---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the annual town meeting of the unified towns and gores of Essex County"
description: "An act relating to the annual town meeting of the unified towns and gores of Essex County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 291"
citation: "Vermont S. 291 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Rodgers", "Robert Starr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be7463be-c6d8-4cd4-bfa2-643f3a6a908a"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1670"
source_hash: "f7e53675beac9080d775e1a1ee610e8b52840ed09dbb39241543910a9a01cb3d"
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. 291 (2017-2018) — An act relating to the annual town meeting of the unified towns and gores of Essex County

## 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-0291/S-0291%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT098/ACT098%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0291/S-0291%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
4. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0291/S-0291%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- John Rodgers — primary (person)
- Robert Starr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-01-19** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-01-23** New Business/Second Reading
- **2018-01-23** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-01-23** Reported favorably by Senator Pearson for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-24** New Business/Third Reading
- **2018-01-24** Pending third reading, Senator(s) Pearson and White moved to amend bill
- **2018-01-24** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Pearson and White; text
- **2018-01-24** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2018-01-24** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2018-01-26** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-03-20** Read Second Time
- **2018-03-20** Rep. Devereux of Mount Holly reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2018-03-20** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-03-21** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2018-03-23** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2018-03-23** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Delivered to Governor on April 6, 2018
- **2018-04-11** Signed by Governor on April 11, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be7463be-c6d8-4cd4-bfa2-643f3a6a908a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).