---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the creation of the City of Essex Junction and the adoption of the City charter"
description: "An act relating to the creation of the City of Essex Junction and the adoption of the City charter"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 491"
citation: "Vermont H 491 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen Dolan", "Lori Houghton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2717a90-649e-47bf-a790-f0e226b95f67"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1204"
source_hash: "17487a98c06347916f67bad9ec6da24b437a148b177dd79b9ae7d89ea9e7aff4"
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 491 (2021-2022) — An act relating to the creation of the City of Essex Junction and the adoption of the City charter

## 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-0491/H-0491%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACTM010/ACTM010%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACTM010/ACTM010%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0491/H-0491%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0491/H-0491%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Karen Dolan — primary (person)
- Lori Houghton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-02** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2022-02-17** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-18** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-18** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-18** Rep. Anthony of Barre City reported for the Committee on Government Operations
- **2022-02-18** Rep. Mattos of Milton recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2022-02-18** Report of the Committee on Government Operations amended as recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2022-02-18** Report of Committee on Government Operations as amended agreed to
- **2022-02-18** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2022-03-31** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-03-31** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-01** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-01** Reported favorably by Senator Ram Hinsdale for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-04-05** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-04-06** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-04-14** Delivered to the Governor on April 14, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Signed by Governor on April 20, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-22** House message: Governor approved bill on April 20, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2717a90-649e-47bf-a790-f0e226b95f67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).