---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to commissioning Department of Corrections personnel as notaries public"
description: "An act relating to commissioning Department of Corrections personnel as notaries public"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 178"
citation: "Vermont H 178 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alice Emmons"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b7870a0-68da-4525-8da2-8c5228e627fe"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/929"
source_hash: "b47d2f40fabc6c89f47f3d44230f663d450eb6f0dab39505cb648c79a2011b73"
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 178 (2023-2024) — An act relating to commissioning Department of Corrections personnel as notaries public

## 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/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0178/H-0178%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT016/ACT016%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT016/ACT016%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0178/H-0178%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0178/H-0178%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0178/H-0178%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
7. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0178/H-0178%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Alice Emmons — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2023-03-21** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-03-22** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-03-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Rep. Waters Evans of Charlotte reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2023-03-22** Rep. Taylor of Colchester recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2023-03-22** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2023-03-28** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2023-04-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2023-04-25** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably by Senator Watson for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably by Senator McCormack for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** 3rd reading ordered
- **2023-04-27** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Delivered to the Governor on May 9, 2023 `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Signed by Governor on May 15, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** House message: Governor approved bill on May 15, 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b7870a0-68da-4525-8da2-8c5228e627fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).