---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to executive sessions under the Open Meeting Law"
description: "An act relating to executive sessions under the Open Meeting Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 128"
citation: "Vermont S. 128 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret Flory"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-17"
last_action: "2018-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/764b222c-7200-47e2-83e1-011e8b16f678"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/90"
source_hash: "a002a3a79eb2a929c47c40b4674a91201b39ab2058b9158fe32891d9c48b217f"
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 S. 128 (2017-2018) — An act relating to executive sessions under the Open Meeting Law

## 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/S-0128/S-0128%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT095/ACT095%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT095/ACT095%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0128/S-0128%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0128/S-0128%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Margaret Flory — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-17** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-01-12** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-01-16** New Business/Second Reading
- **2018-01-16** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-01-16** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-17** New Business/Third Reading
- **2018-01-17** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2018-01-19** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-03-27** Read Second Time
- **2018-03-27** Rep. Gardner of Richmond reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2018-03-27** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-03-28** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2018-03-30** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2018-03-30** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Delivered to Governor on April 6, 2018
- **2018-04-11** Signed by Governor on April 11, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/764b222c-7200-47e2-83e1-011e8b16f678`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).