---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous natural resources and energy subjects"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous natural resources and energy subjects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 292"
citation: "Vermont H 292 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Gannon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11f854cd-5e8f-4dac-97fb-a8118b37f9d0"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/705"
source_hash: "354532516217755d05d85197d76faa0e341f9af1aa377093d2ed99085757898c"
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 292 (2019-2020) — An act relating to miscellaneous natural resources and energy subjects

## 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-0292/H-0292%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT050/ACT050%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT050/ACT050%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0292/H-0292%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0292/H-0292%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- John Gannon — primary (person)
- Kelly Pajala — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-03-19** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-19** Rep. Gannon of Wilmington reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2019-03-19** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to.
- **2019-03-19** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-20** Rep. Shaw of Pittsford moved to amend the bill
- **2019-03-20** Which was agreed to
- **2019-03-20** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Bray
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended & bill committed to Committee on Finance with the report of Committee on Natural Resources and Energy intact, on motion of Senator Bray
- **2019-05-15** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-15** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2019-05-15** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-16** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-16** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2019-05-16** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Rodgers for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably by Senator Campion for Committee on Finance with proposal of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy amended as recommended by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-16** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, as amended, agreed to
- **2019-05-16** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-05-17** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-17** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-22** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-05-24** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to the Governor on June 4, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 10, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on June 10, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11f854cd-5e8f-4dac-97fb-a8118b37f9d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).