---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to captive insurance companies"
description: "An act relating to captive insurance companies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 85"
citation: "Vermont H. 85 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Marcotte", "William Botzow"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4414a9f-4882-44c2-9a0a-5b606f3fb239"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/122"
source_hash: "40c0c965c836cff677e9d979fcb1d49169d17124a6c0cad8ddc6fb7233fb36f9"
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. 85 (2017-2018) — An act relating to captive insurance companies

## 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-0085/H-0085%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT012/ACT012%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT012/ACT012%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0085/H-0085%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0085/H-0085%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Michael Marcotte — primary (person)
- William Botzow — primary (person)
- Charles Kimbell — cosponsor (person)
- Jean O'Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Poirier — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Frenier — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Stuart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2017-02-01** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2017-03-28** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-28** Rep. Sullivan of Dorset reported for the committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2017-03-28** Rep. Young of Glover recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2017-03-28** Report of the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development amended as recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2017-03-28** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development as amended agreed to
- **2017-03-28** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-29** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-31** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2017-04-11** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-12** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-12** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-12** Reported favorably by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-13** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Signed by Governor on May 1, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-01** House message: Governor approved bill on 5/1/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4414a9f-4882-44c2-9a0a-5b606f3fb239`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).