---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to proof of financial responsibility"
description: "An act relating to proof of financial responsibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 578"
citation: "Vermont H 578 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin LaLonde"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20f83d22-129a-4b93-a131-6d79728707ca"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1885"
source_hash: "ae64ad0a9886ba4827c8621ec34ec92b5f05099614420f158dc75dec9feac8a1"
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 578 (2019-2020) — An act relating to proof of financial responsibility

## 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-0578/H-0578%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT170/ACT170%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT170/ACT170%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0578/H-0578%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0578/H-0578%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Martin LaLonde — primary (person)
- Maxine Grad — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-03-13** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to suspend rules and take up bill for immediate consideration
- **2020-03-13** Read Second Time
- **2020-03-13** Rep. Notte of Rutland City reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2020-03-13** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-03-13** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-03-13** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-03-24** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2020-08-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-08-28** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-09-01** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-09-01** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-09-01** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-09-01** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2020-09-01** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-09-02** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-09-02** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-09-03** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-10** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-09-15** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-25** Delivered to the Governor on October 2, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Signed by Governor on October 8, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-25** House message: Governor approved bill on October 8, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20f83d22-129a-4b93-a131-6d79728707ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).