---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to government operations in response to the COVID-19 outbreak"
description: "An act relating to government operations in response to the COVID-19 outbreak"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 681"
citation: "Vermont H 681 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Marcotte"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca15fac9-76ec-4f73-914c-cbd629f503a5"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2032"
source_hash: "f683afcdeadefee7ee15b0758132ae2457b3b77fe75a11842ba7138e74ac8df9"
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 681 (2019-2020) — An act relating to government operations in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

## 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-0681/H-0681%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT092/ACT092%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT092/ACT092%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0681/H-0681%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0681/H-0681%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Michael Marcotte — primary (person)
- Eileen "Lynn" Dickinson — cosponsor (person)
- James Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Jean O'Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Kristi Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Bancroft — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Jerome — cosponsor (person)
- Zachariah Ralph Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2020-03-13** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to suspend rules and take up bill for immediate consideration
- **2020-03-13** Read Second Time
- **2020-03-13** Rep. Jerome of Brandon reported for the committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2020-03-13** Report of the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development amended as offered by Rep. Marcotte of Coventry
- **2020-03-13** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development as amended agreed to
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-03-13** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. LaClair of Barre Town
- **2020-03-13** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. LaClair of Barre Town
- **2020-03-24** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-03-24** Read First Time
- **2020-03-24** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-03-24** Read 2nd time
- **2020-03-24** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Bray, Clarkson, Collamore, Pollina, and White; text
- **2020-03-24** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Bray, Clarkson, Collamore, Pollina, and White agreed to
- **2020-03-24** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-03-24** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-03-24** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-03-24** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-03-25** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-03-25** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to suspend rules and take up bill for immediate consideration
- **2020-03-25** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-03-25** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-03-25** Delivered to the Governor on 3/26/2020 `passage`
- **2020-03-27** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2020-03-30** Signed by Governor on March 30, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-01** House message: Governor approved bill on March 30, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca15fac9-76ec-4f73-914c-cbd629f503a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).