---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the codification of the charter of the Rutland County Solid Waste District"
description: "An act relating to the codification of the charter of the Rutland County Solid Waste District"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 59"
citation: "Vermont H 59 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Harrison"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82d6c742-13af-4dac-85b7-cfe6bc73a470"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/433"
source_hash: "2104bdf813e50c4379d739a38e941eae72edfb4f170e64625c2ab38bf0ee71c2"
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 59 (2019-2020) — An act relating to the codification of the charter of the Rutland County Solid Waste District

## 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-0059/H-0059%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACTM002/ACTM002%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACTM002/ACTM002%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0059/H-0059%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0059/H-0059%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- James Harrison — primary (person)
- Charles "Butch" Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- David Potter — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence Cupoli — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Logan Nicoll — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Fagan — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Chesnut-Tangerman — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Jerome — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Burditt — cosponsor (person)
- William Canfield — cosponsor (person)
- William Notte — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-02-21** Read Second Time
- **2019-02-21** Rep. Harrison of Chittenden reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2019-02-21** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-02-22** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-28** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-03-29** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-29** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-02** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-02** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-03** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-03** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2019-04-23** House message: Governor approved bill on April 19, 2019
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to the Governor on April 15, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-04-19** Signed by Governor on April 19, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82d6c742-13af-4dac-85b7-cfe6bc73a470`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).