---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Hartford"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Hartford"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 130"
citation: "Vermont H. 130 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabrielle Lucke", "Kevin Christie", "Susan Buckholz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8299cd1-ee71-471c-82bc-9a06d0b25664"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/653"
source_hash: "3f086d51ff50770f5f1bdb8269b73b0f10237fbbb8662e7f4195c2e15b0604f1"
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. 130 (2017-2018) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Hartford

## 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/H-0130/H-0130%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACTM006/ACTM006%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACTM006/ACTM006%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0130/H-0130%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0130/H-0130%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gabrielle Lucke — primary (person)
- Kevin Christie — primary (person)
- Susan Buckholz — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-26** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-02-17** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2017-03-24** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-24** Rep. Lewis of Berlin reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-24** Rep. Masland of Thetford recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2017-03-24** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-28** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2017-04-28** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-05-01** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-05-01** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-05-01** Read 2nd time
- **2017-05-01** Reported favorably by Senator Clarkson for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-01** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Clarkson; text
- **2017-05-01** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-05-01** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-05-02** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-05-02** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-02** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-04** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-05-04** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-05** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-17** Delivered to the Governor on May 17, 2017 `passage`
- **2017-05-22** Signed by Governor on May 22, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** House message: Governor approved bill on May 22, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8299cd1-ee71-471c-82bc-9a06d0b25664`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).