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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government"
+description: "An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
+legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "H 969"
+citation: "Vermont H 969 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Appropriations"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-09-09"
+last_action: "2020-09-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3340894a-e9ac-49c8-98cf-f42ec09862ee"
+source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2557"
+source_hash: "eb082303fd8a6b1a0e4c4440756c9dfba2978773684d6866bd2ba4a42155fc88"
+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 H 969 (2019-2020) — An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government
+
+## 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/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0969/H-0969%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
+2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT154/ACT154%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
+3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT154/ACT154%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
+4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0969/H-0969%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
+5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0969/H-0969%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call, requested by Senator Starr, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 74 of 146 to Pass -- Yeas = 141, Nays = 5 — **141–5** (pass) · lower
+- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 73 of 144 to Pass -- Yeas = 140, Nays = 4 — **140–4** (pass) · lower
+- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 72 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 100, Nays = 42 — **100–42** (pass) · lower
+- Roll Call, requested by Senator Sears, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- House Committee on Appropriations — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-09-09** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on September 10, 2020
+- **2020-09-10** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2020-09-10** Read Second Time
+- **2020-09-10** Rep. Toll of Danville spoke for the committee on Appropriations
+- **2020-09-10** Rep. Toll of Danville demanded yeas and nays
+- **2020-09-10** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 73 of 144 to Pass -- Yeas = 140, Nays = 4
+- **2020-09-10** Third Reading Ordered
+- **2020-09-11** Amendment as offered by Rep. Hooper of Montpelier agreed to
+- **2020-09-11** Amendment as offered by Rep. Higley of Lowell agreed to
+- **2020-09-11** Amendment as offered by Rep. Briglin of Thetford agreed to
+- **2020-09-11** Rep. McCoy of Poultney demanded yeas and nays
+- **2020-09-11** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 72 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 100, Nays = 42
+- **2020-09-11** Amendment as offered by Rep. Harrison of Chittenden agreed to
+- **2020-09-11** Amendment as offered by Rep. Donahue of Northfield agreed to
+- **2020-09-11** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
+- **2020-09-11** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2020-09-15** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Appropriations `introduction`
+- **2020-09-17** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2020-09-17** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
+- **2020-09-17** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
+- **2020-09-17** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Kitchel for Committee on Appropriations
+- **2020-09-17** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations agreed to
+- **2020-09-17** Roll Call, requested by Senator Sears, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
+- **2020-09-18** Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Cummings, Brock, MacDonald, and Sirotkin
+- **2020-09-18** Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Kitchel, Nitka, Sears, Starr, McCormack, Westman, and Ashe
+- **2020-09-18** Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Balint, Lyons, and Ingram
+- **2020-09-18** Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Clarkson, Brock, Hooker, Sirotkin, and Westman
+- **2020-09-18** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
+- **2020-09-18** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
+- **2020-09-18** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
+- **2020-09-22** Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Toll of Danville
+- **2020-09-22** Which was agreed to
+- **2020-09-22** Speaker appointed Toll of Danville, Hooper of Montpelier and Fagan of Rutland City as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
+- **2020-09-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2020-09-23** House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
+- **2020-09-23** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Kitchel, Ashe, and Westman
+- **2020-09-25** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2020-09-25** Committee of Conference Report
+- **2020-09-25** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
+- **2020-09-25** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Kitchel for Committee, text
+- **2020-09-25** Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call, requested by Senator Starr, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
+- **2020-09-25** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
+- **2020-09-25** Senate message, report of committee of conference adopted
+- **2020-09-25** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2020-09-25** Rep. Toll of Danville demanded yeas and nays
+- **2020-09-25** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 74 of 146 to Pass -- Yeas = 141, Nays = 5
+- **2020-09-25** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
+- **2020-09-25** Rules Suspended and Action on the bill messaged to the Senate forthwith and the bill delivered to the Governor forthwith as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney. `passage`
+- **2020-09-25** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
+- **2020-09-25** Delivered to the Governor on September 29, 2020 `passage`
+- **2020-09-25** Signed by Governor on October 2, 2020 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-09-25** House message: Governor approved bill on October 2, 2020
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3340894a-e9ac-49c8-98cf-f42ec09862ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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