---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to natural disaster government response, recovery, and resiliency"
description: "An act relating to natural disaster government response, recovery, and resiliency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 310"
citation: "Vermont S 310 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Government Operations"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 73
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72176896-f956-4da6-adcd-7ae8a307a461"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1434"
source_hash: "13eff786defa24a5d9f23e51108f448fdf103152374e2585b44b843135b94b0b"
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 310 (2023-2024) — An act relating to natural disaster government response, recovery, and resiliency

## 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-0310/S-0310%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT143/ACT143%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT143/ACT143%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0310/S-0310%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-0310/S-0310%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-0310/S-0310%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-0310/S-0310%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0310/S-0310%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0310/S-0310%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Government Operations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48 `introduction`
- **2024-02-06** Committed to Committee on Government Operations on motion of Senator Hardy
- **2024-03-15** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-03-15** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-15** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-15** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2024-03-22** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-03-22** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2024-03-26** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-03-26** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-27** New Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-27** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28** Unfinished Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Hardy for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2024-03-28** Reported favorably by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2024-03-28** Senator(s) Hardy, Clarkson, Vyhovsky, Watson, and White motion to substitute amendment for Committee on Finance recommendation of amendment; text
- **2024-03-28** Consideration interrupted by adjournment
- **2024-03-29** Pending question: Shall the recommendation of amendment of the Committee on Finance be substituted as offered by Sens. Hardy et al??
- **2024-03-29** Consideration resumed
- **2024-03-29** Senator Hardy requested & granted leave to withdraw recommendation of amendment
- **2024-03-29** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as recommended by Committee on Finance
- **2024-03-29** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations, as amended, agreed to
- **2024-03-29** 3rd reading ordered
- **2024-04-02** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Hardy
- **2024-04-02** Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Hardy `reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2024-04-04** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-04-23** Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2024-05-01** Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2024-05-03** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-05-04** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-05-06** Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
- **2024-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** Rep. Birong of Vergennes reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2024-05-06** Rep. Demrow of Corinth recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2024-05-06** Rep. Harrison of Chittenden recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2024-05-06** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs amended as recommended by Committee on Ways and Means
- **2024-05-06** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, as amended, agreed to
- **2024-05-06** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Rep. McGill of Bridport moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
- **2024-05-07** Rep. Higley of Lowell and McCarthy of St. Albans City moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
- **2024-05-07** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2024-05-08** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2024-05-08** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2024-05-08** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-08** House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment as moved by Senator(s) Clarkson, Hardy, Norris, Watson, White, and Vyhovsky `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-08** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2024-05-08** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-09** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment to House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-09** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2024-05-09** Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-09** Rules suspended and resolution messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2024-05-09** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-09** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Delivered to Governor on May 24, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10** Signed by Governor on May 30, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10** Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 30, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72176896-f956-4da6-adcd-7ae8a307a461`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).