---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the failure of municipal officers to accept office"
description: "An act relating to the failure of municipal officers to accept office"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 154"
citation: "Vermont H 154 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Gannon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d4ef341-1eea-4ebd-830e-6402e2cf32b7"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/37"
source_hash: "313b840c0fa786c9368b1d765acd1a5171ce60cc1ff81d0f4b86e7a264d9e99e"
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 154 (2021-2022) — An act relating to the failure of municipal officers to accept office

## 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/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0154/H-0154%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT016/ACT016%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT016/ACT016%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0154/H-0154%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0154/H-0154%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- John Gannon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Rep. Vyhovsky of Essex reported for the Committee on Government Operations
- **2021-03-17** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-04-13** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2021-04-16** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-23** Delivered to the Governor on April 23, 2021 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Signed by Governor on April 29, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** House message: Governor approved bill on April 29, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d4ef341-1eea-4ebd-830e-6402e2cf32b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).