---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to liability for the contamination of potable water supplies"
description: "An act relating to liability for the contamination of potable water supplies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 10"
citation: "Vermont S. 10 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Campion"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6462d2d-b362-43c3-b1d9-6847d9acdb6f"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/53"
source_hash: "13dde4afe24c995d1fad1feb7f2340834f9000d5078936e1db3109d8050efe74"
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 S. 10 (2017-2018) — An act relating to liability for the contamination of potable water supplies

## 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/S-0010/S-0010%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT055/ACT055%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT055/ACT055%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0010/S-0010%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0010/S-0010%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 72 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 140, Nays = 2 — **140–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brian Campion — primary (person)
- Richard Sears — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `introduction`
- **2017-02-07** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onNatural Resources and Energy
- **2017-02-08** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-08** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2017-02-09** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-09** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2017-02-10** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-10** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2017-02-10** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Campion for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2017-02-10** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy agreed to
- **2017-02-10** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-02-14** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-02-14** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife
- **2017-04-25** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-25** Rep. Deen of Westminster reported for the committee on Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife
- **2017-04-25** Report of Committee on Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife agreed to.
- **2017-04-25** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 72 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 140, Nays = 2
- **2017-04-25** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-04-26** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-04-26** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2017-04-27** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-28** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-01** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-01** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-05-01** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Bray; text
- **2017-05-01** House proposal of amendment concurred in with proposal of amendment, on motion of Senator Bray
- **2017-05-01** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-01** Senate message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto
- **2017-05-02** Rep. Deen of Westminster moved to postpone action until May 3, 2017 which was agreed to
- **2017-05-03** Senate Proposal of Amendment to the House Proposal of Amendment agreed to
- **2017-05-03** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-04** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2017-05-04** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-05-30** Delivered to Governor on 5/30/17
- **2017-06-02** Signed by Governor on 6/2/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-02** Signed by Governor on june 2, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6462d2d-b362-43c3-b1d9-6847d9acdb6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).