---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to extending the deadline to test for lead in the drinking water of school buildings and child care facilities"
description: "An act relating to extending the deadline to test for lead in the drinking water of school buildings and child care facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 957"
citation: "Vermont H 957 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Education"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-05-20"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a56c3c89-019f-4c05-9d72-bc6eb312a4bf"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2517"
source_hash: "a59bef15f9da0ef2ef6e62640e29b4a3c71274d7727b09f28590343cb888ea65"
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 957 (2019-2020) — An act relating to extending the deadline to test for lead in the drinking water of school buildings and child care facilities

## 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-0957/H-0957%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT133/ACT133%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT133/ACT133%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0957/H-0957%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0957/H-0957%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-20** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on May 22, 2020
- **2020-05-22** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-22** Read Second Time
- **2020-05-22** Rep. James of Manchester spoke for the committee on Education
- **2020-05-22** Amendment as offered by Rep. James of Manchester agreed to
- **2020-05-22** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-05-22** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-22** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Education `introduction`
- **2020-06-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-23** Favorable report by Committee on Education
- **2020-06-24** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-06-24** Favorable report by Committee on Education
- **2020-06-24** Reported favorably by Senator Parent for Committee on Education, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-24** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-24** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-24** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-24** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Delivered to the Governor on June 26, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Signed by Governor on July 1, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** House message: Governor approved bill on July 1, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a56c3c89-019f-4c05-9d72-bc6eb312a4bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).