---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to Indigenous Peoples’ Day"
description: "An act relating to Indigenous Peoples’ Day"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 68"
citation: "Vermont S 68 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Ingram"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4518591-c73f-48b6-81f2-af43ccdd3cc6"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/601"
source_hash: "d9cd4772fa90d27c1c0fbee7a74c722f9d949367fd21270d06443d66d8c8f4f4"
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 68 (2019-2020) — An act relating to Indigenous Peoples’ Day

## 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-0068/S-0068%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT018/ACT018%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT018/ACT018%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0068/S-0068%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0068/S-0068%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 42, Nays = 95 — **42–95** (fail) · lower
- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 113, Nays = 24 — **113–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deborah Ingram — primary (person)
- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony Pollina — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Hardy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-19** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-03-20** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-20** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2019-03-20** Reported favorably by Senator Clarkson for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-21** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- **2019-04-16** Read Second Time
- **2019-04-16** Rep. Killacky of South Burlington reported for the committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- **2019-04-16** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 113, Nays = 24
- **2019-04-16** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-04-17** Rep. Batchelor of Derby and Gamache of Swanton moved that the House propose to the Senate to amend the bill
- **2019-04-17** Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 69 of 137 to Pass -- Yeas = 42, Nays = 95
- **2019-04-17** Which was disagreed to
- **2019-04-17** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2019-04-19** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2019-04-19** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Delivered to Governor on May 3, 2019
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor on May 6, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Senate Message, Signed by Governor May 6, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4518591-c73f-48b6-81f2-af43ccdd3cc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).