---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to prohibiting female genital mutilation or cutting"
description: "An act relating to prohibiting female genital mutilation or cutting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 83"
citation: "Vermont H 83 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George Till"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2020-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7245e28-ee49-4c8d-9842-96db308c1596"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/261"
source_hash: "3fe300ccafcc8f626228de3380a26f748c843ab70d643e820b23567d0b902626"
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 83 (2019-2020) — An act relating to prohibiting female genital mutilation or cutting

## 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-0083/H-0083%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT087/ACT087%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT087/ACT087%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0083/H-0083%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0083/H-0083%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- George Till — primary (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Emilie Kornheiser — cosponsor (person)
- James Masland — cosponsor (person)
- James McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- Jean O'Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Johannah Donovan — cosponsor (person)
- John Killacky — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph "Chip" Troiano — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Lori Houghton — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Martin LaLonde — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Marybeth Redmond — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mrowicki — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Yantachka — cosponsor (person)
- Mollie Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Hooper — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Chesnut-Tangerman — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Scheu — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah "Sarita" Austin — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Copeland Hanzas — cosponsor (person)
- Terence Macaig — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Bock — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Walz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Health Care
- **2019-03-20** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-20** Rep. Houghton of Essex reported for the committee on Health Care
- **2019-03-20** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to.
- **2019-03-20** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-21** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Committee on Judiciary relieved; bill committed to Committee on Health and Welfare on motion of Senator Sears
- **2020-02-11** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-02-11** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-02-12** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-02-12** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-02-12** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Ingram for Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-02-12** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2020-02-12** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-02-13** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-02-13** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-02-19** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-02-21** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Governor on February 27, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-28** House message: Governor approved bill on February 27, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7245e28-ee49-4c8d-9842-96db308c1596`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).