---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to fees and costs allowed at a tax sale"
description: "An act relating to fees and costs allowed at a tax sale"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 13"
citation: "Vermont S. 13 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Starr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42257f63-8367-4b93-8e92-e08dc309383f"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/234"
source_hash: "5481b949d73d9362b54cb1f72efb67e1ada69ce0466f6a632e71f5a3a9483c37"
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. 13 (2017-2018) — An act relating to fees and costs allowed at a tax sale

## 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-0013/S-0013%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT007/ACT007%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT007/ACT007%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0013/S-0013%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0013/S-0013%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Robert Starr — primary (person)
- John Rodgers — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Westman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2017-02-10** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onGovernment Operations
- **2017-02-14** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-14** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-02-14** Reported favorably by Senator Ayer for Committee on Government Operations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Read 2nd time
- **2017-02-14** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2017-02-14** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-02-15** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-02-15** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-14** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2017-03-17** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-17** Rep. Kitzmiller of Montpelier reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-17** Rep. Lucke of Hartford recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2017-03-17** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-21** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2017-03-23** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2017-03-23** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Delivered to Governor on April 7, 2017
- **2017-04-13** Signed by Governor on April 13, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-14** Senate Message, Signed by Governor April 13, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42257f63-8367-4b93-8e92-e08dc309383f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).