republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2017-2018/h-218.md

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Bill	An act relating to the adequate shelter of dogs and cats	An act relating to the adequate shelter of dogs and cats	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2017-2018	H. 218	Vermont H. 218 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	John Bartholomew	5	41	1	2017-02-09	2017-06-05	openstates	ocd-bill/15c5afbe-7f52-41b3-9125-14f239adff16	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/900	c7e4b74d11f0642fe2672cfea44156d83126643a49a5e616f0c03a01db8cf6ad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont H. 218 (2017-2018) — An act relating to the adequate shelter of dogs and cats

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act Summary (committee substitute) — source
3. As Enacted (committee substitute) — source
4. Official (committee substitute) — source
5. Unofficial (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 70 of 138 to Pass -- Yeas = 134, Nays = 4 — 134–4 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• John Bartholomew — primary (person)
• Gary Viens — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Agriculture & Forestry
• 2017-03-14 Read Second Time
• 2017-03-14 Rep. Bartholomew of Hartland reported for the committee on Agriculture & Forestry
• 2017-03-14 Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 70 of 138 to Pass -- Yeas = 134, Nays = 4
• 2017-03-14 Third Reading Ordered
• 2017-03-15 Amendment as offered by Rep. Bartholomew of Hartland agreed to
• 2017-03-15 Read Third time and Passed passage
• 2017-03-17 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture introduction
• 2017-04-07 Favorable report by Committee on Agriculture
• 2017-04-07 Rules suspended & bill committed to Committee on Judiciary with the report of Committee on Agriculture intact, on motion of Senator Starr
• 2017-05-01 Favorable report by Committee on Agriculture
• 2017-05-01 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
• 2017-05-02 New Business/Second Reading
• 2017-05-02 Favorable report by Committee on Agriculture
• 2017-05-02 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary
• 2017-05-02 Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) McCormack
• 2017-05-02 Read 2nd time
• 2017-05-02 Reported favorably by Senator Branagan for Committee on Agriculture committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-02 Consideration postponed on motion of Senator Ashe
• 2017-05-02 Consideration resumed
• 2017-05-02 Reported favorably by Senator Sears for Committee on Judiciary with proposal of amendment committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-02 Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
• 2017-05-02 Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) McCormack; text
• 2017-05-02 Proposal of amendment not agreed to
• 2017-05-02 Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) McCormack; text
• 2017-05-02 Senator McCormack requested & granted leave to withdraw amendment
• 2017-05-02 3rd reading ordered
• 2017-05-03 New Business/Third Reading
• 2017-05-03 Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) McCormack
• 2017-05-03 Pending third reading, Senator(s) Baruth motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
• 2017-05-03 Proposal of amendment agreed to
• 2017-05-03 Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment passage
• 2017-05-03 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
• 2017-05-03 Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
• 2017-05-04 Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
• 2017-05-04 Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
• 2017-05-04 Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in passage
• 2017-05-08 House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
• 2017-05-30 Delivered to the Governor on May 30, 2017 passage
• 2017-06-05 Signed by Governor on June 5, 2017 executive-signature
• 2017-06-05 House message: Governor approved bill on June 5, 2017

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15c5afbe-7f52-41b3-9125-14f239adff16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).