---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Rutland"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Rutland"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 504"
citation: "Vermont H 504 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Howard"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-11"
last_action: "2025-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c33ef33c-f2ad-47f0-bb83-394a4a6be18a"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/260"
source_hash: "42b5320ad154a062c942f185de876c096bd1a0a93cf615973729478135f45133"
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 504 (2025-2026) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Rutland

## 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/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0504/H-0504%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACTM005/ACTM005%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACTM005/ACTM005%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0504/H-0504%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0504/H-0504%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0504/H-0504%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/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0504/H-0504%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Mary Howard — primary (person)
- Chris Keyser — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Howland — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Maguire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-11** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2025-04-29** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-05-02** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-05-06** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Rep. Pinsonault of Dorset reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2025-05-06** Rep. Higley of Lowell recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-05-06** Report of Committee on Ways and Means agreed to
- **2025-05-06** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2025-05-09** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2025-05-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-20** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Delivered to the Governor on May 30, 2025 `passage`
- **2025-06-05** Signed by Governor on June 5, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-09** House message: Governor approved bill on June 5, 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c33ef33c-f2ad-47f0-bb83-394a4a6be18a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).