---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington"
description: "An act relating to an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 746"
citation: "Vermont H 746 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Hooper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-04-08"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f700e1b-d16b-4577-8e98-fbbe8965df57"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1826"
source_hash: "5a0d53d93cc284c68de0426e18afb91f3a386619d644c9993d4c04047383ff5b"
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 746 (2021-2022) — An act relating to an amendment 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-0746/H-0746%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACTM019/ACTM019%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACTM019/ACTM019%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0746/H-0746%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0746/H-0746%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 69 of 138 to Pass -- Yeas = 105, Nays = 33 — **105–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Hooper — primary (person)
- Barbara Rachelson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Emma Mulvaney-Stanak — cosponsor (person)
- Gabrielle Stebbins — cosponsor (person)
- Harold "Hal" Colston — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor Small — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany Bluemle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-08** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2022-04-29** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2022-05-02** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2022-05-03** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2022-05-03** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Rep. Gannon of Wilmington reported for the Committee on Government Operations
- **2022-05-03** Rep. LaClair of Barre Town demanded yeas and nays
- **2022-05-03** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 69 of 138 to Pass -- Yeas = 105, Nays = 33
- **2022-05-03** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-05** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2022-05-06** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-05-06** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-09** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-09** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-09** Reported favorably by Senator Pollina for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-05-10** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-05-10** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-05-10** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-05-10** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on June 1, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Governor on June 7, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** House message: Governor approved bill on June 7, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f700e1b-d16b-4577-8e98-fbbe8965df57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).