---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to international wills"
description: "An act relating to international wills"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 436"
citation: "Vermont H 436 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nader Hashim"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43d388a7-20fe-48f3-a47c-35bafe5e920c"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/1228"
source_hash: "2bb2a43f087e974ec223036b6606cbcbce6b7ce60bfffc4729b1468ce19f27d5"
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 436 (2019-2020) — An act relating to international wills

## 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-0436/H-0436%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT011/ACT011%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT011/ACT011%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0436/H-0436%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0436/H-0436%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Nader Hashim — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-20** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-20** Rep. Grad of Moretown reported for the committee on Judiciary
- **2019-03-20** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-21** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-10** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-11** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-04-11** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably by Senator Nitka for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-04-12** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Delivered to the Governor on April 24, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor on April 30, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** House message: Governor approved bill on April 30, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43d388a7-20fe-48f3-a47c-35bafe5e920c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).