Committee on Rules and Judiciary

The Committee on Rules and Judiciary has scheduled a meeting to the consider the following bills, and to receive testimony from the UVI Board of Trustees and Virgin Islands Police Commissioner Designee

 BLOCK I

 Bill No. 34-0047-An Act requiring the Department of Agriculture and the University of the Virgin Islands to create a plan to develop a community seed banking program to store and preserve seeds for preservation against climate change, natural disasters and other situations that could lead to total annihilation of crops, plants and other fauna and flora

Sponsored by Senators Samuel Carrión and Franklin D. Johnson, Co-Sponsored by Senator Milton E. Potter

 BLOCK II

 University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees

Re-nomination of Oran Roebuck

BLOCK III

 Commissioner Designee, Virgin Islands Police Department

Nomination, Ray A. Martinez

BLOCK IV

Bill No. 34-0074. A Resolution honoring and commending Holland L. Redfield II posthumously for his expansive and continued contributions to the island of St. Croix and the entire Virgin Islands community as a whole, through his roles in various areas of service in the territory and awarding him the Virgin Islands Medal of Honor for Public Service posthumously.

Sponsored by Senators Samuel Carrión and Genevieve R. Whitaker

Co-Sponsored by Senator Steven D. Payne, Sr.

BLOCK V

 Bill No. 34-0062-An Act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 5, section 65arelating to filling vacancies on boards and commissions by adding subsection (g) to require memberships on boards and commissions to be gender balanced

Sponsored by Senator Genevieve R. Whitaker

 Invited Testifiers:

 David Bornn, Esq., Chief Counsel, Office of the Governor

 Abbelle Bakr, President, New Horizon Women’s Democratic Club