---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the Farm-to-Plate Investment Program"
description: "An act relating to the Farm-to-Plate Investment Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 275"
citation: "Vermont H 275 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad495c17-87fd-4f7f-b43f-50d29839a666"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1006"
source_hash: "3ff373356aec91f3f8d2daa1884fe6042fe2e8c14f759421cdf24cc07a7f7c80"
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 275 (2019-2020) — An act relating to the Farm-to-Plate Investment Program

## 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-0275/H-0275%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT023/ACT023%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT023/ACT023%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0275/H-0275%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0275/H-0275%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on February 20, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Rep. Partridge of Windham moved that the bill be committed to the committee on Agriculture and Forestry which was agreed to.
- **2019-03-01** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-01** Rep. Fegard of Berkshire reported for the committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- **2019-03-01** Report of Committee on Agriculture and Forestry agreed to.
- **2019-03-01** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-03-01** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-13** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-24** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- **2019-04-25** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-25** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- **2019-04-25** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Pearson for Committee on Agriculture
- **2019-04-25** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture agreed to
- **2019-04-25** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-04-26** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-04-30** Consideration postponed to Wednesday, May 1, 2019
- **2019-04-30** Pending third reading, motion to amend to be offered by Senator(s) Brock
- **2019-04-26** Consideration postponed to Wednesday, May 1, 2019 on motion of Senator Starr
- **2019-05-01** Consideration Postponed/Third Reading
- **2019-05-01** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Brock
- **2019-05-01** Consideration resumed
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-07** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-05-09** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-10** Delivered to the Governor on May 10, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Signed by Governor on May 16, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16** House message: Governor approved bill on May 16, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad495c17-87fd-4f7f-b43f-50d29839a666`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).