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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare"
+description: "An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
+legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 124"
+citation: "Vermont S 124 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeanette White"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-22"
+last_action: "2020-09-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e08145b-0386-481f-95ee-3336ee37fd9c"
+source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/863"
+source_hash: "b39b325f304309d88100a1fa67c228ea6c45e2b79e6aa67f41bf13847804a0ba"
+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 124 (2019-2020) — An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare
+
+## 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/S-0124/S-0124%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
+2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT166/ACT166%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
+3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT166/ACT166%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
+4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0124/S-0124%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
+5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0124/S-0124%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Ashe, Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeanette White — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
+- **2020-03-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2020-03-24** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
+- **2020-03-24** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
+- **2020-05-19** Committee on Appropriations relieved; bill committed to Committee on Government Operations on motion of Senator Kitchel
+- **2020-06-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2020-06-09** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
+- **2020-06-09** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
+- **2020-06-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2020-06-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
+- **2020-06-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
+- **2020-06-22** New Business/Second Reading
+- **2020-06-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
+- **2020-06-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
+- **2020-06-22** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator White for Committee on Government Operations
+- **2020-06-22** Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-22** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
+- **2020-06-22** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations, as amended, agreed to
+- **2020-06-22** 3rd reading ordered
+- **2020-06-23** New Business/Third Reading
+- **2020-06-24** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
+- **2020-06-24** Pending third reading, motion to amend bill offered by Senator(s) White, Bray, Clarkson, Collamore, and Pollina
+- **2020-06-24** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
+- **2020-06-24** Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Ashe, Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 `passage`
+- **2020-06-24** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
+- **2020-06-25** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
+- **2020-09-18** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
+- **2020-09-22** Read Second Time
+- **2020-09-22** Rep. Copeland Hanzas of Bradford reported for the committee on Government Operations
+- **2020-09-22** Rep. Townsend of South Burlington reported for the committee on Appropriations
+- **2020-09-22** Report of Committee on Government Operations amended as offered by Committee on Appropriations
+- **2020-09-22** Report of Committee on Government Operations as amended agreed to
+- **2020-09-22** Third Reading Ordered
+- **2020-09-22** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2020-09-22** Amendment as offered by Rep. Copeland Hanzas of Bradford agreed to
+- **2020-09-22** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
+- **2020-09-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2020-09-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2020-09-23** House Proposal of Amendment
+- **2020-09-23** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
+- **2020-09-24** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
+- **2020-09-24** House proposal of amendment; text
+- **2020-09-24** House proposal of amendment concurred in
+- **2020-09-24** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
+- **2020-09-25** Delivered to Governor on October 1, 2020
+- **2020-09-25** Signed by Governor on October 7, 2020 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e08145b-0386-481f-95ee-3336ee37fd9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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