---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to setting the homestead property tax yields and the nonhomestead property tax rate"
description: "An act relating to setting the homestead property tax yields and the nonhomestead property tax rate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 492"
citation: "Vermont H 492 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-28"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c079ac72-faeb-4cb1-a570-81ccd5bf7507"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1188"
source_hash: "d86903ca2c96e1c72fb0919506dc934515a40ab2b932082d0fb35a4f0ba5ef00"
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 492 (2023-2024) — An act relating to setting the homestead property tax yields and the nonhomestead property tax rate

## 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-0492/H-0492%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT052/ACT052%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT052/ACT052%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0492/H-0492%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-0492/H-0492%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-0492/H-0492%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-0492/H-0492%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0492/H-0492%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0492/H-0492%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on March 29, 2023
- **2023-03-29** Notice Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Rep. Beck of St. Johnsbury spoke for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2023-03-30** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-05-04** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-05** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-05** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2023-05-05** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-05** 3rd reading ordered
- **2023-05-08** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-09** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-10** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-10** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-11** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on May 31, 2023 `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Signed by Governor on June 6, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** House message: Governor approved bill on June 6, 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c079ac72-faeb-4cb1-a570-81ccd5bf7507`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).