---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of the dissolution of Duxbury-Moretown Fire District No. 1 and to deputy State's Attorneys"
description: "An act relating to approval of the dissolution of Duxbury-Moretown Fire District No. 1 and to deputy State's Attorneys"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 517"
citation: "Vermont H 517 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dara Torre"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-19"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92928946-9f70-48fc-9ca0-05bd0ba337d1"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1009"
source_hash: "73aa7a2109a80b568ea33c57c8f9184c1548a31814244586935ad4a42c058538"
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 517 (2023-2024) — An act relating to approval of the dissolution of Duxbury-Moretown Fire District No. 1 and to deputy State's Attorneys

## 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-0517/H-0517%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT039/ACT039%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT039/ACT039%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0517/H-0517%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-0517/H-0517%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-0517/H-0517%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-0517/H-0517%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0517/H-0517%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0517/H-0517%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dara Torre — primary (person)
- Katherine "Kari" Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Wood — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2023-05-11** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to suspend rules to permit immediate consideration of the bill, pending its entry on the Notice Calendar
- **2023-05-11** Which was agreed to
- **2023-05-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Rep. Higley of Lowell reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2023-05-11** Rep. Branagan of Georgia recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2023-05-11** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs agreed to
- **2023-05-11** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2023-05-11** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2023-05-12** Rules suspended on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2023-05-12** Rules suspended and bill not to be referred to Rules per Temporary Rule 44a, and sent to Committee of Jurisdiction
- **2023-05-12** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2023-05-12** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Clarkson
- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Watson for Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-12** 3rd reading ordered
- **2023-05-12** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-12** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to suspend rules to permit immediate consideration of the bill, pending its entry on the Notice Calendar
- **2023-05-12** Which was agreed to
- **2023-05-12** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-12** Bill ordered delivered to the Governor forthwith per Joint Rule 15 as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2023-05-12** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on May 26, 2023 `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Signed by Governor on June 1, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** House message: Governor approved bill on June 1, 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92928946-9f70-48fc-9ca0-05bd0ba337d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).