---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to eligibility for farm-to-school grant assistance"
description: "An act relating to eligibility for farm-to-school grant assistance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 79"
citation: "Vermont H 79 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carolyn Partridge"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a493e6b5-6ed5-4b37-95b4-02497a2d5830"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/307"
source_hash: "82662925ca092c142f31568a0464f63abad53983fc4c3d17cbdd8a6819ff56df"
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 79 (2019-2020) — An act relating to eligibility for farm-to-school grant assistance

## 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-0079/H-0079%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT034/ACT034%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT034/ACT034%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0079/H-0079%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0079/H-0079%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carolyn Partridge — primary (person)
- Charen Fegard — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Smith — cosponsor (person)
- John Bartholomew — cosponsor (person)
- John O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Norris — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Bock — cosponsor (person)
- Vicki Strong — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- **2019-02-20** Read Second Time
- **2019-02-20** Rep. O'Brien of Tunbridge reported for the committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- **2019-02-20** Report of Committee on Agriculture and Forestry agreed to.
- **2019-02-20** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-02-21** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-25** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- **2019-04-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2019-04-26** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- **2019-04-26** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-04-30** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-30** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- **2019-04-30** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-04-30** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Hardy, Collamore, Pearson, Pollina, and Starr
- **2019-04-30** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Hardy for Committee on Agriculture
- **2019-04-30** Reported favorably by Senator Starr for Committee on Appropriations with proposal of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-04-30** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Hardy, Collamore, Pearson, Pollina, and Starr; text
- **2019-04-30** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2019-04-30** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture, as amended, agreed to
- **2019-04-30** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-05-01** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-01** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-07** Action Postponed to next legislative day as moved by Rep. O'Brien of Tunbridge
- **2019-05-08** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-05-10** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-22** Delivered to the Governor on May 22, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor on May 28, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on May 28, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a493e6b5-6ed5-4b37-95b4-02497a2d5830`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).