---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the time frame for the adoption of administrative rules"
description: "An act relating to the time frame for the adoption of administrative rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 118"
citation: "Vermont S 118 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Virginia Lyons"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec4f02ea-6653-4130-ade7-6f5f8a90fcc4"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1212"
source_hash: "c2709c343e37fb50d2d67862aec9dd1dc7d57f996faf6b0bad60acdec8575c0e"
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 118 (2019-2020) — An act relating to the time frame for the adoption of administrative rules

## 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-0118/S-0118%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT012/ACT012%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT012/ACT012%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0118/S-0118%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0118/S-0118%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Virginia Lyons — primary (person)
- Christopher Bray — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Benning — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Mark MacDonald — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-13** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-03-14** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-14** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-03-14** Reported favorably by Senator Bray for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-15** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-03-20** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-09** Read Second Time
- **2019-04-09** Rep. Gardner of Richmond reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-09** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-04-10** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2019-04-12** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2019-04-12** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor on April 26, 2019
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor on April 30, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Senate Message, Signed by Governor April 30, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec4f02ea-6653-4130-ade7-6f5f8a90fcc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).