---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to Vermont State Employees' Retirement System Group G membership"
description: "An act relating to Vermont State Employees' Retirement System Group G membership"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 519"
citation: "Vermont H 519 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence Satcowitz"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-05-20"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa106d88-9719-4170-abc2-6ec88c4a51ed"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1242"
source_hash: "8f6b6743d00ca3834252ae6c941db3ef4468371ea2dcbbfdf3cc66084f8faea9"
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 519 (2025-2026) — An act relating to Vermont State Employees' Retirement System Group G membership

## 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-0519/H-0519%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT095/ACT095%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0519/H-0519%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0519/H-0519%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
5. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0519/H-0519%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0519/H-0519%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
7. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0519/H-0519%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0519/H-0519%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Lawrence Satcowitz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-20** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-03-11** Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-03-13** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-03-17** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-18** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** Rep. Hooper of Randolph reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2026-03-18** Rep. Canfield of Fair Haven recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2026-03-18** Rep. Dickinson of St. Albans Town recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2026-03-18** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs agreed to
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Title revised via Rule 41
- **2026-03-24** 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 by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-03** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-04-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-16** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-16** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-16** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-04-22** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-22** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Collamore `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-23** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Collamore `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-04-23** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23** Reported favorably by Senator Hardy for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23** Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Collamore, Clarkson, Morley, Vyhovsky, and White agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-23** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-04-24** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-24** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-29** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-30** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-30** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-05** Delivered to the Governor on May 5, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-05-12** Signed by Governor on May 11, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** House message: Governor approved bill on May 11, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa106d88-9719-4170-abc2-6ec88c4a51ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).