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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An act relating to the Public Service Board, energy, and telecommunications"
+description: "An act relating to the Public Service Board, energy, and telecommunications"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
+legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "S. 52"
+citation: "Vermont S. 52 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Virginia Lyons"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-27"
+last_action: "2017-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1db2d9a9-f58a-4105-a67a-ac5ba96e2c14"
+source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/466"
+source_hash: "c28de9deff1e563f1048f79001f4e4614312c6d78588911a4858299b46368cfd"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
+---
+
+# Vermont S. 52 (2017-2018) — An act relating to the Public Service Board, energy, and telecommunications
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0052/S-0052%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
+2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT053/ACT053%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
+3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT053/ACT053%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
+4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0052/S-0052%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
+5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0052/S-0052%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion to amend disagreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Rodgers, Failed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 10, Nays = 20 — **10–20** (fail) · legislature
+- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 73 of 144 to Pass -- Yeas = 144, Nays = 0 — **144–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Virginia Lyons — primary (person)
+- Ann Cummings — cosponsor (person)
+- Anthony Pollina — cosponsor (person)
+- Dustin Degree — cosponsor (person)
+- Less… — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Sirotkin — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy Ashe — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-27** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
+- **2017-03-16** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onFinance
+- **2017-03-16** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
+- **2017-03-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onFinance
+- **2017-03-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onAppropriations
+- **2017-03-23** New Business/Second Reading
+- **2017-03-23** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
+- **2017-03-23** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
+- **2017-03-23** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Finance
+- **2017-03-23** Reported favorably by Senator Ashe for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-23** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
+- **2017-03-23** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance, as amended, agreed to
+- **2017-03-23** 3rd reading ordered
+- **2017-03-24** New Business/Third Reading
+- **2017-03-24** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
+- **2017-03-29** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology
+- **2017-04-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
+- **2017-04-25** Read Second Time
+- **2017-04-25** Rep. Sibilia of Dover reported for the committee on Energy and Technology
+- **2017-04-25** Rep. Keenan of St. Albans City recommended for the committee on Appropriations
+- **2017-04-25** Report of Committee on Energy and Technology agreed to.
+- **2017-04-25** Third Reading Ordered
+- **2017-04-26** Rep. Lippert of Hinesburg moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
+- **2017-04-26** Which was agreed to
+- **2017-04-26** Read Third time
+- **2017-04-26** Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
+- **2017-04-26** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 73 of 144 to Pass -- Yeas = 144, Nays = 0
+- **2017-04-26** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
+- **2017-04-26** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
+- **2017-04-27** House Proposal of Amendment
+- **2017-04-28** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
+- **2017-05-01** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
+- **2017-05-02** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
+- **2017-05-03** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
+- **2017-05-04** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
+- **2017-05-05** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
+- **2017-05-05** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Campion, Cummings, Degree, MacDonald, Pollina, and Sirotkin
+- **2017-05-05** House proposal of amendment; text
+- **2017-05-05** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Lyons, Campion, Cummings, Degree, MacDonald, Pollina, and Sirotkin; text
+- **2017-05-05** Senator(s) Rodgers motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
+- **2017-05-05** Motion to amend disagreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Rodgers, Failed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 10, Nays = 20
+- **2017-05-05** Senator(s) Rodgers motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
+- **2017-05-05** Motion disagreed to
+- **2017-05-05** Proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment agreed to
+- **2017-05-05** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
+- **2017-05-05** Senate message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto
+- **2017-05-05** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
+- **2017-05-05** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
+- **2017-05-05** Senate Proposal of Amendment to the House Proposal of Amendment agreed to
+- **2017-05-05** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
+- **2017-05-05** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment
+- **2017-05-05** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
+- **2017-05-24** Delivered to Governor on 5/24/17
+- **2017-05-30** Signed by Governor on 5/30/17 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-30** Signed by Governor on May 30, 2017 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1db2d9a9-f58a-4105-a67a-ac5ba96e2c14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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