---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous changes to the State’s retirement systems"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous changes to the State’s retirement systems"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 523"
citation: "Vermont H 523 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Government Operations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15734c6e-957f-4da8-b5ac-12e21902be82"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1261"
source_hash: "b9bca84d142928d8339db9bc4438d1368ee2f10e7e3755d0051743c3713f65c4"
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 523 (2019-2020) — An act relating to miscellaneous changes to the State’s retirement systems

## 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-0523/H-0523%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT025/ACT025%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT025/ACT025%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0523/H-0523%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0523/H-0523%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Government Operations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on March 15, 2019
- **2019-03-15** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-03-20** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-20** Rep. Harrison of Chittenden spoke for the committee on Government Operations
- **2019-03-20** Rep. Townsend of South Burlington recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2019-03-20** Report of Committee on Appropriations agreed to.
- **2019-03-20** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-21** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** 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
- **2019-04-10** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2019-04-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-23** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-04-24** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-24** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-24** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-04-24** Read 2nd time
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably by Senator Bray for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably by Senator McCormack for Committee on Appropriations with proposal of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations agreed to
- **2019-04-24** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-04-25** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-01** Action postponed until May 7, 2019 as moved by Rep. Harrison of Chittenden
- **2019-05-07** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-05-09** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-10** Delivered to the Governor on May 10, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Signed by Governor on May 16, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-16** House message: Governor approved bill on May 16, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15734c6e-957f-4da8-b5ac-12e21902be82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).