---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Hartford"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Hartford"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 524"
citation: "Vermont H. 524 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabrielle Lucke", "Kevin Christie", "Susan Buckholz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-04-11"
last_action: "2017-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bb1e98e-c499-4dfe-a819-af753ca477d8"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1318"
source_hash: "4f863852cb48f7b8aac716bf09555c7a38dd7b6a4c9c5efa541fe74825d48be6"
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. 524 (2017-2018) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Hartford

## 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-0524/H-0524%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACTM004/ACTM004%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACTM004/ACTM004%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0524/H-0524%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0524/H-0524%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gabrielle Lucke — primary (person)
- Kevin Christie — primary (person)
- Susan Buckholz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-11** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-25** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-25** Rep. Lewis of Berlin reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2017-04-25** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-04-26** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-04-27** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2017-04-27** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2017-04-28** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-05-01** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-05-01** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-05-01** Reported favorably by Senator Clarkson for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-02** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-05-02** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-05-02** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Delivered to the Governor on May 11, 2017 `passage`
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Governor on May 17, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-17** House message: Governor approved bill on 5/17/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bb1e98e-c499-4dfe-a819-af753ca477d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).