---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to small probate estates"
description: "An act relating to small probate estates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 287"
citation: "Vermont H 287 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Donahue", "Martin LaLonde"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90f7d7e5-6f1a-4a2e-ac31-7675dce39d08"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/574"
source_hash: "1c7be1f054dfa243c726f3828c64f0c9c8ed6c59de80ddaf26c052a487284351"
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 287 (2019-2020) — An act relating to small probate estates

## 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/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0287/H-0287%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT036/ACT036%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT036/ACT036%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0287/H-0287%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0287/H-0287%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anne Donahue — primary (person)
- Martin LaLonde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-13** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-13** Rep. Burditt of West Rutland reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-13** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to.
- **2019-03-13** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-14** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-15** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-13** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-14** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-14** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-14** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Baruth for Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-05-14** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2019-05-14** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-05-15** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2019-05-15** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-16** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-16** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-05-20** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-22** Delivered to the Governor on May 22, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor on May 28, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on May 28, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90f7d7e5-6f1a-4a2e-ac31-7675dce39d08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).