---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the Government Accountability Committee and the State Outcomes Report"
description: "An act relating to the Government Accountability Committee and the State Outcomes Report"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 38"
citation: "Vermont S. 38 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Pollina", "Brian Collamore", "Jeanette White", "Richard McCormack"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c59ebc5-daf4-40ab-bbb2-c0d757255c56"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/405"
source_hash: "b549cffbc43fdaa8026c7adb3bcfbef69960864f318db63b3096b8511883214c"
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. 38 (2017-2018) — An act relating to the Government Accountability Committee and the State Outcomes Report

## 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-0038/S-0038%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT006/ACT006%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT006/ACT006%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0038/S-0038%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0038/S-0038%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anthony Pollina — primary (person)
- Brian Collamore — primary (person)
- Jeanette White — primary (person)
- Richard McCormack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2017-02-10** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-02-14** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-14** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-02-14** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-14** Rep. Brumsted of Shelburne recommended for the committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-14** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-15** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2017-03-16** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2017-03-16** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Delivered to Governor on March 24, 2017
- **2017-03-29** Signed by Governor on March 29, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c59ebc5-daf4-40ab-bbb2-c0d757255c56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).