---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Bennington"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Bennington"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 508"
citation: "Vermont H 508 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Morrissey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9b5702f-0e81-4bb5-92fd-9a8f759485c8"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/20"
source_hash: "f6ddc2f3590cf0b0956dd5d5611777fbf52d08068306a8dbb4edb04212dbe140"
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 508 (2019-2020) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Bennington

## 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-0508/H-0508%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACTM008/ACTM008%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACTM008/ACTM008%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0508/H-0508%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0508/H-0508%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Mary Morrissey — primary (person)
- Christopher Bates — cosponsor (person)
- James Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Corcoran — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-09** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-05-14** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-14** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-14** Rep. Gannon of Wilmington reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-14** Rep. Browning of Arlington recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-05-14** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to.
- **2019-05-14** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-14** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-15** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2019-05-15** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator White
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended & bill committed to Committee on Finance with the report of Committee on Government Operations intact, on motion of Senator White
- **2019-05-17** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-17** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-20** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-20** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-20** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-21** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-21** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-21** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time
- **2019-05-21** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-21** Reported favorably by Senator Campion for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-21** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-05-22** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-22** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **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/d9b5702f-0e81-4bb5-92fd-9a8f759485c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).