---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 525"
citation: "Vermont H 525 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-15"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fadc96bf-e747-4ad9-99ad-5c46ed15e691"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1265"
source_hash: "7f3a0da178e2521a54b6f0144c031cac8a3136cd0e29e007195bf2b3b6c424c9"
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 525 (2019-2020) — An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

## 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-0525/H-0525%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT064/ACT064%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT064/ACT064%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0525/H-0525%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0525/H-0525%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-15** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on March 19, 2019
- **2019-03-20** Action Postponed to next legislative day as moved by Rep. Graham of Williamstown
- **2019-03-21** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-21** Rep. Graham of Williamstown spoke for the committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- **2019-03-21** Rep. Emmons of Springfield moved to amend the bill
- **2019-03-21** Which was agreed to
- **2019-03-21** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-22** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture `introduction`
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Pollina
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended & bill committed to Committee on Finance with the report of Committee on Agriculture intact, on motion of Senator Pollina
- **2019-05-09** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Starr
- **2019-05-09** Rules suspended & bill committed to Committee on Appropriations with the report of Committee on Agriculture & Finance intact, on motion of Senator Starr
- **2019-05-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-13** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- **2019-05-13** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-13** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-14** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-14** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- **2019-05-14** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-14** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Collamore for Committee on Agriculture
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably by Senator Pearson for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably by Senator Starr for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture agreed to
- **2019-05-14** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Collamore, Hardy, Pollina, and Starr; text
- **2019-05-14** Proposal of amendment 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
- **2019-05-16** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-16** Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Partridge of Windham
- **2019-05-16** Speaker appointed Partridge of Windham, Graham of Williamstown and Norris of Shoreham as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-16** House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- **2019-05-16** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Collamore, Pollina, and Starr
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-23** Committee of Conference Report
- **2019-05-23** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-23** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Collamore for Committee, text
- **2019-05-23** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2019-05-23** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-23** Senate message, report of committee of conference adopted
- **2019-05-23** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-23** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
- **2019-05-24** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **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/fadc96bf-e747-4ad9-99ad-5c46ed15e691`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).