---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to certain businesses regulated by the Department of Financial Regulation"
description: "An act relating to certain businesses regulated by the Department of Financial Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 182"
citation: "Vermont H. 182 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Marcotte", "William Botzow"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd64edad-4183-4be0-bc91-d81a9a31e2b1"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/810"
source_hash: "a5d090a799090429bd0fe3006367df0e17d23fa0f266381221e0ab75dac7d5e0"
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. 182 (2017-2018) — An act relating to certain businesses regulated by the Department of Financial Regulation

## 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-0182/H-0182%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT022/ACT022%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT022/ACT022%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0182/H-0182%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0182/H-0182%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Michael Marcotte — primary (person)
- William Botzow — primary (person)
- Jean O'Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Stuart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2017-03-03** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-03** Rep. O'Sullivan of Burlington reported for the committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2017-03-03** Rep. Baser of Bristol recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2017-03-03** Rep. O'Sullivan of Burlington moved to amend the report of the committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2017-03-03** Which was agreed to
- **2017-03-03** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-03-03** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2017-04-11** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-12** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-12** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-12** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-12** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to
- **2017-04-12** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-04-13** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-13** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-19** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-19** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor on May 4, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** House message: Governor approved bill on May 4, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd64edad-4183-4be0-bc91-d81a9a31e2b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).