---
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 744"
citation: "Vermont H 744 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Government Operations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-04-05"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dda04d0-b801-4364-a3c5-0a95049f544a"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1834"
source_hash: "678f8ec804e2fe0ff13197ad87dd9fa7a1d868c75de6ba9b8a43e0207a159873"
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 744 (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-0744/H-0744%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACTM014/ACTM014%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACTM014/ACTM014%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0744/H-0744%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0744/H-0744%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.

- **2022-04-05** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on April 6, 2022
- **2022-04-06** Notice Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-07** Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-07** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-07** Rep. LaClair of Barre Town spoke for the Committee on Government Operations
- **2022-04-07** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-04-08** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-08** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-04-13** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2022-04-20** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2022-04-22** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-22** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-25** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-25** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-26** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26** Reported favorably by Senator Ram Hinsdale for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-04-27** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on May 13, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Allowed to become law without the signature of the Governor on May 19, 2022
- **2022-05-12** House message: Governor allowed to become law without signature on May 19, 2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dda04d0-b801-4364-a3c5-0a95049f544a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).