---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 544"
citation: "Vermont H 544 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Hooper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e783a92-a051-4e68-9a4e-d2e4cfb13cf1"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1345"
source_hash: "fe229a7d071837121198365ac723fff3b745592e2f8b886f2c547d4068174826"
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 544 (2019-2020) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington

## 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-0544/H-0544%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACTM006/ACTM006%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACTM006/ACTM006%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0544/H-0544%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0544/H-0544%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Robert Hooper — primary (person)
- Barbara Rachelson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis McCormack — cosponsor (person)
- Harold "Hal" Colston — cosponsor (person)
- Jean O'Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Krowinski — cosponsor (person)
- Johannah Donovan — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Selene Colburn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-04-26** Read Second Time
- **2019-04-26** Rep. Hooper of Burlington reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-26** Rep. Donovan of Burlington recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-04-26** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-04-30** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** 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/8e783a92-a051-4e68-9a4e-d2e4cfb13cf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).