---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to allowing remote witnesses for advance directives for a limited time"
description: "An act relating to allowing remote witnesses for advance directives for a limited time"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 950"
citation: "Vermont H 950 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Human Services"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-05-06"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa623c6f-2834-41da-8318-a1d3ca4d481d"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2506"
source_hash: "2ac934512158a36bc96a1bd91013b180d610ef037d26033cab44cb1802301818"
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 950 (2019-2020) — An act relating to allowing remote witnesses for advance directives for a limited time

## 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-0950/H-0950%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT107/ACT107%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT107/ACT107%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0950/H-0950%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0950/H-0950%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Human Services — 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. Haas of Rochester spoke for the committee on Human Services
- **2020-05-08** Amendment as offered by Rep. Haas of Rochester agreed to
- **2020-05-08** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-05-08** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-08** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-08** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-12** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2020-06-02** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-02** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-06-03** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-06-03** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-06-03** Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-04** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-06-04** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-04** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-05** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-09** Delivered to the Governor on June 9, 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/aa623c6f-2834-41da-8318-a1d3ca4d481d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).