---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to State-owned airports and economic development"
description: "An act relating to State-owned airports and economic development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 620"
citation: "Vermont H. 620 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Marcotte"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2124576d-fb9f-498d-b90b-f2b8f41225b7"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/1772"
source_hash: "ce7b67f98a037fb3d4a68ed5d966065503fc3a0431e4561112f11b6a2698be97"
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. 620 (2017-2018) — An act relating to State-owned airports and economic development

## 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-0620/H-0620%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT108/ACT108%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0620/H-0620%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
4. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0620/H-0620%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Michael Marcotte — primary (person)
- Brian Savage — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Carl Rosenquist — cosponsor (person)
- Charles "Chip" Conquest — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Kimbell — cosponsor (person)
- Constance Quimby — cosponsor (person)
- Corey Parent — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Noyes — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Read — cosponsor (person)
- Eileen "Lynn" Dickinson — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Baser — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Nolan — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Viens — cosponsor (person)
- Helen Head — cosponsor (person)
- James Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Jean O'Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Keenan — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Batchelor — cosponsor (person)
- Maida Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia Martel — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Higley — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Hooper — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Frenier — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Young — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Terenzini — cosponsor (person)
- Valerie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Vicki Strong — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Van Wyck — cosponsor (person)
- William Botzow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2018-02-14** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2018-03-13** Read Second Time
- **2018-03-13** Rep. Kimbell of Woodstock reported for the committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2018-03-13** Rep. Dakin of Colchester recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2018-03-13** Report of the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development amended as recommended by the Committee on Appropriations
- **2018-03-13** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development as amended agreed to
- **2018-03-13** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-03-14** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-16** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Transportation `introduction`
- **2018-03-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-03-28** Favorable report by Committee on Transportation
- **2018-03-29** New Business/Second Reading
- **2018-03-29** Favorable report by Committee on Transportation
- **2018-03-29** Reported favorably by Senator Kitchel for Committee on Transportation, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** New Business/Third Reading
- **2018-03-30** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Signed by Governor on April 25, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-25** House message: Governor approved bill on April 25, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2124576d-fb9f-498d-b90b-f2b8f41225b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).