---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to insurance and securities"
description: "An act relating to insurance and securities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 131"
citation: "Vermont S 131 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Cummings"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 71
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b55099ea-f68b-475a-9c27-91a10430c9c9"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1051"
source_hash: "afcc1cfa3fb9c1532888ebe9b8de83776ce1bb8a26a56882bea514b1b9ee84ab"
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 131 (2019-2020) — An act relating to insurance and securities

## 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/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0131/S-0131%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT057/ACT057%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT057/ACT057%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0131/S-0131%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0131/S-0131%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to amend disagreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Baruth, Failed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 7, Nays = 22 — **7–22** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ann Cummings — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2019-03-26** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-03-26** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Cummings
- **2019-03-27** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-27** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-27** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-03-27** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Cummings
- **2019-03-28** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-28** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-28** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-03-28** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Cummings
- **2019-03-29** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-29** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-29** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-03-29** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Cummings
- **2019-04-02** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-02** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-04-02** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-04-02** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Cummings
- **2019-04-03** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-03** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-04-03** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-04-03** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Cummings
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably by Senator Sears for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Senator Sears requested & granted leave to withdraw the Appropriation Committee recommendation of amendment
- **2019-04-03** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Cummings, text
- **2019-04-03** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance amended as moved by Senator Cummings
- **2019-04-03** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance, as amended, agreed to
- **2019-04-03** Senator Baruth moved to amend the bill by striking out Sec. 1
- **2019-04-03** Motion to amend disagreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Baruth, Failed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 7, Nays = 22
- **2019-04-03** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-04-04** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2019-04-25** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-05-07** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-07** Rep. Jerome of Brandon reported for the committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2019-05-07** Rep. Beck of St. Johnsbury recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-05-07** Rep. Hooper of Montpelier recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-07** Report of the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development amended as recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-05-07** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development as amended agreed to
- **2019-05-07** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-08** Rep. Jerome of Brandon moved to amend the bill
- **2019-05-08** Which was agreed to
- **2019-05-08** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-10** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2019-05-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-13** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-14** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-15** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-15** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Cummings, Balint, Brock, Campion, MacDonald, Pearson, and Sirotkin
- **2019-05-15** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-15** Senator Cummings, Balint, Brock, Campion, MacDonald, Pearson, and Sirotkin moved to concur in House proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-15** House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment as moved by Senator(s) Cummings, Balint, Brock, Campion, MacDonald, Pearson, and Sirotkin
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2019-05-15** Senate message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto
- **2019-05-16** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-16** Senate Proposal of Amendment to the House Proposal of Amendment agreed to
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-16** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-16** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 5, 2019
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 10, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 10, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b55099ea-f68b-475a-9c27-91a10430c9c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).