---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 448"
citation: "Vermont H 448 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Cina"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-14"
last_action: "2022-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/319d7ee8-c9a7-445d-85a5-c3d6eff5b919"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1035"
source_hash: "9008b2326b63bfc30195d71caf641a4b208c3b3d3cdfeab8ee898a67fb1e86f5"
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 448 (2021-2022) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Burlington

## 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-0448/H-0448%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACTM009/ACTM009%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACTM009/ACTM009%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0448/H-0448%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0448/H-0448%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 72 of 143 to Pass -- Yeas = 96, Nays = 47 — **96–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Cina — primary (person)
- Barbara Rachelson — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis McCormack — cosponsor (person)
- Emma Mulvaney-Stanak — cosponsor (person)
- Gabrielle Stebbins — cosponsor (person)
- Harold "Hal" Colston — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Hooper — cosponsor (person)
- Selene Colburn — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor Small — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany Bluemle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-14** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2022-02-16** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2022-02-18** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-22** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-22** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Rep. Hooper of Burlington reported for the Committee on Government Operations
- **2022-02-22** Rep. Ode of Burlington recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2022-02-22** Rep. McCoy of Poultney demanded yeas and nays
- **2022-02-22** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 72 of 143 to Pass -- Yeas = 96, Nays = 47
- **2022-02-22** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2022-02-22** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2022-03-29** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-03-29** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-30** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-30** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-31** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-01** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-01** Reported favorably by Senator Ram Hinsdale for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-04-05** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-04-06** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-04-14** Delivered to the Governor on April 14, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Signed by Governor on April 20, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-22** House message: Governor approved bill on April 20, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/319d7ee8-c9a7-445d-85a5-c3d6eff5b919`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).