---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to increasing the supply of nurses and primary care providers in Vermont"
description: "An act relating to increasing the supply of nurses and primary care providers in Vermont"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 607"
citation: "Vermont H 607 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles \"Chip\" Conquest"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d77fd690-d1f3-49fa-bef7-7f810ea9b807"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2158"
source_hash: "cae53a4a099d4b5862a163143157f0634630fa9c6712d7241c9d20c6224e18df"
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 607 (2019-2020) — An act relating to increasing the supply of nurses and primary care providers in Vermont

## 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-0607/H-0607%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT155/ACT155%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT155/ACT155%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0607/H-0607%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0607/H-0607%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Charles "Chip" Conquest — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Health Care
- **2020-03-24** Placed on Calendar for Notice on 3/24/2020
- **2020-05-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2020-06-16** Read Second Time
- **2020-06-16** Rep. Reed of Braintree reported for the committee on Health Care
- **2020-06-16** Rep. Fagan of Rutland City recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2020-06-16** Report of the Committee on Health Care amended as recommended by the Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-06-16** Report of Committee on Health Care as amended agreed to
- **2020-06-16** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-06-16** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-16** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-16** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-17** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2020-09-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-09-16** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-09-16** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2020-09-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-09-23** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-09-23** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-09-24** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-09-24** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-09-24** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-09-24** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator McCormack for Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-09-24** Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations with proposal of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-24** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-09-24** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare, as amended, agreed to
- **2020-09-24** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-09-25** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-09-25** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-09-25** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-25** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-25** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Rules Suspended and Action on the bill messaged to the Senate forthwith and the bill delivered to the Governor forthwith as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney. `passage`
- **2020-09-25** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-25** Delivered to the Governor on September 29, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Signed by Governor on October 5, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-25** House message: Governor approved bill on October 5, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d77fd690-d1f3-49fa-bef7-7f810ea9b807`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).