---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education laws"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 283"
citation: "Vermont S 283 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Education"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b606313-827b-4271-87f2-2ae0ad755e42"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1725"
source_hash: "ce9d186f83b03fd67a317a403d637846f23a6328dccde043485b736454eb4c46"
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 283 (2021-2022) — An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education laws

## 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-0283/S-0283%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT166/ACT166%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT166/ACT166%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0283/S-0283%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0283/S-0283%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48 `introduction`
- **2022-01-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-01-28** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Campion
- **2022-01-28** Committed to Committee on Education on motion of Senator Campion
- **2022-03-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-03-08** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2022-03-10** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-03-11** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-16** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Education `introduction`
- **2022-04-28** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2022-04-29** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-05-02** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-05-03** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-05-03** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Rep. Conlon of Cornwall reported for the Committee on Education
- **2022-05-03** Rep. Scheu of Middlebury recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-05-03** Report of Committee on Education agreed to
- **2022-05-03** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-05** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-05-05** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-05** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2022-05-06** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-06** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Balint, Chittenden, Campion, Hooker, Lyons, Perchlik, and Terenzini `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-06** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-06** House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Campion `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-06** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Campion, Chittenden, and Hooker
- **2022-05-06** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza `passage`
- **2022-05-07** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference appointed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-09** Speaker appointed Webb of Shelburne, Conlon of Cornwall and Cupoli of Rutland City as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2022-05-09** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-09** House message: House appointed Conference Committee members
- **2022-05-11** Notice Calendar: Report of Committee of Conference
- **2022-05-11** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. LaClair of Barre Town
- **2022-05-11** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
- **2022-05-11** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-11** House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2022-05-11** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-05-11** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Chittenden for Committee, text
- **2022-05-11** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2022-05-11** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2022-05-11** Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-11** Senate Message, report of Committee of Conference adopted
- **2022-05-12** Delivered to Governor on May 26, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Governor on June 1, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** Senate Message, signed by Governor June 1, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b606313-827b-4271-87f2-2ae0ad755e42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).