---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to Vermont’s public libraries"
description: "An act relating to Vermont’s public libraries"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 220"
citation: "Vermont S 220 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martine Gulick", "Ruth Hardy"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 61
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3627416e-299d-45ae-9a2c-584c54a7f73c"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1432"
source_hash: "a92f49ec21bafa0ed370b29b8b94ad4ff1c7b203ea2c47aacc3756660032636e"
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 S 220 (2023-2024) — An act relating to Vermont’s public libraries

## 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/S-0220/S-0220%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT150/ACT150%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT150/ACT150%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0220/S-0220%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0220/S-0220%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0220/S-0220%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/S-0220/S-0220%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0220/S-0220%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0220/S-0220%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Hardy, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 6 — **23–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martine Gulick — primary (person)
- Ruth Hardy — primary (person)
- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Perchlik — cosponsor (person)
- Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Wrenner — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy Harrison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Education `introduction`
- **2024-03-01** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2024-03-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-03-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-19** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-20** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-20** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-20** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Gulick
- **2024-03-21** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-21** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-21** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Gulick
- **2024-03-22** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Gulick
- **2024-03-26** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-26** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-26** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Gulick
- **2024-03-26** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Campion for Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Reported favorably by Senator Baruth for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education amended as moved by Senator Gulick, Campion, Hardy, and Hashim
- **2024-03-26** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education, as amended, agreed to
- **2024-03-26** 3rd reading ordered
- **2024-03-27** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Wrenner
- **2024-03-27** Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Wrenner `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Read 3rd time & passed on roll call, requested by Senator Hardy, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 23, Nays = 6 `reading-3`
- **2024-03-29** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2024-05-03** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-05-04** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-05-06** Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
- **2024-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** Rep. Mrowicki of Putney reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2024-05-06** Division demanded
- **2024-05-06** Division results Yes, 97; No, 20
- **2024-05-06** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs agreed to
- **2024-05-06** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Rep. Peterson of Clarendon moved to amend the House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-07** Rep. Cina of Burlington asked that the question be divided
- **2024-05-07** First division of amendment disagreed to
- **2024-05-07** Second division of amendment disagreed to
- **2024-05-07** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2024-05-10** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2024-05-10** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Rules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2024-05-10** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-10** Delivered to Governor on May 28, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10** Signed by Governor on June 3, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10** Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 3, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3627416e-299d-45ae-9a2c-584c54a7f73c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).