---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to Abenaki place names on State park signs"
description: "An act relating to Abenaki place names on State park signs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 880"
citation: "Vermont H 880 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Cina"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/542d0c91-667c-440c-ae15-86ae1639c540"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1642"
source_hash: "d1bdfabe9ee7fd341ec8ec1337fbf7b6d6bdd5ede81b3f866dbd135e496ab03c"
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 880 (2019-2020) — An act relating to Abenaki place names on State park signs

## 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-0880/H-0880%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT174/ACT174%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT174/ACT174%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0880/H-0880%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0880/H-0880%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brian Cina — primary (person)
- Diana Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- Harold "Hal" Colston — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly Pajala — cosponsor (person)
- Leland Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Lori Houghton — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
- William Lippert — cosponsor (person)
- Woodman Page — cosponsor (person)
- Zachariah Ralph Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- **2020-03-13** Placed on Calendar for Notice on 3/13/2020
- **2020-06-03** Action postponed until June 12, 2020 as moved by Rep. Stevens of Waterbury
- **2020-06-25** Read Second Time
- **2020-06-25** Rep. Howard of Rutland City reported for the committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- **2020-06-25** Amendment as offered by Rep. Stevens of Waterbury agreed to
- **2020-06-25** Report of Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs agreed to.
- **2020-06-25** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-06-25** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-25** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Institutions `introduction`
- **2020-09-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-09-10** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- **2020-09-11** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-09-11** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- **2020-09-11** Reported favorably by Senator Benning for Committee on Institutions with proposal of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-11** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2020-09-11** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-09-15** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-09-15** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-15** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-09-15** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-09-16** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-16** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-09-18** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **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/542d0c91-667c-440c-ae15-86ae1639c540`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).