---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Montpelier"
description: "An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Montpelier"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 547"
citation: "Vermont H 547 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warren Kitzmiller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-09"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2da317de-81c1-4a06-9b94-04bb62621d52"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1364"
source_hash: "6ba57b70f3eb431b1b3ffa45c837022a981dc4f505acdd8c6e0027762b9cc804"
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 547 (2019-2020) — An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Montpelier

## 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-0547/H-0547%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACTM007/ACTM007%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACTM007/ACTM007%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0547/H-0547%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0547/H-0547%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Warren Kitzmiller — primary (person)
- Mary Hooper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-09** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-13** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-13** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-13** Rep. Kitzmiller of Montpelier reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-13** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to.
- **2019-05-13** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-14** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-15** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2019-05-15** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2019-05-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-17** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-17** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably by Senator Pollina for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-21** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-21** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **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/2da317de-81c1-4a06-9b94-04bb62621d52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).