---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to capital construction and State bonding budget adjustment"
description: "An act relating to capital construction and State bonding budget adjustment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 955"
citation: "Vermont H 955 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Corrections and Institutions"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-05-15"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f7e23fc-4772-4a4f-a7cc-4f501d142bd4"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2330"
source_hash: "d4ad350c5d81475785108f426c3f347499c3016beaa09accc542d2ecadf7463b"
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 955 (2019-2020) — An act relating to capital construction and State bonding budget adjustment

## 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-0955/H-0955%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT139/ACT139%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT139/ACT139%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0955/H-0955%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0955/H-0955%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Corrections and Institutions — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-15** Committee Bill read first time
- **2020-05-15** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2020-05-22** Read Second Time
- **2020-05-22** Rep. Emmons of Springfield spoke for the committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2020-05-22** Rep. Fagan of Rutland City recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2020-05-22** Amendment as offered by Rep. Donahue of Northfield agreed to
- **2020-05-22** Amendment as offered by Rep. Emmons of Springfield agreed to
- **2020-05-22** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-05-27** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-27** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-28** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Institutions `introduction`
- **2020-06-17** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-17** Rules suspended & bill committed to Committee on Appropriations with the report of Committee on Institutions intact, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-22** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-22** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- **2020-06-22** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-06-22** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Hardy, Clarkson, Ingram, and McCormack
- **2020-06-23** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-06-23** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- **2020-06-23** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-06-23** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Hardy, Clarkson, Ingram, and McCormack
- **2020-06-23** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Benning for Committee on Institutions
- **2020-06-23** Reported favorably by Senator McCormack for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-23** Senator Balint requested & granted leave to abstain from voting pursuant to Senate Rules 69 & 71
- **2020-06-23** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Hardy, Balint, Clarkson, Ingram, and McCormack, text
- **2020-06-23** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2020-06-23** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions, as amended, agreed to
- **2020-06-23** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-06-24** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-06-24** Pending third reading motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Benning
- **2020-06-24** Pending third reading, motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2020-06-24** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-06-24** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-24** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-06-25** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-25** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-06-26** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2020-06-26** Delivered to the Governor on June 30, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Signed by Governor on July 6, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** House message: Governor approved bill on July 6, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f7e23fc-4772-4a4f-a7cc-4f501d142bd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).