---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to alcoholic beverage laws"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to alcoholic beverage laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 956"
citation: "Vermont H 956 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-05-20"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beef362b-eae3-43fc-ba99-34d1fc6175c9"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2376"
source_hash: "c48166f36cf435b2bd8c9ee1a80260ac5395cee1910780d31ec17d4eaf43d933"
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 956 (2019-2020) — An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to alcoholic beverage laws

## 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-0956/H-0956%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT146/ACT146%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT146/ACT146%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0956/H-0956%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0956/H-0956%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-20** Committee Bill read first time
- **2020-05-20** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2020-05-27** Read Second Time
- **2020-05-27** Rep. Birong of Vergennes spoke for the committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- **2020-05-27** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-05-29** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-02** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `introduction`
- **2020-06-26** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-26** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Clarkson for Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2020-06-26** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs agreed to
- **2020-06-26** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-06-26** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-26** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-26** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-06-26** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-26** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-06-26** 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`
- **2020-06-26** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2020-06-26** Delivered to the Governor on July 7, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Signed by Governor on July 13, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** House message: Governor approved bill on July 13, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/beef362b-eae3-43fc-ba99-34d1fc6175c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).