---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the definition of housesite for use value appraisals"
description: "An act relating to the definition of housesite for use value appraisals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 674"
citation: "Vermont H 674 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carolyn Partridge", "John Bartholomew"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c923ae32-b2b2-477e-aab6-829b2d3a29e7"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1622"
source_hash: "165ab67107247fb8016b4649d2792139a1b0e1224456cafd3528e8cdedf0c68b"
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 674 (2019-2020) — An act relating to the definition of housesite for use value appraisals

## 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-0674/H-0674%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT158/ACT158%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT158/ACT158%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0674/H-0674%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0674/H-0674%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carolyn Partridge — primary (person)
- John Bartholomew — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- **2020-02-18** Action Postponed to next legislative day as moved by Rep. Bartholomew of Hartland
- **2020-02-19** Read Second Time
- **2020-02-19** Rep. Bartholomew of Hartland reported for the committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- **2020-02-19** Report of Committee on Agriculture and Forestry agreed to.
- **2020-02-19** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-02-20** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2020-09-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-09-16** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2020-09-17** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-09-17** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2020-09-17** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance
- **2020-09-17** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to
- **2020-09-17** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-09-18** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-09-18** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-09-18** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-09-18** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-23** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Delivered to the Governor on September 30, 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/c923ae32-b2b2-477e-aab6-829b2d3a29e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).