---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of the adoption of the charter of the Town of South Hero"
description: "An act relating to approval of the adoption of the charter of the Town of South Hero"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 554"
citation: "Vermont H 554 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Morgan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffa33edf-88e5-4d12-b274-54fc64003ec2"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1350"
source_hash: "7ca8693d89e3f3fcdb0baa71d942c6d452a834ba542ab798e82513188a8b14ec"
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 554 (2023-2024) — An act relating to approval of the adoption of the charter of the Town of South Hero

## 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-0554/H-0554%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM021/ACTM021%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM021/ACTM021%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0554/H-0554%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-0554/H-0554%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-0554/H-0554%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-0554/H-0554%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Michael Morgan — primary (person)
- Josie Leavitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-01-16** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2024-01-19** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-01-23** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** Rep. Morgan of Milton reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2024-01-23** Rep. Anthony of Barre City recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2024-01-23** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-01-24** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-24** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2024-02-21** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-02-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2024-03-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-19** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-19** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-20** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-20** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-21** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-21** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-26** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Reported favorably by Senator Norris for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Reported favorably by Senator Brock for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** 3rd reading ordered
- **2024-03-27** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2024-03-28** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Delivered to the Governor on April 11, 2024 `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Governor on April 16, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** House message: Governor approved bill on April 16, 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffa33edf-88e5-4d12-b274-54fc64003ec2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).