---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to reapportioning the initial districts of the House of Representatives"
description: "An act relating to reapportioning the initial districts of the House of Representatives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 589"
citation: "Vermont H 589 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Government Operations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-02-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4e6d983-500f-44c0-908d-6e6e6232d83b"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1683"
source_hash: "0b5029f6ef5a105cf3bf7dda91ecea4b446a3d0b32befb4cc8be5c28b7307feb"
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 589 (2021-2022) — An act relating to reapportioning the initial districts of the House of Representatives

## 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-0589/H-0589%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT080/ACT080%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT080/ACT080%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0589/H-0589%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0589/H-0589%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Government Operations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on January 13, 2022
- **2022-01-13** Notice Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-13** Notice Calendar: Amendment offered by Rep Scheuermann of Stowe and Toof of St. Albans Town
- **2022-01-14** Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-14** Action Calendar: Amendment offered by Rep Scheuermann of Stowe and Toof of St. Albans Town
- **2022-01-14** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-14** Rep. Gannon of Wilmington reported for the Committee on Government Operations
- **2022-01-14** Rep. Scheuermann of Stowe and Toof of St. Albans Town moved to amend the bill
- **2022-01-14** Which was disagreed to
- **2022-01-14** Division demanded
- **2022-01-14** Division results Yeas 32, Nays 90
- **2022-01-14** Amendment as offered by Rep. Gannon of Wilmington agreed to
- **2022-01-14** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-01-18** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-18** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-01-20** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Reapportionment `introduction`
- **2022-01-25** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-01-25** Favorable report by Committee on Reapportionment `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-01-25** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Reapportionment, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-01-25** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-01-25** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-01-25** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-01-25** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-01-27** Delivered to the Governor on January 27, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-02-03** Signed by Governor on February 2, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4e6d983-500f-44c0-908d-6e6e6232d83b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).