---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the required votes of presidential electors"
description: "An act relating to the required votes of presidential electors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 122"
citation: "Vermont S 122 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Pearson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-12"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4acc767-24fe-4068-a076-1eb6a7b77532"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/363"
source_hash: "bbf03b62f2444bfa72d1c1fe32f890832526215a8aabefb8bc72a69fb2f8bbaf"
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 122 (2021-2022) — An act relating to the required votes of presidential electors

## 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/S-0122/S-0122%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT123/ACT123%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT123/ACT123%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0122/S-0122%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0122/S-0122%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Ingalls, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 22, Nays = 7 — **22–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christopher Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-12** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2022-02-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-02-10** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-11** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Ram Hinsdale for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2022-02-11** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-02-15** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Ingalls, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 22, Nays = 7 `reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** 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. Vyhovsky of Essex reported for the Committee on Government Operations
- **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 in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-05** House message: House passed bill in concurrence
- **2022-05-05** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Delivered to Governor on May 17, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Governor on May 23, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** Senate Message, signed by Governor May 23, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4acc767-24fe-4068-a076-1eb6a7b77532`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).