---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to length of stay at designated shelters"
description: "An act relating to length of stay at designated shelters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 201"
citation: "Vermont H. 201 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Pugh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b6ad35a-72be-4370-bb62-315493f9dad0"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/996"
source_hash: "b00e4810f9eddf19cddefe4f5d0763c6366d47d1d0bcb0e15a5962538a44bd7a"
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. 201 (2017-2018) — An act relating to length of stay at designated shelters

## 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-0201/H-0201%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT009/ACT009%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT009/ACT009%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0201/H-0201%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0201/H-0201%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ann Pugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Human Services
- **2017-02-22** Read Second Time
- **2017-02-22** Rep. Rosenquist of Georgia reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2017-02-22** Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to.
- **2017-02-22** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-02-23** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2017-04-05** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2017-04-06** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-06** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2017-04-07** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-06** Reported favorably by Senator Cummings for Committee on Health and Welfare, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Signed by Governor on April 25, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** House message: Governor approved bill on 4/25/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b6ad35a-72be-4370-bb62-315493f9dad0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).