---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities"
description: "An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 40"
citation: "Vermont S 40 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Campion"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/767cd102-e7c8-4215-9a86-fe042ae74a1a"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/442"
source_hash: "36ad3a25adf9586fb8730da4a9b8ae239dbe33fdb9b5c7f9b36d3d970b395a44"
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 40 (2019-2020) — An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

## 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-0040/S-0040%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT066/ACT066%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT066/ACT066%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0040/S-0040%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0040/S-0040%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call, requested by Senator Ashe, Passed -- Needed 14 of 27 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 0 — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Baruth, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 138, Nays = 3 — **138–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Campion — primary (person)
- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Bray — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Sears — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Ashe — cosponsor (person)
- Virginia Lyons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Education `introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-02-05** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2019-02-12** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-02-12** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education
- **2019-02-12** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-02-13** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-02-13** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education
- **2019-02-13** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-02-13** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Baruth for Committee on Education
- **2019-02-13** Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-02-13** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education, as amended, agreed to
- **2019-02-13** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-02-14** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-02-14** Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Baruth, Hardy, McNeil, Parent, and Perchlik
- **2019-02-14** Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Baruth, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Education
- **2019-04-03** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Webb of Shelburne
- **2019-04-03** Rep. Webb of Shelburne moved to commit bill to the committee on Human Services which was agreed to.
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-05-01** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-01** Rep. Webb of Shelburne reported for the committee on Education
- **2019-05-01** Rep. Gregoire of Fairfield reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2019-05-01** Rep. Conquest of Newbury recommended for the committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-01** Report of Committee on Education amended as offered by Committee on Human Services
- **2019-05-01** Report of the Committee on Education amended as recommended by the Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-05-01** Report of Committee on Education as amended agreed to
- **2019-05-01** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-02** Rep. Burditt of West Rutland moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
- **2019-05-02** Rep. Burditt of West Rutland asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2019-05-02** Rep. Shaw of Pittsford moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
- **2019-05-02** Rep. Shaw of Pittsford asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2019-05-02** Read Third time
- **2019-05-02** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 138, Nays = 3
- **2019-05-02** Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-03** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2019-05-06** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-07** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-08** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-08** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-08** House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2019-05-08** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Baruth, Ingram, and Hardy
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-08** Speaker appointed Webb of Shelburne, Gregoire of Fairfield and James of Manchester as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2019-05-09** House message House appointed Conference Committee members
- **2019-05-22** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-22** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-22** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Baruth for Committee, text
- **2019-05-22** Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call, requested by Senator Ashe, Passed -- Needed 14 of 27 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 0
- **2019-05-22** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-22** Senate message, report of committee of conference adopted
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 11, 2019
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 17, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 17, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/767cd102-e7c8-4215-9a86-fe042ae74a1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).