---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the powers and duties of the Auditor of Accounts"
description: "An act relating to the powers and duties of the Auditor of Accounts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 793"
citation: "Vermont H 793 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sarah Copeland Hanzas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a3d6fbe-dc1a-4123-895a-729cd255d50b"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2212"
source_hash: "753e5194f1ef1e42089a33fa06566fc65a8bc0b41519435634b3caa8f9b5e8e4"
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 793 (2019-2020) — An act relating to the powers and duties of the Auditor of Accounts

## 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-0793/H-0793%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT104/ACT104%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT104/ACT104%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0793/H-0793%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0793/H-0793%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Sarah Copeland Hanzas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-02-11** Read Second Time
- **2020-02-11** Rep. Colston of Winooski reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2020-02-11** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to.
- **2020-02-11** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-02-12** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2020-05-27** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-05-27** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-05-27** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-05-27** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-28** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-05-28** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-05-28** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-05-29** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-09** Delivered to the Governor on June 9, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Governor on June 15, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-17** House message: Governor approved bill on June 15, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a3d6fbe-dc1a-4123-895a-729cd255d50b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).