---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to health insurance and the individual mandate"
description: "An act relating to health insurance and the individual mandate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 524"
citation: "Vermont H 524 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Health Care"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-15"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf2d00b9-c0c2-4b39-b559-ffa06b6a8d58"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1186"
source_hash: "390dc916468219041bf18bb359e7a2ca8a9980e5c806351c16456f1cec30a59f"
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 524 (2019-2020) — An act relating to health insurance and the individual mandate

## 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-0524/H-0524%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT063/ACT063%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT063/ACT063%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0524/H-0524%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0524/H-0524%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 50, Nays = 87 — **50–87** (fail) · lower
- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 69 of 136 to Pass -- Yeas = 92, Nays = 44 — **92–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Health Care — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-15** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-03-21** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Lippert of Hinesburg
- **2019-03-21** Rep. Lippert of Hinesburg moved to commit bill to the committee on Appropriations which was agreed to.
- **2019-03-27** Action Postponed to next legislative day as moved by Rep. Houghton of Essex
- **2019-03-28** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-28** Rep. Houghton of Essex spoke for the committee on Health Care
- **2019-03-28** Rep. Till of Jericho recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-03-28** Rep. Lanpher of Vergennes recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2019-03-28** Report of Committee on Appropriations agreed to.
- **2019-03-28** Report of Committee on Ways and Means agreed to.
- **2019-03-28** Rep. Harrison of Chittenden moved to amend the bill
- **2019-03-28** Rep. Harrison of Chittenden asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2019-03-28** Rep. Harrison of Chittenden moved to amend the bill
- **2019-03-28** Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 50, Nays = 87
- **2019-03-28** Which was disagreed to
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-29** Read Third time
- **2019-03-29** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 69 of 136 to Pass -- Yeas = 92, Nays = 44
- **2019-03-29** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-13** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-14** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-14** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Pearson for Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-14** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to
- **2019-05-14** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-05-15** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2019-05-15** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-17** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2019-05-17** Rep. Lippert of Hinesburg moved to concur in the Senate prop of amend with a further amend thereto
- **2019-05-17** Which was agreed to
- **2019-05-20** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-21** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-22** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-22** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text
- **2019-05-22** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-22** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to the Governor on June 11, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 17, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on June 17, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf2d00b9-c0c2-4b39-b559-ffa06b6a8d58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).