---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the charter of the Northeast Kingdom Solid Waste Management District"
description: "An act relating to the charter of the Northeast Kingdom Solid Waste Management District"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 327"
citation: "Vermont H. 327 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martha Feltus"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-21"
last_action: "2017-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fcb7c73-c7ed-4003-846b-f898a4fd0323"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1159"
source_hash: "587c9aae263a06699e055606a6627dba61aee97f63d10bfce0d05a675237e440"
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. 327 (2017-2018) — An act relating to the charter of the Northeast Kingdom Solid Waste Management District

## 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-0327/H-0327%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACTM002/ACTM002%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACTM002/ACTM002%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0327/H-0327%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0327/H-0327%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Martha Feltus — primary (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Lefebvre — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Vicki Strong — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-21** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-07** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2017-04-12** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-12** Rep. Lewis of Berlin reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-12** Rep. Canfield of Fair Haven recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2017-04-12** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-04-13** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2017-04-21** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2017-04-27** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-28** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-28** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-28** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-01** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-05-02** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
- **2017-05-02** Pending third reading, Senator(s) Rodgers motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-05-02** Question divided on demand of Senator Rodgers
- **2017-05-02** Point of order on ground of lack of germaneness raised by Senator Campion sustained
- **2017-05-02** Senator Rodgers moved to suspend rules to allow consideration of a non-germane amendment
- **2017-05-02** Senator Rodgers requested & granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2017-05-02** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-02** 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/3fcb7c73-c7ed-4003-846b-f898a4fd0323`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).