---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to insurance and securities"
description: "An act relating to insurance and securities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 56"
citation: "Vermont S. 56 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Cummings"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f63af22e-da04-4f0f-b926-c9c7e8dfcfb8"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/884"
source_hash: "5a492ce01ff8495f7ab7ad9befbd6eda4d81a6567690dde8891ae570cd4d220e"
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. 56 (2017-2018) — An act relating to insurance and securities

## 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-0056/S-0056%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT080/ACT080%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT080/ACT080%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0056/S-0056%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0056/S-0056%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ann Cummings — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2017-02-23** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2017-02-24** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-24** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2017-02-28** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-28** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2017-02-28** Reported favorably by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-03-01** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2017-04-13** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-13** Rep. Sullivan of Dorset reported for the committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2017-04-13** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development agreed to.
- **2017-04-13** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-04-14** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-18** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2017-04-19** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-20** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-21** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-24** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-25** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-26** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-27** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-27** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sirotkin
- **2017-04-27** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-04-27** Senator Sirotkin moved to concur in House proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-04-27** Proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-04-27** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-04-27** Senate message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto
- **2017-04-28** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-04-28** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-28** Senate Proposal of Amendment to the House Proposal of Amendment agreed to
- **2017-05-02** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-02** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-06-09** Delivered to Governor on 6/9/17
- **2017-06-15** Signed by Governor on 6/15/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-15** Signed by Governor on June 15, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f63af22e-da04-4f0f-b926-c9c7e8dfcfb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).