---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to using Australian ballot for municipal meetings in the year 2021"
description: "An act relating to using Australian ballot for municipal meetings in the year 2021"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 354"
citation: "Vermont S 354 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Government Operations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-09-11"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccfb8f42-6205-4412-9334-bb32abf2b6b3"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2584"
source_hash: "9cf35b3df06942164ae5e91b028fe7244f07387e13c764b532628f7d6c3072a4"
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 354 (2019-2020) — An act relating to using Australian ballot for municipal meetings in the year 2021

## 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-0354/S-0354%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT162/ACT162%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT162/ACT162%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0354/S-0354%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0354/S-0354%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.

- **2020-09-11** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48
- **2020-09-11** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-09-15** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2020-09-16** New Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2020-09-16** Read 2nd time
- **2020-09-16** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-09-17** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-09-17** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2020-09-17** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-09-18** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-09-24** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-24** Read Second Time
- **2020-09-24** Rep. Mrowicki of Putney reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2020-09-24** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to.
- **2020-09-24** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-09-25** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-25** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2020-09-25** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-09-25** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2020-09-25** House proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2020-09-25** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-09-25** Delivered to Governor on October 1, 2020
- **2020-09-25** Signed by Governor on October 5, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccfb8f42-6205-4412-9334-bb32abf2b6b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).