---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the Board of Medical Practice and the licensure of physicians and podiatrists"
description: "An act relating to the Board of Medical Practice and the licensure of physicians and podiatrists"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 438"
citation: "Vermont H 438 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Lippert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72adc683-a03b-45f3-8e9a-b8a1a5d1fea3"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/597"
source_hash: "c0c4fb88fd25bed68c020528957af7d3c0afac0ff3f4edae60f4e3f812dab929"
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 438 (2019-2020) — An act relating to the Board of Medical Practice and the licensure of physicians and podiatrists

## 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-0438/H-0438%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT126/ACT126%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT126/ACT126%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0438/H-0438%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0438/H-0438%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- William Lippert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Health Care
- **2020-03-10** Read Second Time
- **2020-03-10** Rep. Durfee of Shaftsbury reported for the committee on Health Care
- **2020-03-10** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to.
- **2020-03-10** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-03-11** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2020-05-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-05-28** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-05-29** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-05-29** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-06-02** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2020-06-02** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-06-02** Reported favorably by Senator White for Committee on Government Operations with proposal of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-02** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2020-06-02** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-06-03** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-06-03** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-06-03** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-03** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-06-17** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Delivered to the Governor on June 26, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Signed by Governor on July 1, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** House message: Governor approved bill on July 1, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72adc683-a03b-45f3-8e9a-b8a1a5d1fea3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).