---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the Town of Shelburne"
description: "An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the Town of Shelburne"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 489"
citation: "Vermont H 489 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Brumsted"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-24"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/740bd160-aab5-45b2-be5d-be60131745e6"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/183"
source_hash: "717ff5924b70b3c0e74e18e47298f667c71b645f2ab9c9571436e35ef3377207"
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 489 (2023-2024) — An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the Town of Shelburne

## 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-0489/H-0489%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM011/ACTM011%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM011/ACTM011%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0489/H-0489%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-0489/H-0489%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-0489/H-0489%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-0489/H-0489%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Jessica Brumsted — primary (person)
- Kate Lalley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-24** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-04-06** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-04-07** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-04-07** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2023-04-14** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-04-18** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-04-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Rep. Waters Evans of Charlotte reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2023-04-18** Rep. Branagan of Georgia reported for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2023-04-18** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2023-04-21** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2023-05-05** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-05-05** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-08** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-08** Rules suspended & bill committed to Committee on Finance with the report of Committee on Government Operations intact, on motion of Senator Clarkson
- **2023-05-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-05-09** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-09** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-10** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-10** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably by Senator Clarkson for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** 3rd reading ordered
- **2023-05-10** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2023-05-10** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on June 2, 2023 `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Signed by Governor on June 8, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** House message: Governor approved bill on June 8, 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/740bd160-aab5-45b2-be5d-be60131745e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).