---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to Abenaki hunting and fishing licenses"
description: "An act relating to Abenaki hunting and fishing licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 716"
citation: "Vermont H 716 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Cina", "Jessica Brumsted", "Kathryn Webb"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/459c39bd-b508-49d6-8815-cceff1fc82a0"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2043"
source_hash: "46b4028784ca359e29905d485a4ee85e58ba27d7e826979708392eb29a0c6c17"
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 716 (2019-2020) — An act relating to Abenaki hunting and fishing licenses

## 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-0716/H-0716%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT143/ACT143%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT143/ACT143%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0716/H-0716%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0716/H-0716%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 72 of 143 to Pass -- Yeas = 138, Nays = 5 — **138–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Cina — primary (person)
- Jessica Brumsted — primary (person)
- Kathryn Webb — primary (person)
- Avram Patt — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Batchelor — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah "Sarita" Austin — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Kitzmiller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife
- **2020-03-12** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2020-06-03** Read Second Time
- **2020-06-03** Rep. Lefebvre of Newark reported for the committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife
- **2020-06-03** Rep. Kornheiser of Brattleboro reported for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2020-06-03** Report of the Committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife amended as recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2020-06-03** Amendment as offered by Rep. Brennan of Colchester disagreed to
- **2020-06-03** Amendment as offered by Rep. Helm of Fair Haven disagreed to
- **2020-06-03** Rep. Burditt of West Rutland moved to commit the bill to the Committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife which was disagreed to
- **2020-06-03** Report of Committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife as amended agreed to
- **2020-06-03** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 72 of 143 to Pass -- Yeas = 138, Nays = 5
- **2020-06-03** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-06-05** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `introduction`
- **2020-06-25** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Bray
- **2020-06-25** Reported favorably by Senator Campion for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-26** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-06-26** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2020-06-26** Delivered to the Governor on July 7, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Signed by Governor on July 13, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** House message: Governor approved bill on July 13, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/459c39bd-b508-49d6-8815-cceff1fc82a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).