---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Bennington concerning the Town Manager"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Bennington concerning the Town Manager"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 694"
citation: "Vermont H 694 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Greer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ac37621-1b21-4908-8f3e-e4e4af2ffd58"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1258"
source_hash: "7f04c69f7d4a5294f196b9f421eac5267d3e2fa7652eb70b3aa59bfc30d229a2"
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 694 (2025-2026) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Bennington concerning the Town Manager

## 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/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0694/H-0694%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACTM007/ACTM007%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACTM007/ACTM007%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0694/H-0694%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0694/H-0694%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0694/H-0694%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/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0694/H-0694%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- William Greer — primary (person)
- Mary Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Nigro — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Corcoran II — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-02-20** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-02-24** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** Rep. Pinsonault of Dorset reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2026-02-24** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2026-03-31** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-03-31** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-01** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-01** Reported favorably by Senator Morley for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-04-02** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-02** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2026-04-03** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Delivered to the Governor on April 14, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Governor on April 20, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-22** House message: Governor approved bill on April 20, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ac37621-1b21-4908-8f3e-e4e4af2ffd58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).