211 TherevenueoftheState,andwhichshallreport
theamountoftaxesnecessarytoberaisedfor
thesupportofthegovernmentandinquirewhat
measures,ifany,oughttobeadopted,thebetter
toequalizethepublicburdens,andotherwise
improvethefinancialconcernsoftheState,
includingallmattersrelatingtotaxation,local
orotherwise,andallmattersrelatingtothe
grandlist,andothersimilarpolicies.