---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to authorizing temporary elections procedures for annual meetings in the year 2022"
description: "An act relating to authorizing temporary elections procedures for annual meetings in the year 2022"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 223"
citation: "Vermont S 223 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Government Operations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-01-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/755d57dc-6d16-4ff0-8707-40df33aa6255"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1689"
source_hash: "089c0bef7147f58511930d8fc17b598bcb24b8124c87775d61fe004a5a5a2a40"
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 223 (2021-2022) — An act relating to authorizing temporary elections procedures for annual meetings in the year 2022

## 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-0223/S-0223%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT079/ACT079%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT079/ACT079%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0223/S-0223%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0223/S-0223%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Government Operations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Read 1st time & placed on Notice Calendar per Rule 34 `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-11** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-01-11** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-01-11** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2022-01-11** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-01-12** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to suspend rules to permit immediate consideration of the bill, pending its entry on the notice calendar
- **2022-01-13** Which was agreed to
- **2022-01-13** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-13** Rep. LaClair of Barre Town reported for the Committee on Government Operations
- **2022-01-13** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-01-13** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-01-13** Read Third time and passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-01-13** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-01-14** House message: House passed bill in concurrence
- **2022-01-14** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2022-01-14** Delivered to Governor on January 14, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-01-19** Signed by Governor on January 18, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-19** Senate Message, signed by Governor January 18, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/755d57dc-6d16-4ff0-8707-40df33aa6255`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).