---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to temporary municipal provisions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak"
description: "An act relating to temporary municipal provisions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 345"
citation: "Vermont S 345 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Government Operations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-04-27"
last_action: "2020-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1bb5acd-d71e-474a-8380-0ba6d78d0544"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2490"
source_hash: "3796cf3432c21ff3d2da0596800db519d03b3de440c42fbb6f886044fa4a8baf"
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 345 (2019-2020) — An act relating to temporary municipal provisions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

## 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-0345/S-0345%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT113/ACT113%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT113/ACT113%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0345/S-0345%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0345/S-0345%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Government Operations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-27** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48
- **2020-04-27** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-04-27** Read 2nd time
- **2020-04-27** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-04-27** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-04-27** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2020-04-27** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-04-29** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-05-20** Placed on Calendar for Notice on 5/20/2020
- **2020-05-27** Read Second Time
- **2020-05-27** Rep. Colston of Winooski reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2020-05-27** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to.
- **2020-05-27** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-05-27** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-27** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2020-05-27** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-27** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2020-05-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-05-28** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-05-29** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-06-02** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-06-03** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-06-03** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2020-06-03** Consideration postponed to next legislative day on motion of Senator MacDonald
- **2020-06-04** Consideration postponed - House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-06-05** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-06-05** Consideration resumed
- **2020-06-05** House proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2020-06-05** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2020-06-05** Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-09** Delivered to Governor on June 9, 2020
- **2020-06-10** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **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/d1bb5acd-d71e-474a-8380-0ba6d78d0544`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).