---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to land improvement fraud and timber trespass"
description: "An act relating to land improvement fraud and timber trespass"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 614"
citation: "Vermont H 614 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marc Mihaly"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d73856e-6826-47b9-b390-68160b55dbfc"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1299"
source_hash: "1178c45e21188a7430cc2f466c78fb9296eb4f81bd91b5f0258c60947ea41c3c"
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 614 (2023-2024) — An act relating to land improvement fraud and timber trespass

## 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-0614/H-0614%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT153/ACT153%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT153/ACT153%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0614/H-0614%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-0614/H-0614%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-0614/H-0614%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-0614/H-0614%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-0614/H-0614%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0614/H-0614%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marc Mihaly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry `introduction`
- **2024-02-02** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-02-02** Rep. LaLonde of South Burlington moved to suspend rules to take up for immediate consideration and commit to Committee on Judiciary, which was agreed to
- **2024-02-27** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-02-27** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2024-03-13** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-03-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2024-03-15** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-03-19** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-03-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-19** Rep. Lipsky of Stowe reported for the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- **2024-03-19** Rep. Chapin of East Montpelier reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2024-03-19** Rep. Demrow of Corinth recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2024-03-19** Rep. Mihaly of Calais recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2024-03-19** Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry amended as recommended by Committee on Judiciary
- **2024-03-19** Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry, as amended, agreed to
- **2024-03-19** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-03-20** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-20** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2024-03-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2024-03-27** Committee on Judiciary relieved; bill committed to Committee on Agriculture on motion of Senator Sears
- **2024-04-30** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-30** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-01** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-01** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-02** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-02** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Westman for Committee on Agriculture `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-02** 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0
- **2024-05-03** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Unfinished Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Unfinished Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-08** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-08** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2024-05-08** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** Delivered to the Governor on May 29, 2024 `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Signed by Governor on June 4, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10** House message: Governor approved bill on June 4, 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d73856e-6826-47b9-b390-68160b55dbfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).