---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous agriculture subjects"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous agriculture subjects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 495"
citation: "Vermont H. 495 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-28"
last_action: "2017-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c382c662-5fa1-4b57-8b6b-414846aab299"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1227"
source_hash: "41c8d6d5dcd3f320281d8c071178f8d610fdc13f7e6e0db7d48f5ed0fc8f4aff"
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 H. 495 (2017-2018) — An act relating to miscellaneous agriculture subjects

## 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/H-0495/H-0495%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT075/ACT075%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT075/ACT075%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0495/H-0495%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0495/H-0495%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-28** Committee Bill read first time
- **2017-03-02** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-02** Rep. Bock of Chester spoke for the committee on Agriculture & Forestry
- **2017-03-02** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-03** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture `introduction`
- **2017-04-21** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- **2017-04-21** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2017-05-02** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-02** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2017-05-03** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-03** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Collamore for Committee on Agriculture
- **2017-05-03** Reported favorably by Senator Pollina for Committee on Finance with proposal of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-03** Reported favorably by Senator Starr for Committee on Appropriations with proposal of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-03** Senator Benning moved to amend motion to amend offered by Committee on Finance, which was disagreed to
- **2017-05-03** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture amended as recommended by Committee on Finance
- **2017-05-03** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-05-03** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture, as amended, agreed to
- **2017-05-03** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-05-04** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-05-04** Pending third reading, Senator(s) Collamore, Branagan, Brooks, Pollina, and Starr motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-05-04** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-05-04** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-04** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-05** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-05** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-05-05** Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Bock of Chester
- **2017-05-05** Speaker appointed Smith of New Haven, Bock of Chester and Higley of Lowell as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2017-05-05** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-05** House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- **2017-05-05** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Collamore, Pollina, and Starr
- **2017-05-11** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Collamore
- **2017-05-11** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Collamore for Committee, text
- **2017-05-11** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2017-05-11** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2017-05-11** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-11** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
- **2017-05-15** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2017-06-12** Signed by Governor on June 12, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-12** House message: Governor approved bill on June 12, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c382c662-5fa1-4b57-8b6b-414846aab299`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).