---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charters of the City of Burlington and the City of Barre"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charters of the City of Burlington and the City of Barre"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 952"
citation: "Vermont H 952 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johannah Donovan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-05-13"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c44c48d-852c-4214-afc6-877bc0a17082"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2482"
source_hash: "61f0e524125856f8d2c487ffbb3eb280fb4b095e549fb8976841f2744fa609b6"
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 952 (2019-2020) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charters of the City of Burlington and the City of Barre

## 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-0952/H-0952%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACTM012/ACTM012%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACTM012/ACTM012%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0952/H-0952%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0952/H-0952%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Johannah Donovan — primary (person)
- Barbara Rachelson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis McCormack — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Krowinski — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Hooper — cosponsor (person)
- Selene Colburn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-13** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-09-16** Read Second Time
- **2020-09-16** Rep. Hooper of Burlington reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2020-09-16** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to.
- **2020-09-16** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-09-17** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved that the bill be committed to the committee on Ways and Means which was agreed to.
- **2020-09-18** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to suspend rules and take up bill for immediate consideration
- **2020-09-18** Read Second Time
- **2020-09-18** Rep. Anthony of Barre City reported for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2020-09-18** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-09-18** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-18** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-09-18** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-18** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2020-09-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-09-23** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-09-24** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-09-24** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-09-24** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-25** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-09-25** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-09-25** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Delivered to the Governor on October 5, 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/4c44c48d-852c-4214-afc6-877bc0a17082`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).