---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of the amendments to the charter of the Town of Williston"
description: "An act relating to approval of the amendments to the charter of the Town of Williston"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 540"
citation: "Vermont H 540 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terence Macaig"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4016677d-457a-4b5e-8deb-4ff875a636cf"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1350"
source_hash: "b6792cd3f0e0573c583858f6884ace7f00ab943a6cc172154b39ba6977b3b2b2"
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 540 (2019-2020) — An act relating to approval of the amendments to the charter of the Town of Williston

## 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-0540/H-0540%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACTM005/ACTM005%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACTM005/ACTM005%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0540/H-0540%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0540/H-0540%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Terence Macaig — primary (person)
- James McCullough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-26** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-11** Read Second Time
- **2019-04-11** Rep. Palasik of Milton reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-11** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-04-12** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2019-05-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-10** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-13** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-13** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2019-05-14** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Delivered to the Governor on May 17, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by Governor on May 23, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** House message: Governor approved bill on May 23, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4016677d-457a-4b5e-8deb-4ff875a636cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).