---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the Town of Panton"
description: "An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the Town of Panton"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 953"
citation: "Vermont H 953 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Birong"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-04-01"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49f47373-f0c2-4ad7-b5a7-528ee86fd4e6"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/2055"
source_hash: "8c4612792933b40c7c9774b9c328f2702e036a5c5b83c28f1744e49133f4dfea"
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 953 (2025-2026) — An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the Town of Panton

## 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-0953/H-0953%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACTM011/ACTM011%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0953/H-0953%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-0953/H-0953%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-0953/H-0953%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-0953/H-0953%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Matthew Birong — primary (person)
- Rob North — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-01** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-05-05** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-05-06** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** Rep. Birong of Vergennes reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2026-05-06** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2026-05-14** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2026-05-20** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-20** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-21** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-21** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-21** Reported favorably by Senator Morley for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-05-22** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-22** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2026-05-22** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2026-05-22** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-05-29** Delivered to the Governor on June 2, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 8, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on June 8, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49f47373-f0c2-4ad7-b5a7-528ee86fd4e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).