---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to determining the proportion of health care spending allocated to primary care"
description: "An act relating to determining the proportion of health care spending allocated to primary care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 53"
citation: "Vermont S 53 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy Ashe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35fd0f2b-857d-4af4-a89b-fd2a66d4a2c5"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/475"
source_hash: "f3d05de0e1ec362b4a493e9e80ac38b189457603715909a15fcd3098a962a720"
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 53 (2019-2020) — An act relating to determining the proportion of health care spending allocated to primary care

## 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-0053/S-0053%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT017/ACT017%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT017/ACT017%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0053/S-0053%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0053/S-0053%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Timothy Ashe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-03-20** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-20** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-03-20** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-03-20** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2019-03-20** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-03-21** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-22** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-22** Pending third reading, motion to amend bill offered by Senator(s) Sirotkin
- **2019-03-22** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2019-03-22** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Health Care
- **2019-04-16** Read Second Time
- **2019-04-16** Rep. Christensen of Weathersfield reported for the committee on Health Care
- **2019-04-16** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-04-17** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2019-04-19** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2019-04-19** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Delivered to Governor on April 30.2019
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor on May 6, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Senate Message, Signed by Governor May 6, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35fd0f2b-857d-4af4-a89b-fd2a66d4a2c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).