---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to licensure of ambulatory surgical centers"
description: "An act relating to licensure of ambulatory surgical centers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 73"
citation: "Vermont S 73 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Virginia Lyons"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 73
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75fd10da-e51c-4015-8294-0ff8b2b94d68"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/737"
source_hash: "5172f5e65cb2e17a759bad818499ea43e4223cc16414b9d4202a2eba04d9dee6"
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 73 (2019-2020) — An act relating to licensure of ambulatory surgical centers

## 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-0073/S-0073%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT055/ACT055%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT055/ACT055%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0073/S-0073%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0073/S-0073%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Virginia Lyons — primary (person)
- Ann Cummings — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Richard McCormack — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Westman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-02-28** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2019-03-15** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-15** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-03-15** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-19** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-03-19** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-19** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Westman for Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-03-19** Reported favorably by Senator Campion for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2019-03-19** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-03-20** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-21** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-21** Pending third reading, motion to amend to be offered by Senator(s) Brock
- **2019-03-22** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-22** Pending third reading, motion to amend to be offered by Senator(s) Brock
- **2019-03-22** Pending third reading, motion to amend bill offered by Senator(s) Brock
- **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
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-05-07** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-07** Rep. Donahue of Northfield reported for the committee on Health Care
- **2019-05-07** Rep. Ancel of Calais recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-05-07** Report of the Committee on Health Care amended as recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-05-07** Report of Committee on Health Care as amended agreed to
- **2019-05-07** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-08** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-10** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2019-05-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-13** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-14** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-14** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons
- **2019-05-14** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-14** Senator Lyons moved to concur in House proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-14** Proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2019-05-14** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-14** Senate message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto
- **2019-05-16** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. Lippert of Hinesburg
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-16** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment, with further proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-17** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-17** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text
- **2019-05-17** House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment as moved by Senator(s) Lyons
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-17** Senate message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto
- **2019-05-22** Rep. Young of Greensboro raised a Point of Order
- **2019-05-22** Which was agreed to
- **2019-05-22** Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Lippert of Hinesburg
- **2019-05-22** Speaker appointed Lippert of Hinesburg, Houghton of Essex and Donahue of Northfield as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-22** House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- **2019-05-22** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Lyons, Westman, and Ingram
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-22** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-22** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-22** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2019-05-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-23** Committee of Conference Report
- **2019-05-23** Senate message, report of committee of conference adopted
- **2019-05-23** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-23** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Lyons for Committee, text
- **2019-05-23** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2019-05-23** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 4, 2019
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 10, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 10, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75fd10da-e51c-4015-8294-0ff8b2b94d68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).