---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the taxation of electronic cigarettes"
description: "An act relating to the taxation of electronic cigarettes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 47"
citation: "Vermont H 47 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George Till"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c13a1419-027b-41f9-8ef2-ef95693a5219"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/256"
source_hash: "5590eb86a86c6f3e81fb2bc1bd590b5329728567a0c6d55f7307d4fbc411080b"
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 47 (2019-2020) — An act relating to the taxation of electronic cigarettes

## 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-0047/H-0047%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT028/ACT028%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT028/ACT028%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0047/H-0047%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0047/H-0047%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 134, Nays = 6 — **134–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- George Till — primary (person)
- Ann Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Annmarie Christensen — cosponsor (person)
- David Yacovone — cosponsor (person)
- Emilie Kornheiser — cosponsor (person)
- James Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Jean O'Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- John Bartholomew — cosponsor (person)
- John Killacky — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph "Chip" Troiano — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Maida Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Mari Cordes — cosponsor (person)
- Martin LaLonde — cosponsor (person)
- Michael McCarthy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Yantachka — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Hashim — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Szott — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Scheu — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Coffey — cosponsor (person)
- Terence Macaig — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Walz — cosponsor (person)
- Trevor Squirrell — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Kitzmiller — cosponsor (person)
- William Notte — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-01-31** Read Second Time
- **2019-01-31** Rep. Till of Jericho recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-01-31** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-02-01** Rep. Gregoire of Fairfield moved to amend the bill
- **2019-02-01** Which was disagreed to
- **2019-02-01** Read Third time
- **2019-02-01** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 134, Nays = 6
- **2019-02-01** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-06** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-07** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-07** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Sirotkin for Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-07** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to
- **2019-05-07** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-05-08** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-08** Pending third reading, Senate proposal of amendment amended as moved by Senator(s) Cummings, Balint, Brock, Campion, MacDonald, Pearson, and Sirotkin
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-08** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-10** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-05-13** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-17** Delivered to the Governor on May 17, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by Governor on May 23, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** House message: Governor approved bill on May 23, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c13a1419-027b-41f9-8ef2-ef95693a5219`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).