---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of an amendment to the ranked choice voting provisions of the charter of the City of Burlington"
description: "An act relating to approval of an amendment to the ranked choice voting provisions of the charter of the City of Burlington"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 508"
citation: "Vermont H 508 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emma Mulvaney-Stanak"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-04"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caca5e72-7044-4487-a56c-50e8dc91255c"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1217"
source_hash: "a385e6ff50eb3ad097f8cd58182e9af420870009ac44c547f9aacfd65180e7df"
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 508 (2023-2024) — An act relating to approval of an amendment to the ranked choice voting provisions of 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/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0508/H-0508%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM009/ACTM009%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM009/ACTM009%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0508/H-0508%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-0508/H-0508%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-0508/H-0508%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-0508/H-0508%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 14 of 27 to Pass -- Yeas = 21, Nays = 6 — **21–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emma Mulvaney-Stanak — primary (person)
- Barbara Rachelson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Gabrielle Stebbins — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Mary-Katherine Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany Bluemle — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Headrick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-04** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-05-01** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-05-02** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-05-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Rep. Hooper of Burlington reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2023-05-02** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2023-05-05** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2023-05-08** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2023-05-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-05-09** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `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** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 14 of 27 to Pass -- Yeas = 21, Nays = 6
- **2023-05-11** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on May 22, 2023 `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Allowed to become law without the signature of the Governor on May 27, 2023
- **2023-05-12** House message: Governor allowed to become law without signature on May 27, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caca5e72-7044-4487-a56c-50e8dc91255c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).