---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to captive insurance companies"
description: "An act relating to captive insurance companies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 694"
citation: "Vermont H. 694 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Botzow"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8741b654-1fb1-4264-8389-44534ce11cf1"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1861"
source_hash: "eaa095e5dba5e306526e75f8a172c635e46d70dddd461d16f15520e016642839"
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. 694 (2017-2018) — An act relating to captive insurance companies

## 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-0694/H-0694%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT090/ACT090%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT090/ACT090%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0694/H-0694%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0694/H-0694%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- William Botzow — primary (person)
- Charles Kimbell — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Marcotte — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2018-01-25** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2018-01-30** Read Second Time
- **2018-01-30** Rep. Myers of Essex reported for the committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2018-01-30** Rep. Baser of Bristol recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2018-01-30** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-01-31** Read Third time
- **2018-01-31** Passed `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2018-02-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-02-13** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2018-02-14** New Business/Second Reading
- **2018-02-14** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2018-02-14** Reported favorably by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** New Business/Third Reading
- **2018-02-15** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-02-16** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Signed by Governor on March 8, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-08** House message: Governor approved bill on March 8, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8741b654-1fb1-4264-8389-44534ce11cf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).