---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to enhanced life estate deeds"
description: "An act relating to enhanced life estate deeds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 837"
citation: "Vermont H 837 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Gregoire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cfa590f-bb40-4fbd-bffc-74c6d8e25123"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1784"
source_hash: "4b5521bc6f998e7f4850650db49e67c08725d3fdaf41bc0c2a87ae52da54f10e"
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 837 (2019-2020) — An act relating to enhanced life estate deeds

## 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-0837/H-0837%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT145/ACT145%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT145/ACT145%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0837/H-0837%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0837/H-0837%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- James Gregoire — primary (person)
- Brian Savage — cosponsor (person)
- Carl Rosenquist — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Toof — cosponsor (person)
- Charen Fegard — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Mattos — cosponsor (person)
- Eileen "Lynn" Dickinson — cosponsor (person)
- Francis McFaun — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Brumsted — cosponsor (person)
- John Palasik — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly Pajala — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Goslant — cosponsor (person)
- Leland Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Hango — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Batchelor — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia Martel — cosponsor (person)
- Marianna Gamache — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Higley — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
- Michael McCarthy — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Seymour — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Bancroft — cosponsor (person)
- Robert LaClair — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Norris — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Wood — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Burditt — cosponsor (person)
- Vicki Strong — cosponsor (person)
- Woodman Page — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-02-27** Read Second Time
- **2020-02-27** Rep. Seymour of Sutton reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2020-02-27** Rep. Seymour of Sutton moved that the bill be committed to the committee on Appropriations which was agreed to.
- **2020-03-13** Read Second Time
- **2020-03-13** Rep. Seymour of Sutton reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2020-03-13** Rep. Conquest of Newbury reported for the committee on Appropriations
- **2020-03-13** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-03-13** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-03-13** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-03-24** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2020-06-26** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-26** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary
- **2020-06-26** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2020-06-26** Reported favorably by Senator Benning for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-26** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2020-06-26** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-26** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **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/1cfa590f-bb40-4fbd-bffc-74c6d8e25123`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).