---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 508"
citation: "Vermont H 508 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Hooper"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-17"
last_action: "2026-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67d75670-611a-4934-887c-bd121190ee84"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1174"
source_hash: "f01173ddaec9736f99f4d595c294d2ca90b336e32c47accfbf11ba13c9e3a48a"
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 508 (2025-2026) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington

## 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-0508/H-0508%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACTM008/ACTM008%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACTM008/ACTM008%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0508/H-0508%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-0508/H-0508%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-0508/H-0508%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-0508/H-0508%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0508/H-0508%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0508/H-0508%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Robert Hooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-17** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-01-23** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-23** Rep. Hooper of Burlington reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2026-01-23** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs agreed to
- **2026-01-23** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-01-27** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-27** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-01-29** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2026-04-03** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-07** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-07** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-04-07** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-07** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-04-08** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-08** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-04-09** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-10** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-14** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-14** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-16** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-21** Delivered to the Governor on April 21, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-04-28** Signed by Governor on April 27, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-29** House message: Governor approved bill on April 27, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67d75670-611a-4934-887c-bd121190ee84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).