---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to education finance"
description: "An act relating to education finance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 536"
citation: "Vermont H 536 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-21"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13cec46e-1ad4-447f-a6ab-8e811e9850ce"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1266"
source_hash: "efe21a97b3110fc80eb0eb4acc966e29e226266c7c1a2047792c4cd5fcaea05f"
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 536 (2019-2020) — An act relating to education finance

## 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-0536/H-0536%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT046/ACT046%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT046/ACT046%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0536/H-0536%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0536/H-0536%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on March 22, 2018
- **2019-03-26** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-26** Rep. Till of Jericho spoke for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-03-26** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-27** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Committee on Finance per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2019-05-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-13** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-13** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance
- **2019-05-13** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to
- **2019-05-13** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-05-14** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2019-05-14** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-14** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-14** Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Ancel of Calais
- **2019-05-14** Speaker appointed Till of Jericho, Canfield of Fair Haven and Donovan of Burlington as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-14** House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- **2019-05-15** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Cummings, MacDonald, and Campion
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-17** Speaker appointed Ancel of Calais to replace Till of Jericho on the Committee of Conference
- **2019-05-20** House message House appointed Conference Committee members
- **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 Cummings 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`
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to the Governor on June 4, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 4, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on June 4, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13cec46e-1ad4-447f-a6ab-8e811e9850ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).