---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to setting the homestead property tax yields and the nonhomestead property tax rate"
description: "An act relating to setting the homestead property tax yields and the nonhomestead property tax rate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 737"
citation: "Vermont H 737 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-18"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09567b7b-e16d-4f33-b18e-5a61a37ad0b8"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1812"
source_hash: "26bdf0e642c3c5a2215f40d06e5d0f540b6c91738f5cf8ceb07b34f68000699b"
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 737 (2021-2022) — An act relating to setting the homestead property tax yields and the nonhomestead property tax rate

## 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-0737/H-0737%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT178/ACT178%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT178/ACT178%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0737/H-0737%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0737/H-0737%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-18** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Notice Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Rep. Beck of St. Johnsbury spoke for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2022-03-23** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-03-24** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-24** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-29** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2022-05-06** Rules suspended & bill committed to Committee on Appropriations with the report of Committee on Finance intact, on motion of Senator Cummings
- **2022-05-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-05-09** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-09** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-09** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-05-10** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-10** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-10** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-11** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-11** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-11** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-12** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-05-12** Reported favorably by Senator Baruth for Committee on Appropriations with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-12** Senator(s) Cummings motion to substitute amendment for Committee on Finance recommendation of amendment; text
- **2022-05-12** Motion agreed to
- **2022-05-12** Senator Baruth requested & granted leave to withdraw Appropriation proposal of amendment
- **2022-05-12** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-12** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-05-12** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-05-12** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-05-12** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Senate Message, passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-12** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Rules suspended and action on the bill messaged to the Senate forthwith and the bill delivered to the Governor forthwith as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney `passage`
- **2022-05-12** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on June 1, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Governor on June 7, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** House message: Governor approved bill on June 7, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09567b7b-e16d-4f33-b18e-5a61a37ad0b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).