---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to validating legal instruments used in connection with the conveyance of real estate"
description: "An act relating to validating legal instruments used in connection with the conveyance of real estate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 199"
citation: "Vermont H 199 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maxine Grad"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/107d9052-cbed-467c-b6fc-00d96464516f"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/522"
source_hash: "eeecdd87ab3e2db272040f9eed5c720a4697aa7c8d233767bb2f3474bb1fe2dd"
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 199 (2021-2022) — An act relating to validating legal instruments used in connection with the conveyance of real estate

## 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-0199/H-0199%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT019/ACT019%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT019/ACT019%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0199/H-0199%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0199/H-0199%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Maxine Grad — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Rep. Leffler of Enosburgh reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2021-02-25** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Reported favorably by Senator Nitka for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Delivered to the Governor on April 30, 2021 `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Signed by Governor on May 6, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-07** House message: Governor approved bill on May 6, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/107d9052-cbed-467c-b6fc-00d96464516f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).