---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government"
description: "An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 542"
citation: "Vermont H 542 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Appropriations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f039512f-651b-4144-8583-91c9326dbace"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/751"
source_hash: "560d55e234b4b5cad29e8ca80efab9fa0e2aab1dc0ed8e8da703e344f0c73198"
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 542 (2019-2020) — An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

## 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-0542/H-0542%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT072/ACT072%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT072/ACT072%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0542/H-0542%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0542/H-0542%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 139, Nays = 1 — **139–1** (pass) · lower
- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 70 of 138 to Pass -- Yeas = 137, Nays = 1 — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Mazza, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 25, Nays = 5 — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call, requested by Senator Mazza, Passed -- Needed 14 of 27 to Pass -- Yeas = 24, Nays = 3 — **24–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Appropriations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-26** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on March 27, 2019
- **2019-03-28** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-28** Rep. Toll of Danville spoke for the committee on Appropriations
- **2019-03-28** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 139, Nays = 1
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-29** Read Third time
- **2019-03-29** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 70 of 138 to Pass -- Yeas = 137, Nays = 1
- **2019-03-29** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Appropriations `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-06** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-07** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-07** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Kitchel for Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-07** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations agreed to
- **2019-05-07** 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Mazza, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 25, Nays = 5
- **2019-05-08** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-08** Pending third reading motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Kitchel, Ashe, McCormack, Nitka, Sears, Starr, and Westman
- **2019-05-08** Pending third reading, Senator(s) Kitchel, Ashe, McCormack, Nitka, Sears, Starr, and Westman motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-08** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2019-05-08** Pending third reading, Senator(s) Lyons and Sears motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-08** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-08** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-08** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-08** Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Toll of Danville
- **2019-05-08** Speaker appointed Toll of Danville, Hooper of Montpelier and Fagan of Rutland City as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-09** House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- **2019-05-09** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Kitchel, Sears, and Westman
- **2019-05-09** Rules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2019-05-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-23** Committee of Conference Report
- **2019-05-24** New Business/Committee of Conference Report
- **2019-05-24** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Kitchel for Committee, text
- **2019-05-24** Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call, requested by Senator Mazza, Passed -- Needed 14 of 27 to Pass -- Yeas = 24, Nays = 3
- **2019-05-24** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2019-05-24** Senate message, report of committee of conference adopted
- **2019-05-24** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-24** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
- **2019-05-24** Rules Suspended and Action on the bill messaged to the Senate forthwith and the bill delivered to the Governor forthwith as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney. `passage`
- **2019-05-24** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to the Governor on June 12, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 18, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on June 18, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f039512f-651b-4144-8583-91c9326dbace`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).