---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of St. Johnsbury"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of St. Johnsbury"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 503"
citation: "Vermont H 503 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Beck"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09006565-db88-46f0-85b4-a3217f085ce2"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/894"
source_hash: "13f24b64cab34172ee09b23cd2a0c55914a4bb0fee67baa8acf94441a0bf4dd5"
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 503 (2023-2024) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of St. Johnsbury

## 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-0503/H-0503%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM027/ACTM027%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM027/ACTM027%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0503/H-0503%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-0503/H-0503%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-0503/H-0503%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-0503/H-0503%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Scott Beck — primary (person)
- R. Scott Campbell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-30** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-04-29** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-04-30** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-04-30** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2024-05-02** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-05-03** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-05-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-05-03** Rep. Higley of Lowell reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2024-05-03** Rep. Anthony of Barre City recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2024-05-03** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs agreed to
- **2024-05-03** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-05-03** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2024-05-03** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2024-05-03** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2024-05-03** Read 1st time `introduction`
- **2024-05-03** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2024-05-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-09** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-09** Reported favorably by Senator Clarkson for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2024-05-09** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2024-05-09** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Delivered to the Governor on May 24, 2024 `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Signed by Governor on May 30, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10** House message: Governor approved bill on May 30, 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09006565-db88-46f0-85b4-a3217f085ce2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).