---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to boards and commissions"
description: "An act relating to boards and commissions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 650"
citation: "Vermont H 650 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Gannon", "Robert LaClair"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17704758-8c1a-40a8-9534-1769f1caa485"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1626"
source_hash: "91773cabef3bb7366c45aed67c1b95bcdfca29c3d52a130417b09992f06cea37"
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 650 (2019-2020) — An act relating to boards and commissions

## 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-0650/H-0650%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT128/ACT128%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT128/ACT128%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0650/H-0650%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0650/H-0650%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- John Gannon — primary (person)
- Robert LaClair — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-03-11** Read Second Time
- **2020-03-11** Rep. Gannon of Wilmington reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2020-03-11** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to.
- **2020-03-11** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-03-12** Amendment as offered by Rep. Elder of Starksboro, Webb of Shelburne, Batchelor of Derby, Cupoli of Rutland City, Giambatista of Essex, and James of Manchester agreed to
- **2020-03-12** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-03-13** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2020-06-17** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-17** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-06-18** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-06-18** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-06-18** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-06-19** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-19** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-19** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-26** Delivered to the Governor on June 26, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Signed by Governor on July 1, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** House message: Governor approved bill on July 1, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17704758-8c1a-40a8-9534-1769f1caa485`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).