---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to increasing the number of examiners on the Board of Bar Examiners from nine to 11 members"
description: "An act relating to increasing the number of examiners on the Board of Bar Examiners from nine to 11 members"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 146"
citation: "Vermont H 146 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin LaLonde"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7752081d-c384-40d6-a361-1076a1934d35"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/818"
source_hash: "dd2784f281ee852cdfef89bddeee6f244e1a02d777cd3d2cafc45bb13bb7000e"
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 146 (2019-2020) — An act relating to increasing the number of examiners on the Board of Bar Examiners from nine to 11 members

## 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-0146/H-0146%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT013/ACT013%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT013/ACT013%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0146/H-0146%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0146/H-0146%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Martin LaLonde — primary (person)
- William Notte — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-02-08** Read Second Time
- **2019-02-08** Rep. Notte of Rutland City reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2019-02-08** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-02-12** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-02** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-04-03** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-03** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably by Senator Baruth for Committee on Judiciary with proposal of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2019-04-03** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-04-04** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-04-10** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-04-12** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2019-04-24** Delivered to the Governor on April 24, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor on April 30, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** House message: Governor approved bill on April 30, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7752081d-c384-40d6-a361-1076a1934d35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).