---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of the dissolution of Colchester Fire District No. 3"
description: "An act relating to approval of the dissolution of Colchester Fire District No. 3"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 46"
citation: "Vermont H 46 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curt Taylor"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92e1b990-04c2-4613-ac9c-cd5ecc99fb17"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/385"
source_hash: "d242cc3e4211dccfa122e0b40c9dcbb278674140fd905dd3a5d4244c1b5f3017"
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 46 (2023-2024) — An act relating to approval of the dissolution of Colchester Fire District No. 3

## 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-0046/H-0046%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM001/ACTM001%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM001/ACTM001%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0046/H-0046%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-0046/H-0046%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-0046/H-0046%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-0046/H-0046%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Curt Taylor — primary (person)
- Sarah "Sarita" Austin — cosponsor (person)
- Seth Chase — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2023-02-07** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-02-08** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Rep. Waters Evans of Charlotte reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2023-02-08** Rep. Taylor of Colchester recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2023-02-08** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2023-02-21** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-02-21** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Reported favorably by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Delivered to the Governor on March 14, 2023 `passage`
- **2023-03-21** Signed by Governor on March 20, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** House message: Governor approved bill on March 20, 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92e1b990-04c2-4613-ac9c-cd5ecc99fb17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).