---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to authorizing alternative procedures for 2021 annual municipal meetings in response to COVID-19"
description: "An act relating to authorizing alternative procedures for 2021 annual municipal meetings in response to COVID-19"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 48"
citation: "Vermont H 48 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sarah Copeland Hanzas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-01-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78ed2602-c03f-4b78-9fa5-6ed219527023"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/257"
source_hash: "195fca0f973731e22fa149415094377d3ec753fe8bbd3cba68b7da682028fb06"
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 48 (2021-2022) — An act relating to authorizing alternative procedures for 2021 annual municipal meetings in response to COVID-19

## 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-0048/H-0048%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT001/ACT001%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT001/ACT001%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0048/H-0048%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0048/H-0048%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Sarah Copeland Hanzas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-12** Rep. Copeland Hanzas of Bradford reported for the Committee on Government Operations
- **2021-01-12** Rep. Toof of St. Albans Town moved to amend the report of the Committee on Government Operations
- **2021-01-12** Amendment as offered by Rep. Toof of St. Albans Town withdrawn
- **2021-01-12** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2021-01-12** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-01-12** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2021-01-12** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2021-01-12** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2021-01-13** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-01-14** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-14** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2021-01-14** Reported favorably by Senator White for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-01-14** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2021-01-14** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2021-01-14** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2021-01-14** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-01-15** Delivered to the Governor on January 15, 2021 `passage`
- **2021-01-19** Signed by Governor on January 19, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-20** House message: Governor approved bill on January 19, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78ed2602-c03f-4b78-9fa5-6ed219527023`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).