---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare"
description: "An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 124"
citation: "Vermont S 124 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeanette White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e08145b-0386-481f-95ee-3336ee37fd9c"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/863"
source_hash: "b39b325f304309d88100a1fa67c228ea6c45e2b79e6aa67f41bf13847804a0ba"
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 124 (2019-2020) — An act relating to governmental structures protecting the public health, safety and welfare

## 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-0124/S-0124%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT166/ACT166%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT166/ACT166%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0124/S-0124%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0124/S-0124%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Ashe, Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeanette White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2020-03-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-03-24** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-03-24** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2020-05-19** Committee on Appropriations relieved; bill committed to Committee on Government Operations on motion of Senator Kitchel
- **2020-06-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-09** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-06-09** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2020-06-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-06-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-06-22** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-06-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-06-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-06-22** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator White for Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-06-22** Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-22** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-06-22** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations, as amended, agreed to
- **2020-06-22** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-06-23** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-06-24** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
- **2020-06-24** Pending third reading, motion to amend bill offered by Senator(s) White, Bray, Clarkson, Collamore, and Pollina
- **2020-06-24** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2020-06-24** Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Ashe, Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-24** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-25** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-09-18** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2020-09-22** Read Second Time
- **2020-09-22** Rep. Copeland Hanzas of Bradford reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2020-09-22** Rep. Townsend of South Burlington reported for the committee on Appropriations
- **2020-09-22** Report of Committee on Government Operations amended as offered by Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-09-22** Report of Committee on Government Operations as amended agreed to
- **2020-09-22** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-09-22** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-22** Amendment as offered by Rep. Copeland Hanzas of Bradford agreed to
- **2020-09-22** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2020-09-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-09-23** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-09-23** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2020-09-24** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-09-24** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2020-09-24** House proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2020-09-24** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Delivered to Governor on October 1, 2020
- **2020-09-25** Signed by Governor on October 7, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e08145b-0386-481f-95ee-3336ee37fd9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).