---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to temporary municipal proceedings provisions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak"
description: "An act relating to temporary municipal proceedings provisions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 948"
citation: "Vermont H 948 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Government Operations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-05-06"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d0e74de-55c3-4166-a8f3-c0a691e2c724"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2492"
source_hash: "94d9af6286be2eda5b48ae6990f752cc22c01235805fbe05504b2798728e38a3"
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 948 (2019-2020) — An act relating to temporary municipal proceedings provisions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

## 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-0948/H-0948%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT106/ACT106%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT106/ACT106%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0948/H-0948%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0948/H-0948%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Government Operations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-06** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on 05/08/2020
- **2020-05-08** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-08** Read Second Time
- **2020-05-08** Rep. LaClair of Barre Town spoke for the committee on Government Operations
- **2020-05-08** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-05-13** Amendment as offered by Rep. Anthony of Barre City and Donahue of Northfield agreed to
- **2020-05-13** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-13** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-14** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2020-05-27** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-05-27** Favorable report with proposal of amendment 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 Pollina for Committee on Government Operations with proposal of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-27** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2020-05-27** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-05-28** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-05-28** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-05-28** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-05-29** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-06-08** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2020-06-05** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-06-05** Rules Suspended and Action on the bill messaged to the Senate forthwith and the bill delivered to the Governor forthwith as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney. `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Delivered to the Governor on June 10, 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/2d0e74de-55c3-4166-a8f3-c0a691e2c724`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).