---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to permitting planting projects in flood hazard areas"
description: "An act relating to permitting planting projects in flood hazard areas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 53"
citation: "Vermont H. 53 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Deen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e707a4e7-bb24-4e6b-b774-88f4f1dac127"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/144"
source_hash: "e2c037414a2341eb2189f38b537f3dab9f34557e9e077e29eaaeb76c7166d043"
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. 53 (2017-2018) — An act relating to permitting planting projects in flood hazard areas

## 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-0053/H-0053%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT004/ACT004%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT004/ACT004%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0053/H-0053%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0053/H-0053%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- David Deen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife
- **2017-01-31** Read Second Time
- **2017-01-31** Rep. Ode of Burlington reported for the committee on Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife
- **2017-01-31** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-02-01** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-02-03** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `introduction`
- **2017-02-16** Favorable report by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2017-02-17** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-17** Favorable report by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2017-02-21** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-02-17** Reported favorably by Senator Pearson for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2017-03-06** House message: Governor approved bill on 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Signed by Governor on March 6, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e707a4e7-bb24-4e6b-b774-88f4f1dac127`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).