---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Barre"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Barre"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 568"
citation: "Vermont H. 568 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Francis McFaun", "Robert LaClair"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3377365b-2a3e-4fb8-beed-2f2de43058fa"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1466"
source_hash: "362166d814485cc0c1fd1d99aeb28cbf363102fa96b377bd8130482ddf0b2651"
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. 568 (2017-2018) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Barre

## 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-0568/H-0568%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACTM014/ACTM014%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0568/H-0568%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
4. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0568/H-0568%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Francis McFaun — primary (person)
- Robert LaClair — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-05** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-01-18** Read Second Time
- **2018-01-18** Rep. LaClair of Barre Town reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2018-01-18** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-01-19** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-23** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2018-02-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-02-08** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-02-09** New Business/Second Reading
- **2018-02-09** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-02-09** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** New Business/Third Reading
- **2018-02-13** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2/27/2018 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Signed by Governor on March 1, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-01** House message: Governor approved bill on March 1, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3377365b-2a3e-4fb8-beed-2f2de43058fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).