---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to professional regulation"
description: "An act relating to professional regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 220"
citation: "Vermont S 220 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeanette White", "Timothy Ashe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/719e5bf7-2f80-47e7-a3b0-1cbfc9ce6c83"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1950"
source_hash: "c2ce50edcfab9f7490dbcc6879bac602546a2c226b18963d4269bb501d95b7f2"
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 220 (2019-2020) — An act relating to professional regulation

## 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-0220/S-0220%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT178/ACT178%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT178/ACT178%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0220/S-0220%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0220/S-0220%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Jeanette White — primary (person)
- Timothy Ashe — primary (person)
- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Perchlik — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony Pollina — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Bray — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2020-03-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-03-13** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-03-13** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2020-06-05** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-05** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-06-05** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2020-06-05** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2020-06-12** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-12** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-06-12** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2020-06-12** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-06-12** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons, Cummings, Ingram, McCormack, and Westman to recommendation of amendment of Government Operations committee
- **2020-06-16** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-06-16** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-06-16** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2020-06-16** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-06-16** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons, Cummings, Ingram, McCormack, and Westman
- **2020-06-16** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator White for Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-06-16** Reported favorably by Senator Balint for Committee on Finance with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** Reported favorably by Senator Kitchel for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as recommended by Committee on Finance
- **2020-06-16** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Lyons, Cummings, Ingram, McCormack, and Westman, text
- **2020-06-16** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2020-06-16** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations, as amended, agreed to
- **2020-06-16** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-06-17** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-06-17** Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) White
- **2020-06-17** Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Ashe, Pearson, Campion, Hardy, and Perchlik
- **2020-06-17** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2020-06-17** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-18** Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-09-03** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2020-09-08** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2020-09-11** Read Second Time
- **2020-09-11** Rep. Colston of Winooski reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2020-09-11** Rep. Canfield of Fair Haven recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2020-09-11** Rep. Townsend of South Burlington recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2020-09-11** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to.
- **2020-09-11** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-09-15** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2020-09-15** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-15** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2020-09-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-09-16** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-09-17** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-09-17** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2020-09-17** House proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2020-09-17** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2020-09-18** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Delivered to Governor on October 6, 2020
- **2020-09-25** Signed by Governor on October 12, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/719e5bf7-2f80-47e7-a3b0-1cbfc9ce6c83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).