---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation"
description: "An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 506"
citation: "Vermont H. 506 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Government Operations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-21"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e80ab75-a286-4f06-a93b-b7075bee1c5f"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1230"
source_hash: "9d5af16e17797c1fda5c8e89a9b2cbaeed575897e51c1222ca2c11e37beffeec"
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. 506 (2017-2018) — An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation

## 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-0506/H-0506%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT048/ACT048%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT048/ACT048%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0506/H-0506%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0506/H-0506%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Government Operations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-21** Committee Bill read first time
- **2017-03-23** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-23** Rep. LaClair of Barre Town spoke for the committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-23** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-24** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-28** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2017-04-26** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-27** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-27** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-28** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-28** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-28** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Ayer for Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-28** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2017-04-28** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-05-01** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-05-01** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-01** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-03** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-05-03** Rep. LaClair of Barre Town moved to concur with the Senate Proposal of Amendment to the House Proposal of Amendment with a further amendment thereto
- **2017-05-03** Which was agreed to
- **2017-05-03** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-04** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-05** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-05** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator White
- **2017-05-05** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text
- **2017-05-05** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in
- **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 `passage`
- **2017-05-17** Delivered to the Governor on May 17, 2017 `passage`
- **2017-05-23** Signed by Governor on May 23, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** House message: Governor approved bill on May 23, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e80ab75-a286-4f06-a93b-b7075bee1c5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).