---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the Honor and Remember Flag"
description: "An act relating to the Honor and Remember Flag"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 693"
citation: "Vermont H. 693 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vicki Strong"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c409baf6-a105-42d2-8a9c-d08ca7cefd4a"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/2136"
source_hash: "79d69d980c2a9f3aa42b3e6b816c81e690ace6abab49b658f6babe05325dce4f"
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. 693 (2017-2018) — An act relating to the Honor and Remember Flag

## 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-0693/H-0693%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT122/ACT122%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT122/ACT122%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0693/H-0693%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0693/H-0693%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Read 3rd time & adopted in concurrence with proposal of amendment on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0 — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Vicki Strong — primary (person)
- Brian Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Diana Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Read — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Christie — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence Cupoli — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Walz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs
- **2018-02-20** Read Second Time
- **2018-02-20** Rep. Strong of Albany reported for the committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs
- **2018-02-20** Report of Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs agreed to.
- **2018-02-20** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-02-21** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-23** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2018-03-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-03-23** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-03-27** New Business/Second Reading
- **2018-03-27** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-03-27** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** New Business/Third Reading
- **2018-03-29** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
- **2018-03-29** Pending third reading, motion to amend to be offered by Senator(s) Collamore
- **2018-03-29** Senator Collamore proposal of amendment text
- **2018-03-29** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2018-03-29** Read 3rd time & adopted in concurrence with proposal of amendment on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-30** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2018-04-04** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2018-04-04** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2018-04-06** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor on May 3, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** House message: Governor approved bill on May 3, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c409baf6-a105-42d2-8a9c-d08ca7cefd4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).