---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to vital records, mausoleums and columbaria, and emergency health orders"
description: "An act relating to vital records, mausoleums and columbaria, and emergency health orders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 151"
citation: "Vermont H 151 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Government Operations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d8ca189-2b38-43a9-8086-55a000e1a858"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/452"
source_hash: "f8dc3992d32fc4807b4d9ff7becb56f5bb8ab36f4b1c390729a1bdf3c2a9d58f"
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 H 151 (2021-2022) — An act relating to vital records, mausoleums and columbaria, and emergency health orders

## 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/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0151/H-0151%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT015/ACT015%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT015/ACT015%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0151/H-0151%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0151/H-0151%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Government Operations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on January 29, 2021
- **2021-02-02** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Rep. LaClair of Barre Town spoke for the Committee on Government Operations
- **2021-02-02** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2021-04-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13** Reported favorably by Senator Clarkson for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-23** Delivered to the Governor on April 23, 2021 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Signed by Governor on April 29, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** House message: Governor approved bill on April 29, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d8ca189-2b38-43a9-8086-55a000e1a858`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).