---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to temporary alternative procedures for annual municipal meetings and electronic meetings of public bodies"
description: "An act relating to temporary alternative procedures for annual municipal meetings and electronic meetings of public bodies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 42"
citation: "Vermont H 42 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-01-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e77ee3f1-5d50-4e65-affb-1e34fa2b2af6"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/619"
source_hash: "e400782c3729fbec43c358b9ffb817334c44a65e95f9982a6fc34efad336928f"
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 42 (2023-2024) — An act relating to temporary alternative procedures for annual municipal meetings and electronic meetings of public bodies

## 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-0042/H-0042%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT001/ACT001%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT001/ACT001%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0042/H-0042%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-0042/H-0042%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-0042/H-0042%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-0042/H-0042%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Committee bill read first time `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2023-01-13** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2023-01-17** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2023-01-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-17** Rep. McCarthy of St. Albans City spoke for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2023-01-17** Rep. Beck of St. Johnsbury recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2023-01-17** Report of Committee on Ways and Means agreed to
- **2023-01-17** Amendment as offered by Rep. McCarthy of St. Albans City agreed to
- **2023-01-17** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-01-17** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2023-01-17** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2023-01-17** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2023-01-18** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-01-19** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Rule 31 suspended and bill not referred to Committee on Finance on motion of Senator Cummings
- **2023-01-19** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2023-01-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-19** Reported favorably by Senator Hardy for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** 3rd reading ordered
- **2023-01-19** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2023-01-19** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2023-01-19** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2023-01-19** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-01-20** Delivered to the Governor on January 20, 2023 `passage`
- **2023-01-25** Signed by Governor on January 25, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-01-26** House message: Governor approved bill on January 25, 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e77ee3f1-5d50-4e65-affb-1e34fa2b2af6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).