---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to municipal utility capital investment"
description: "An act relating to municipal utility capital investment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 95"
citation: "Vermont S 95 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Cummings"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efeee02d-3844-4a19-8719-45062697a812"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/688"
source_hash: "96d60707021d83c1f6f1c4d695311f4ecac21309c24741e0e59dd45e3f019c2c"
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 95 (2019-2020) — An act relating to municipal utility capital investment

## 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-0095/S-0095%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT081/ACT081%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT081/ACT081%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0095/S-0095%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0095/S-0095%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ann Cummings — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-01** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-12** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-12** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-12** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Brock for Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-12** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to
- **2019-03-12** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-03-13** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-13** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-03-15** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology
- **2019-04-24** Read Second Time
- **2019-04-24** Rep. Sibilia of Dover reported for the committee on Energy and Technology
- **2019-04-24** Rep. Browning of Arlington moved to amend the report of the committee on Energy and Technology
- **2019-04-24** Which was disagreed to
- **2019-04-24** Proposal of amendment of the Committee on Energy and Technology agreed to
- **2019-04-24** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-04-25** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2019-04-26** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2019-04-30** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-30** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-01** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-02** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-03** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-03** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-03** House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Cummings
- **2019-05-08** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators MacDonald, Pearson, and Balint
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-08** Speaker appointed Sibilia of Dover, Briglin of Thetford and Yantachka of Charlotte as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2019-05-09** House message House appointed Conference Committee members
- **2019-05-16** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-16** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2019-05-17** Committee of Conference Report
- **2019-05-20** New Business/Committee of Conference Report
- **2019-05-21** Committee of Conference Report
- **2019-05-21** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator MacDonald for Committee, text
- **2019-05-21** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2019-05-21** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-21** Senate message, report of committee of conference adopted
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 17, 2019
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 20, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 20, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efeee02d-3844-4a19-8719-45062697a812`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).