---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to communications union districts"
description: "An act relating to communications union districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 958"
citation: "Vermont H 958 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Government Operations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-05-27"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0b29ab5-568a-404c-9d6c-1fe37103947b"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2516"
source_hash: "a52f8526eeb235c1a599ece8597ce9edfdf4770a06915b51b683e039ae5717b9"
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 958 (2019-2020) — An act relating to communications union districts

## 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-0958/H-0958%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT119/ACT119%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT119/ACT119%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0958/H-0958%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0958/H-0958%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Government Operations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-27** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on 05/29/20
- **2020-05-27** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-27** Read Second Time
- **2020-05-27** Rep. Gannon of Wilmington spoke for the committee on Government Operations
- **2020-05-27** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-05-27** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-27** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-27** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-28** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2020-06-11** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-11** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-06-12** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-06-12** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2020-06-12** Reported favorably by Senator Bray for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-06-16** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-16** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-06-16** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-18** Delivered to the Governor on June 18, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-06-24** Signed by Governor on June 23, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26** House message: Governor approved bill on June 23, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0b29ab5-568a-404c-9d6c-1fe37103947b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).