---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to capital construction and State bonding"
description: "An act relating to capital construction and State bonding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 543"
citation: "Vermont H 543 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Corrections and Institutions"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5585253-64e1-48b8-a172-da7bb508ee40"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1257"
source_hash: "a810da32592de951d81aac6e0b8d9310d0e33278f82da20620593c9bdc8f1211"
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 543 (2019-2020) — An act relating to capital construction and State bonding

## 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-0543/H-0543%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT042/ACT042%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT042/ACT042%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0543/H-0543%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0543/H-0543%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment on roll call, requested by Senator Ashe, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Corrections and Institutions — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-27** Committee Bill read first time
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-03-29** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-29** Rep. Emmons of Springfield spoke for the committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2019-03-29** Rep. Fagan of Rutland City recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2019-03-29** Report of Committee on Appropriations agreed to.
- **2019-03-29** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-04-02** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Institutions `introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- **2019-04-30** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2019-05-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-08** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- **2019-05-08** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-09** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-09** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- **2019-05-09** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Benning for Committee on Institutions
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably by Senator McCormack for Committee on Appropriations with proposal of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-09** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions, as amended, agreed to
- **2019-05-09** Senator(s) Starr motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-09** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2019-05-09** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-05-10** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-10** Pending third reading, Senator(s) Sirotkin motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-10** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment on roll call, requested by Senator Ashe, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-10** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-14** Action Postponed to next legislative day as moved by Rep. Emmons of Springfield
- **2019-05-15** Action Postponed to next legislative day as moved by Rep. Emmons of Springfield
- **2019-05-16** Action Postponed to next legislative day as moved by Rep. Emmons of Springfield
- **2019-05-17** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2019-05-17** Rep. Emmons of Springfield moved that the House concur in the Senate proposal of amendment with a further amendment thereto
- **2019-05-17** Which was agreed to
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-17** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-20** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-20** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-21** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-21** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text
- **2019-05-21** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2019-05-21** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-24** Delivered to the Governor on May 24, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on May 30, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on May 30, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5585253-64e1-48b8-a172-da7bb508ee40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).