---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to a uniform process for foreign credential verification in the Office of Professional Regulation"
description: "An act relating to a uniform process for foreign credential verification in the Office of Professional Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 427"
citation: "Vermont H 427 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold \"Hal\" Colston"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/259e8030-cc1c-4c11-873a-7ac3cae523d3"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1026"
source_hash: "47fc3380dc0188806d3683a01ecab588d349fb0160ff8241e098cbd19019e303"
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 427 (2019-2020) — An act relating to a uniform process for foreign credential verification in the Office of Professional Regulation

## 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-0427/H-0427%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT010/ACT010%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT010/ACT010%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0427/H-0427%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0427/H-0427%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Harold "Hal" Colston — primary (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Diana Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- John Killacky — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Christie — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Mari Cordes — cosponsor (person)
- Marybeth Redmond — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-03-19** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-19** Rep. Colston of Winooski reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2019-03-19** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-20** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-10** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-11** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-11** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably by Senator Clarkson for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **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/259e8030-cc1c-4c11-873a-7ac3cae523d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).