---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to agricultural development"
description: "An act relating to agricultural development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 160"
citation: "Vermont S 160 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 63
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-19"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54b1b78e-958c-483f-8583-8d7515b50579"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/108"
source_hash: "467c908d1239a3572c2fe439dac2218ef24933d40e62a4ad461c8ccb14729649"
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 160 (2019-2020) — An act relating to agricultural development

## 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-0160/S-0160%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT083/ACT083%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT083/ACT083%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0160/S-0160%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0160/S-0160%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-19** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48
- **2019-03-19** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Committee on Finance 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 Finance
- **2019-03-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2019-03-26** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-26** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2019-03-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-03-27** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2019-03-27** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-27** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time
- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably by Senator Pearson for Committee on Finance with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Reported favorably by Senator Starr for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to
- **2019-03-27** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations agreed to
- **2019-03-27** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-03-28** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-29** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-29** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-05-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-05-16** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-16** Rep. Partridge of Windham reported for the committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- **2019-05-16** Rep. Masland of Thetford recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-05-16** Rep. Conquest of Newbury recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-16** Report of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry amended as recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-05-16** Report of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry amended as recommended by the Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-16** Report of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry amended as offered by Rep. Partridge of Windham
- **2019-05-16** Report of Committee on Agriculture and Forestry as amended agreed to
- **2019-05-16** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-17** Rep. Masland of Thetford and Briglin of Thetford moved that the House propose to the Senate to amend the bill
- **2019-05-17** Rep. Masland of Thetford asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2019-05-17** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-17** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Starr
- **2019-05-17** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-17** House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Starr
- **2019-05-17** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Pearson, Hardy, and Pollina
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-20** House message House appointed Conference Committee members
- **2019-05-17** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment not concurred in and committee of conference appointed
- **2019-05-17** Speaker appointed Bartholomew of Hartland, Bock of Chester and Strong of Albany as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2019-05-22** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-22** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-22** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2019-05-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-23** Committee of Conference Report
- **2019-05-23** Senate message, report of committee of conference adopted
- **2019-05-23** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-23** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Pearson for Committee, text
- **2019-05-23** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2019-05-23** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **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/54b1b78e-958c-483f-8583-8d7515b50579`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).