---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Springfield"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Springfield"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 271"
citation: "Vermont H 271 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alice Emmons"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27c443a9-5173-43ae-a1d4-ef11466f7f1a"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/707"
source_hash: "c67483b65eab95a735528dfc0f6a1893c5b9856dff1c8b1f1bb99143a69b7120"
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 271 (2023-2024) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Springfield

## 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/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0271/H-0271%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM002/ACTM002%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM002/ACTM002%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0271/H-0271%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0271/H-0271%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0271/H-0271%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
7. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0271/H-0271%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Alice Emmons — primary (person)
- Kristi Morris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-03-31** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-03-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Rep. Hooper of Burlington reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2023-04-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-04-14** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-18** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably by Senator Clarkson for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Delivered to the Governor on April 28, 2023 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Signed by Governor on May 4, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08** House message: Governor approved bill on May 4, 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27c443a9-5173-43ae-a1d4-ef11466f7f1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).