---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington"
description: "An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Burlington"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 881"
citation: "Vermont H 881 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Hooper"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-03-20"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ffe9a18-cccc-4ec6-a852-a11d2d972da1"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/4100"
source_hash: "111c1f966cc98e7e4e86dcb0fc1a4e982d0825874ed1d1722599353209c840a2"
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 881 (2023-2024) — An act relating to approval of an amendment to 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-0881/H-0881%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM024/ACTM024%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACTM024/ACTM024%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0881/H-0881%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-0881/H-0881%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-0881/H-0881%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-0881/H-0881%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Robert Hooper — primary (person)
- Barbara Rachelson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Emma Mulvaney-Stanak — 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.

- **2024-03-20** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-04-16** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-04-16** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2024-04-19** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-04-22** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-04-23** Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
- **2024-04-23** Rep. Hooper of Burlington moved to postpone action until 4/24/2024, which was agreed to
- **2024-04-24** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-04-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-04-24** Rep. Hooper of Burlington reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2024-04-24** Rep. Anthony of Barre City recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2024-04-24** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2024-04-30** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules `introduction`
- **2024-05-03** Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2024-05-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-09** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-09** Reported favorably by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2024-05-09** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2024-05-09** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Delivered to the Governor on May 23, 2024 `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Signed by Governor on May 29, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10** House message: Governor approved bill on May 29, 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ffe9a18-cccc-4ec6-a852-a11d2d972da1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).