---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the telecommunications siting law"
description: "An act relating to the telecommunications siting law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 50"
citation: "Vermont H. 50 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen Carr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68fccf42-e1c7-4132-9c3e-f2286d9c89cc"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/693"
source_hash: "6b641156181f59f4792a6aaa0d72202fcbd7e7cbdc733a0f7dcc2e9dd47f9137"
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. 50 (2017-2018) — An act relating to the telecommunications siting law

## 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-0050/H-0050%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT032/ACT032%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT032/ACT032%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0050/H-0050%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0050/H-0050%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Stephen Carr — primary (person)
- Corey Parent — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis McCormack — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Sibilia — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Yantachka — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Forguites — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Chesnut-Tangerman — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Van Wyck — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology
- **2017-02-22** Rep. Carr of Brandon moved to postpone action until Thursday, February 23, 2017 which was agreed to
- **2017-02-23** Rep. Carr of Brandon moved that the bill be committed to the committee on Energy and Technology which was agreed to.
- **2017-03-02** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-02** Rep. Carr of Brandon recommended for the committee on Energy and Technology
- **2017-03-02** Report of Committee on Energy and Technology agreed to.
- **2017-03-02** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-03** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2017-04-24** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-25** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-25** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-25** Reported favorably by Senator Sirotkin for Committee on Finance, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-26** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-04-27** 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/68fccf42-e1c7-4132-9c3e-f2286d9c89cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).