---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to physician assistant licensure"
description: "An act relating to physician assistant licensure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 128"
citation: "Vermont S 128 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Ingram"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b68e44a-8300-453b-a199-a55150721a9d"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1203"
source_hash: "6ad97e1a94ff3096c698b46d1c4dc249d3e0a989588973e49a3b5b70623fa39c"
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 128 (2019-2020) — An act relating to physician assistant licensure

## 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-0128/S-0128%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT123/ACT123%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT123/ACT123%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0128/S-0128%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0128/S-0128%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Deborah Ingram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-02-06** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-02-07** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-02-07** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-02-11** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2020-02-11** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-02-12** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2020-02-12** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-02-12** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Ingram for Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2020-02-12** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare amended as moved by Senator Lyons and Sears
- **2020-02-12** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare, as amended, agreed to
- **2020-02-12** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-02-13** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-02-13** Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Sirotkin
- **2020-02-13** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2020-02-18** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Health Care
- **2020-06-12** Read Second Time
- **2020-06-12** Rep. Cordes of Lincoln reported for the committee on Health Care
- **2020-06-12** Rep. Cordes of Lincoln moved to amend the report of the committee on Health Care
- **2020-06-12** Which was agreed to
- **2020-06-12** Proposal of amendment of the Committee on Health Care agreed to
- **2020-06-12** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-06-12** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-12** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2020-06-12** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-16** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-06-16** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2020-06-17** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-06-18** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-06-18** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2020-06-18** House proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2020-06-18** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2020-06-18** Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-19** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-06-26** Delivered to Governor on June 26, 2020
- **2020-06-26** Signed by Governor on July 1, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** Senate Message, Signed by Governor July 1, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b68e44a-8300-453b-a199-a55150721a9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).