---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Essex Junction"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Essex Junction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 516"
citation: "Vermont H 516 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen Dolan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-19"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94db6076-bd06-4c58-a02d-b2a008b1c176"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1239"
source_hash: "958d3729e58409c530cdd2ed7f9e67384b8d7a6bc37e7fbbd87dc85d75b0d5a3"
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 516 (2023-2024) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the City of Essex Junction

## 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-0516/H-0516%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM018/ACTM018%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM018/ACTM018%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0516/H-0516%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-0516/H-0516%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-0516/H-0516%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-0516/H-0516%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Karen Dolan — primary (person)
- Lori Houghton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-01-11** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-01-12** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-01-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-12** Rep. Waters Evans of Charlotte reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2024-01-12** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2024-01-18** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2024-02-27** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Reported favorably by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to the Governor on March 7, 2024 `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Signed by Governor on March 13, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-15** House message: Governor approved bill on March 13, 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94db6076-bd06-4c58-a02d-b2a008b1c176`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).