---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to extending the moratorium on home health agency certificates of need"
description: "An act relating to extending the moratorium on home health agency certificates of need"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 14"
citation: "Vermont S 14 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy Ashe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5783ae15-97d6-497b-a191-cecddda8e467"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/282"
source_hash: "e0c3ca34eb5320c2221dca7e2b548ccdbfd1969fc3d314753d615820c07bb178"
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 S 14 (2019-2020) — An act relating to extending the moratorium on home health agency certificates of need

## 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/S-0014/S-0014%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT005/ACT005%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT005/ACT005%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0014/S-0014%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0014/S-0014%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Timothy Ashe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-01-30** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-01-31** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-01-31** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-01-31** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Westman for Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2019-01-31** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2019-01-31** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-02-01** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-02-01** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Human Services
- **2019-03-27** Action Postponed to next legislative day as moved by Rep. Nicoll of Ludlow
- **2019-03-28** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-28** Rep. Nicoll of Ludlow reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-29** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2019-04-03** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2019-04-03** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor on April 15, 2019
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Governor on April 19, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5783ae15-97d6-497b-a191-cecddda8e467`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).