---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the Public Service Board, energy, and telecommunications"
description: "An act relating to the Public Service Board, energy, and telecommunications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 52"
citation: "Vermont S. 52 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Virginia Lyons"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1db2d9a9-f58a-4105-a67a-ac5ba96e2c14"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/466"
source_hash: "c28de9deff1e563f1048f79001f4e4614312c6d78588911a4858299b46368cfd"
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. 52 (2017-2018) — An act relating to the Public Service Board, energy, and telecommunications

## 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-0052/S-0052%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT053/ACT053%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT053/ACT053%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0052/S-0052%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0052/S-0052%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to amend disagreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Rodgers, Failed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 10, Nays = 20 — **10–20** (fail) · legislature
- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 73 of 144 to Pass -- Yeas = 144, Nays = 0 — **144–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Virginia Lyons — primary (person)
- Ann Cummings — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony Pollina — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Degree — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Mark MacDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Sirotkin — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Ashe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2017-03-16** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onFinance
- **2017-03-16** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2017-03-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onFinance
- **2017-03-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onAppropriations
- **2017-03-23** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-03-23** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2017-03-23** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-03-23** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Finance
- **2017-03-23** Reported favorably by Senator Ashe for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-03-23** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance, as amended, agreed to
- **2017-03-23** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-03-24** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-03-24** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology
- **2017-04-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2017-04-25** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-25** Rep. Sibilia of Dover reported for the committee on Energy and Technology
- **2017-04-25** Rep. Keenan of St. Albans City recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2017-04-25** Report of Committee on Energy and Technology agreed to.
- **2017-04-25** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-04-26** Rep. Lippert of Hinesburg moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
- **2017-04-26** Which was agreed to
- **2017-04-26** Read Third time
- **2017-04-26** Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 73 of 144 to Pass -- Yeas = 144, Nays = 0
- **2017-04-26** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate 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
- **2017-05-02** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-03** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-04** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-05** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-05** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Campion, Cummings, Degree, MacDonald, Pollina, and Sirotkin
- **2017-05-05** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-05-05** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Lyons, Campion, Cummings, Degree, MacDonald, Pollina, and Sirotkin; text
- **2017-05-05** Senator(s) Rodgers motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-05-05** Motion to amend disagreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Rodgers, Failed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 10, Nays = 20
- **2017-05-05** Senator(s) Rodgers motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-05-05** Motion disagreed to
- **2017-05-05** Proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-05-05** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2017-05-05** Senate message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto
- **2017-05-05** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-05** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-05-05** Senate Proposal of Amendment to the House Proposal of Amendment agreed to
- **2017-05-05** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-05** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-05** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-05-24** Delivered to Governor on 5/24/17
- **2017-05-30** Signed by Governor on 5/30/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-30** Signed by Governor on May 30, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1db2d9a9-f58a-4105-a67a-ac5ba96e2c14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).