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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to appointing municipal clerks and treasurers and to municipal audit penalties"
description: "An act relating to appointing municipal clerks and treasurers and to municipal audit penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 42"
citation: "Vermont H. 42 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Marcotte"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c34d9996-673b-49f3-8e89-eb8d13c522e0"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/658"
source_hash: "eb340d06053526d0390f99070eb3a3dcecde470a24d24823f8b1ef940afd550e"
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. 42 (2017-2018) — An act relating to appointing municipal clerks and treasurers and to municipal audit penalties
## 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/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0042/H-0042%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT027/ACT027%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT027/ACT027%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0042/H-0042%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0042/H-0042%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Michael Marcotte — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-13** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-14** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-14** Rep. Gardner of Richmond reported for the committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-14** Report of Committee on Government Operations agreed to.
- **2017-03-14** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-15** Read Third time
- **2017-03-15** Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-17** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-30** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-03-30** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-31** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-03-31** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations
- **2017-03-31** Reported favorably by Senator Clarkson for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-05** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-06** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-06** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Clarkson, Ayer, Collamore, Pearson, Sears, and White; text
- **2017-04-06** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-04-06** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-12** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-12** Senate Proposal of Amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Gardner of Richmond
- **2017-04-12** Speaker appointed Gardner of Richmond, Hubert of Milton and Lewis of Berlin as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2017-04-14** House message House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed
- **2017-04-20** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Collamore, Ayer, and Pearson
- **2017-04-26** Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-04-27** New Business/Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-04-27** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Collamore for Committee, text
- **2017-04-27** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2017-04-27** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2017-04-28** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-04-28** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
- **2017-05-01** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Governor on May 10, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-10** House message: Governor approved bill on May 10, 2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c34d9996-673b-49f3-8e89-eb8d13c522e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).