---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to capital construction and State bonding"
description: "An act relating to capital construction and State bonding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 519"
citation: "Vermont H. 519 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Corrections and Institutions"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-29"
last_action: "2017-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31080c23-a125-4331-9e8d-e1b8014769aa"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/170"
source_hash: "51b4339d3faf1bcf413ea5a633af11022530e6a384e5acfc62fc69cec9d33fb8"
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 (2017-2018) — An act relating to capital construction and State bonding

## 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/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0519/H-0519%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT084/ACT084%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT084/ACT084%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0519/H-0519%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0519/H-0519%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Sears, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 140, Nays = 0 — **140–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Corrections and Institutions — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-29** Committee Bill read first time
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2017-04-04** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-04** Rep. Emmons of Springfield spoke for the committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2017-04-04** Rep. Lanpher of Vergennes recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2017-04-04** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-04-05** Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to amend the bill
- **2017-04-05** Which was agreed to
- **2017-04-05** Rep. Deen of Westminster moved to amend the bill
- **2017-04-05** Which was agreed to
- **2017-04-05** Read Third time
- **2017-04-05** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 140, Nays = 0
- **2017-04-05** Passed `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Institutions `introduction`
- **2017-04-21** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- **2017-04-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2017-04-24** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- **2017-04-24** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-04-25** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-25** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- **2017-04-25** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-04-26** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-26** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions
- **2017-04-26** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-04-26** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Flory for Committee on Institutions
- **2017-04-26** Reported favorably by Senator McCormack for Committee on Appropriations with proposal of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-04-26** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions, as amended, agreed to
- **2017-04-26** 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Sears, Passed -- Needed 16 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
- **2017-04-27** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-27** Pending third reading, motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment offered by Senator(s) Ashe
- **2017-04-27** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-04-27** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-04-27** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-01** Rep. Emmons of Springfield moved to postpone action until May 2, 2017 which was agreed to
- **2017-05-02** Rep. Emmons of Springfield moved to postpone action until May 3, 2017 which was agreed to
- **2017-05-04** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-05-04** Rep. Emmons of Springfield moved to concur with the Senate Proposal of Amendment to the House Proposal of Amendment with a further amendment thereto
- **2017-05-04** Which was agreed to
- **2017-05-04** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-05-04** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-05** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-05-05** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Flory
- **2017-05-05** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text
- **2017-05-05** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2017-05-05** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2017-05-05** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2017-06-12** Delivered to the Governor on June 12, 2017 `passage`
- **2017-06-16** Signed by Governor on June 16, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-16** House message: Governor approved bill on June 16, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31080c23-a125-4331-9e8d-e1b8014769aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).