---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the provision of child care at family child care homes during remote learning days"
description: "An act relating to the provision of child care at family child care homes during remote learning days"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 967"
citation: "Vermont H 967 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Human Services"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-08-27"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18ca610b-4842-4f25-abd0-1e6378778208"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2556"
source_hash: "0c695723c4cd929618ebd8e91d2604cabe1891de7d4e17a5f92f0ee3fa6d0e26"
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 967 (2019-2020) — An act relating to the provision of child care at family child care homes during remote learning days

## 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-0967/H-0967%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT161/ACT161%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT161/ACT161%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0967/H-0967%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0967/H-0967%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.

- **2020-08-27** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on August 28, 2020
- **2020-08-28** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to suspend rules and take up bill for immediate consideration
- **2020-08-28** Read Second Time
- **2020-08-28** Rep. Nicoll of Ludlow reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2020-08-28** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-08-28** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-08-28** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-08-28** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-01** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2020-09-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-09-10** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-09-11** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-09-11** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-09-11** Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare with proposal of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-11** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2020-09-11** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-09-15** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-09-15** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-15** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-09-15** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-09-16** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-16** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-09-16** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-16** 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`
- **2020-09-25** Delivered to the Governor on September 30, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Signed by Governor on October 5, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-25** House message: Governor approved bill on October 5, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18ca610b-4842-4f25-abd0-1e6378778208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).