---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to appointing town agents"
description: "An act relating to appointing town agents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 143"
citation: "Vermont H 143 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Sibilia"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2020-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00a13b7e-4910-4b68-b511-fbf67f62e285"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/626"
source_hash: "ac2a9a8ff07d62aaf27fe25ab35dd85c8898840f2e372f51a7e886f759ad7754"
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 143 (2019-2020) — An act relating to appointing town agents

## 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/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0143/H-0143%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT084/ACT084%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT084/ACT084%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0143/H-0143%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0143/H-0143%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Laura Sibilia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-07** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-07** Rep. LaClair of Barre Town reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-07** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to.
- **2019-05-07** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-08** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2020-01-21** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-01-21** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-01-22** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-01-22** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-01-22** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Pollina for Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-01-22** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2020-01-22** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-01-23** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-01-23** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-01-29** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-01-31** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2020-02-05** Signed by Governor on February 4, 2020. `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-06** House message: Governor approved bill on February 5, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00a13b7e-4910-4b68-b511-fbf67f62e285`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).