---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to retirement and pensions"
description: "An act relating to retirement and pensions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 312"
citation: "Vermont H. 312 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maida Townsend"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ab2ef49-420b-442b-8a36-f068160440e6"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1164"
source_hash: "a54f546f9cb33de296e79dbfc20e83891339ba25467efc11fc1d3ae527e36931"
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. 312 (2017-2018) — An act relating to retirement and pensions

## 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-0312/H-0312%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT036/ACT036%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT036/ACT036%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0312/H-0312%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0312/H-0312%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Maida Townsend — primary (person)
- Cynthia Weed — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Devereux — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Brumsted — cosponsor (person)
- John Gannon — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Patti Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Robert LaClair — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Hubert — cosponsor (person)
- Tristan Toleno — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Kitzmiller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-17** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2017-03-22** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-22** Rep. Devereux of Mount Holly reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-22** Rep. Browning of Arlington recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2017-03-22** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to.
- **2017-03-22** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-23** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2017-04-26** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-26** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2017-05-01** Committee on Finance relieved of further consideration of the bill on motion of Senator White
- **2017-05-02** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-05-03** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-05-03** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-05-03** Reported favorably by Senator Ayer 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 & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-04** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Delivered to the Governor on May 11, 2017 `passage`
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Governor on May 17, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-17** House message: Governor approved bill on 5/17/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ab2ef49-420b-442b-8a36-f068160440e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).