---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington and to charter amendment procedure"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington and to charter amendment procedure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 154"
citation: "Vermont H. 154 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Rachelson", "Brian Cina", "Carol Ode", "Clement Bissonnette", "Curtis McCormack", "Diana Gonzalez", "Jean O'Sullivan", "Jill Krowinski", "Johannah Donovan", "Kurt Wright", "Mary Sullivan", "Selene Colburn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07a72848-a079-4930-894b-d90d89a53c46"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/654"
source_hash: "6d7c648d3bdcd6b22e26f7f9c7a4f0093cb122d6b980d2210ada42018561b67f"
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. 154 (2017-2018) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington and to charter amendment procedure

## 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-0154/H-0154%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACTM007/ACTM007%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACTM007/ACTM007%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0154/H-0154%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0154/H-0154%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Barbara Rachelson — primary (person)
- Brian Cina — primary (person)
- Carol Ode — primary (person)
- Clement Bissonnette — primary (person)
- Curtis McCormack — primary (person)
- Diana Gonzalez — primary (person)
- Jean O'Sullivan — primary (person)
- Jill Krowinski — primary (person)
- Johannah Donovan — primary (person)
- Kurt Wright — primary (person)
- Mary Sullivan — primary (person)
- Selene Colburn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-28** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-28** Rep. Lewis of Berlin reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-28** Rep. Hubert of Milton moved to amend the bill
- **2017-04-28** Which was agreed to
- **2017-04-28** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-05-01** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-02** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2017-05-02** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2017-05-03** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-03** Reported favorably by Senator Pearson for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-04** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-05-04** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Rules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-04** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **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/07a72848-a079-4930-894b-d90d89a53c46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).