---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry"
description: "An act relating to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 111"
citation: "Vermont S 111 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeanette White", "Timothy Ashe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bc35ce9-51fa-42e7-b479-d1bdd78639df"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1053"
source_hash: "bbe58eaaec29971e72f9b6a0a275e35100b10ed059345346d6560586b6c58092"
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 S 111 (2019-2020) — An act relating to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry

## 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/S-0111/S-0111%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT068/ACT068%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT068/ACT068%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0111/S-0111%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0111/S-0111%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeanette White — primary (person)
- Timothy Ashe — primary (person)
- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony Pollina — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Collamore — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Bray — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-03** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-04** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-04** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-04** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator White for Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-04** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2019-04-04** 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
- **2019-04-05** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-04-05** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- **2019-05-10** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-10** Rep. Howard of Rutland City reported for the committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- **2019-05-10** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-13** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2019-05-14** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2019-05-14** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 13, 2019
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 17, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 17, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bc35ce9-51fa-42e7-b479-d1bdd78639df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).