---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program"
description: "An act relating to administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 271"
citation: "Vermont H. 271 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Pugh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2018-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5230ea3-c282-4700-a554-bd6361ba10dc"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/862"
source_hash: "bd5480482f3ef6c65260752d773fc85a5d2ad5e0834771bdfc5d20755187bb29"
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. 271 (2017-2018) — An act relating to administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

## 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-0271/H-0271%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT104/ACT104%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT104/ACT104%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0271/H-0271%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0271/H-0271%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ann Pugh — primary (person)
- Sandy Haas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Human Services
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2018-01-31** Read Second Time
- **2018-01-31** Rep. Rosenquist of Georgia reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2018-01-31** Rep. Trieber of Rockingham recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2018-01-31** Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to.
- **2018-01-31** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-02-01** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2018-03-29** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-03-29** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2018-03-30** New Business/Second Reading
- **2018-03-30** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2018-03-30** Reported favorably by Senator Ingram for Committee on Health and Welfare, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** New Business/Third Reading
- **2018-04-03** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Ingram; text
- **2018-04-03** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2018-04-03** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2018-04-06** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2018-04-06** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2018-04-11** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Governor on April 19, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-19** House message: Governor approved bill on April 19, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5230ea3-c282-4700-a554-bd6361ba10dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).