---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to State education property taxes and flood-related damage"
description: "An act relating to State education property taxes and flood-related damage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 160"
citation: "Vermont S 160 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Cummings"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-02-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3196bf90-f8ef-437c-922a-2058a4750727"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1392"
source_hash: "b9121fcefd540218a629041e0e3bb6a7aadb5f313db6e22b3a5040b6695bf79a"
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 S 160 (2023-2024) — An act relating to State education property taxes and flood-related damage

## 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/S-0160/S-0160%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT082/ACT082%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT082/ACT082%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0160/S-0160%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0160/S-0160%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0160/S-0160%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/S-0160/S-0160%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ann Cummings — primary (person)
- Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Collamore — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Bray — cosponsor (person)
- Kesha Ram Hinsdale — cosponsor (person)
- M. Jane Kitchel — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Baruth — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Westman — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Chittenden — cosponsor (person)
- Virginia Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy Harrison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2024-01-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-01-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2024-01-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-01-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-19** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2024-01-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-19** Reported favorably by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** 3rd reading ordered
- **2024-01-19** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2024-01-19** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2024-01-19** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2024-01-23** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-01-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2024-01-30** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-01-31** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** Rep. Anthony of Barre City reported for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2024-01-31** Rep. Mihaly of Calais recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2024-01-31** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2024-01-31** Read third time and passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Rules suspended and action on the bill messaged to the Senate forthwith and the bill delivered to the Governor forthwith as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney `passage`
- **2024-02-01** House message: House passed bill in concurrence
- **2024-02-01** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2024-02-01** Delivered to Governor on February 1, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-07** Signed by Governor on February 7, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-09** Senate Message: Signed by Governor 2/07/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3196bf90-f8ef-437c-922a-2058a4750727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).