---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to authorizing alternative procedures for 2022 annual municipal meetings in response to COVID-19"
description: "An act relating to authorizing alternative procedures for 2022 annual municipal meetings in response to COVID-19"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 172"
citation: "Vermont S 172 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeanette White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-04"
last_action: "2022-01-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5e1d0cb-a389-4126-8004-2eaca4d39a18"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1409"
source_hash: "fb839fcff6cc6fa185dfa95c263e8020fd214ae28d92316fc62dd21c8fbad656"
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 S 172 (2021-2022) — An act relating to authorizing alternative procedures for 2022 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/S-0172/S-0172%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT077/ACT077%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT077/ACT077%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0172/S-0172%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0172/S-0172%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Jeanette White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2022-01-05** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-01-05** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-05** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-01-05** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-01-05** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2022-01-05** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-01-05** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-01-05** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2022-01-05** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-01-07** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2022-01-07** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to suspend rules to permit immediate consideration of the bill, pending its entry on the notice calendar
- **2022-01-07** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-07** Rep. Anthony of Barre City reported for the Committee on Government Operations
- **2022-01-07** Rep. Toof of St. Albans Town moved that the House propose to the Senate to amend the bill which was disagreed to
- **2022-01-07** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-01-07** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-01-07** Read Third time and passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-01-07** 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`
- **2022-01-07** House message: House passed bill in concurrence
- **2022-01-07** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2022-01-11** Delivered to Governor on January 11, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-01-14** Signed by Governor on January 14, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-18** Senate Message, signed by Governor January 14, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5e1d0cb-a389-4126-8004-2eaca4d39a18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).