---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to regulation of long-term care facilities"
description: "An act relating to regulation of long-term care facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 635"
citation: "Vermont H 635 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Francis McFaun"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d01ed69d-4f98-477c-b136-beb255641fdf"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2221"
source_hash: "15f454418c8be8ab31dcb6434082e52dcf4267be346bc0ce348fef784d66e06e"
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 635 (2019-2020) — An act relating to regulation of long-term care facilities

## 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-0635/H-0635%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT118/ACT118%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT118/ACT118%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0635/H-0635%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0635/H-0635%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Francis McFaun — primary (person)
- Marianna Gamache — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Human Services
- **2020-02-28** Read Second Time
- **2020-02-28** Rep. Rosenquist of Georgia reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2020-02-28** Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to.
- **2020-02-28** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-03-10** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2020-06-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-08** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-06-09** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-06-09** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-06-10** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-06-09** Reported favorably by Senator McCormack for Committee on Health and Welfare, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-10** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-12** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-18** Delivered to the Governor on June 18, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-06-24** Signed by Governor on June 23, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** House message: Governor approved bill on June 23, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d01ed69d-4f98-477c-b136-beb255641fdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).