---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to surface water diversions and financial surety requirements for holding tanks"
description: "An act relating to surface water diversions and financial surety requirements for holding tanks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 833"
citation: "Vermont H 833 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carol Ode", "Michael Mrowicki"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51f01b1d-5658-4f4f-875b-ba622a5b96fd"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2090"
source_hash: "93e55b22b587baa976d759f3344115c609b5e4e3c5f2d4c272311faec1146fe3"
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 833 (2019-2020) — An act relating to surface water diversions and financial surety requirements for holding tanks

## 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-0833/H-0833%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT173/ACT173%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT173/ACT173%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0833/H-0833%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0833/H-0833%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carol Ode — primary (person)
- Michael Mrowicki — primary (person)
- Amy Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Bates — cosponsor (person)
- James McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- Katherine "Kari" Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Leland Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Lefebvre — cosponsor (person)
- Trevor Squirrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife
- **2020-03-11** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2020-03-13** Read Second Time
- **2020-03-13** Rep. Ode of Burlington reported for the committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife
- **2020-03-13** Report of Committee on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife agreed to.
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-06-03** Action postponed until June 10, 2020 as moved by Rep. Sheldon of Middlebury
- **2020-06-24** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `introduction`
- **2020-09-18** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-09-18** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2020-09-18** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2020-09-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-09-19** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2020-09-19** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-09-21** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-09-21** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2020-09-21** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-09-21** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Bray for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2020-09-21** Reported favorably by Senator Nitka for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-21** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy agreed to
- **2020-09-21** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-09-22** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-09-22** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-09-22** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-09-22** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-23** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-23** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Delivered to the Governor on October 2, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Signed by Governor on October 8, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-25** House message: Governor approved bill on October 8, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51f01b1d-5658-4f4f-875b-ba622a5b96fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).