---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to substance misuse prevention"
description: "An act relating to substance misuse prevention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 146"
citation: "Vermont S 146 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Health and Welfare"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-12"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccbb9708-6c8d-457a-99e9-9752aa29b161"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1217"
source_hash: "bec5752af7ca4179b17bc270eeb1fd8c44783790a0851d44284f8a8b85f0f34a"
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 146 (2019-2020) — An act relating to substance misuse prevention

## 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-0146/S-0146%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT082/ACT082%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT082/ACT082%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0146/S-0146%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0146/S-0146%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Health and Welfare — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-12** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48
- **2019-03-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-13** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2019-03-22** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-22** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2019-03-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-03-26** New Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2019-03-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-03-26** Read 2nd time
- **2019-03-26** Reported favorably by Senator McCormack for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations agreed to
- **2019-03-26** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-03-27** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Human Services
- **2019-05-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-05-14** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-14** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-14** Rep. Pajala of Londonderry reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2019-05-14** Rep. Fagan of Rutland City recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-14** Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to.
- **2019-05-14** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-14** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-14** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2019-05-15** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-15** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-16** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-16** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-16** Motion by Senator Lyons that Senate concur in House Proposal of Amendment with further proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-16** House proposal of amendment concurred in with proposal of amendment, on motion of Senator Lyons
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-16** Senate message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto
- **2019-05-17** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-17** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2019-05-17** Senate Proposal of Amendment to the House Proposal of Amendment agreed to
- **2019-05-20** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-20** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 17, 2019
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 20, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 20, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccbb9708-6c8d-457a-99e9-9752aa29b161`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).