---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington"
description: "An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 454"
citation: "Vermont H 454 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Government Operations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-05-18"
last_action: "2022-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0eda6e0-2f10-46b2-bf55-870454be797c"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1107"
source_hash: "5f4c80980cbe1268350a0bea901e69aa4fb11cff7a2dda75af2c34ecc84f7543"
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 454 (2021-2022) — An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington

## 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-0454/H-0454%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACTM007/ACTM007%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACTM007/ACTM007%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0454/H-0454%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0454/H-0454%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.

- **2021-05-18** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on May 19, 2021
- **2021-05-19** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2021-05-19** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Rep. Hooper of Burlington spoke for the Committee on Government Operations
- **2021-05-19** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2021-05-19** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2021-05-20** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2022-01-04** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2022-01-25** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-01-25** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-27** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-01-28** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-02-08** Delivered to the Governor on February 8, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-02-15** Signed by Governor on February 14, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-15** House message: Governor approved bill on February 14, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0eda6e0-2f10-46b2-bf55-870454be797c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).