---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the Town of Hartford’s tax increment financing district"
description: "An act relating to the Town of Hartford’s tax increment financing district"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 283"
citation: "Vermont S 283 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alison Clarkson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62da9250-1280-4844-bcc6-f3a0dde75c1e"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2115"
source_hash: "e2868f8d8dfe7f04f0cdf7d030044a3a3096a61ef4daa891e3bae9bd66d884e8"
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 283 (2019-2020) — An act relating to the Town of Hartford’s tax increment financing district

## 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-0283/S-0283%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT111/ACT111%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT111/ACT111%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0283/S-0283%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0283/S-0283%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Alison Clarkson — primary (person)
- Alice Nitka — cosponsor (person)
- Richard McCormack — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2020-02-20** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2020-02-21** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-02-21** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2020-02-21** Reported favorably by Senator Brock for Committee on Finance, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-02-25** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2020-05-27** Read Second Time
- **2020-05-27** Rep. Anthony of Barre City reported for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2020-05-27** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-05-29** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-06-02** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2020-06-02** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2020-06-09** Delivered to Governor on June 9, 2020
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Governor on June 15, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-16** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 15, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62da9250-1280-4844-bcc6-f3a0dde75c1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).