---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to investment of town cemetery funds"
description: "An act relating to investment of town cemetery funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 5"
citation: "Vermont H. 5 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet Ancel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5b93f5c-f41b-4bf0-953b-c2f26daf2202"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/20"
source_hash: "a43f04fb08a1172863fe6df0e7fe0c58ee7f1f0407e2f91765e8a1e91eae8747"
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. 5 (2017-2018) — An act relating to investment of town cemetery funds

## 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-0005/H-0005%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT026/ACT026%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT026/ACT026%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0005/H-0005%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0005/H-0005%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Janet Ancel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-03** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-03** Rep. Gannon of Wilmington reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-03** Report of Committee on Government Operations 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 Government Operations `introduction`
- **2017-04-19** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-20** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-20** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-20** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-20** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2017-04-20** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-04-21** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-21** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-26** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-26** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2017-04-28** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Governor on May 10, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-10** House message: Governor approved bill on May 10, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5b93f5c-f41b-4bf0-953b-c2f26daf2202`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).