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Bill	An act relating to rural economic development	An act relating to rural economic development	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2017-2018	S. 34	Vermont S. 34 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Michael Sirotkin	5	63	0	2017-01-18	2017-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/26943159-17ac-49ea-8356-d2bd44d7bedd	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/328	da70b4db3a1745674e07a0eeed451cc5d37b3027cf0f655179752300e8e7b83e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S. 34 (2017-2018) — An act relating to rural economic development

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

Sponsors

• Michael Sirotkin — primary (person)
• Christopher Pearson — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Mullin — cosponsor (person)
• Less… — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy Ashe — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-18 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations introduction
• 2017-02-15 Committee on Government Operations relieved; bill committed to Committee on Agriculture on motion of Senator White
• 2017-03-21 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onAgriculture
• 2017-03-21 Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
• 2017-03-24 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onAgriculture
• 2017-03-24 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onFinance
• 2017-03-24 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 2017-03-28 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onAgriculture
• 2017-03-28 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onFinance
• 2017-03-28 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onAppropriations
• 2017-03-29 New Business/Second Reading
• 2017-03-29 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
• 2017-03-29 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
• 2017-03-29 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations
• 2017-03-29 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Bray
• 2017-03-29 Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Pollina for Committee on Agriculture
• 2017-03-29 Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Finance with recommendation of amendment committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-29 Reported favorably by Senator Starr for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-29 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture amended as recommended by Committee on Finance
• 2017-03-29 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
• 2017-03-29 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture, as amended, agreed to
• 2017-03-29 Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Bray, text
• 2017-03-29 Recommendation of amendment disagreed to
• 2017-03-29 3rd reading ordered
• 2017-03-30 New Business/Third Reading
• 2017-03-30 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Ashe, Branagan, Brooks, Campion, Collamore, Cummings, Degree, Lyons, MacDonald, Pollina, Rodgers, Sirotkin, and Starr
• 2017-03-30 Pending third reading, motion to amend bill offered by Senator(s) Ashe, Branagan, Brooks, Campion, Collamore, Cummings, Degree, Lyons, MacDonald, Pollina, Rodgers, Sirotkin, and Starr
• 2017-03-30 Pending third reading, motion to amend bill agreed to
• 2017-03-30 Read 3rd time & passed passage
• 2017-04-04 Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
• 2017-04-05 Rep. Townsend of South Burlington moved that the committee on Government Operations be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the committee on Commerce and Economic Development which was agreed to.
• 2017-04-26 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
• 2017-05-01 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2017-05-03 Read Second Time
• 2017-05-03 Rep. Stuart of Brattleboro reported for the committee on Commerce and Economic Development
• 2017-05-03 Rep. Lucke of Hartford recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
• 2017-05-03 Rep. Keenan of St. Albans City recommended for the committee on Appropriations
• 2017-05-03 Report of the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development amended as recommended by the Committee on Appropriations
• 2017-05-03 Rep. Stuart of Brattleboro moved to amend the report of the committee on Commerce and Economic Development
• 2017-05-03 Which was agreed to
• 2017-05-03 Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development as amended agreed to
• 2017-05-03 Third Reading Ordered
• 2017-05-04 Read Third time
• 2017-05-04 Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment passage
• 2017-05-04 Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
• 2017-05-04 House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2017-05-04 Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Starr
• 2017-05-04 House proposal of amendment; text
• 2017-05-04 House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Starr
• 2017-05-04 Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Pollina, Collamore, and Starr
• 2017-05-04 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
• 2017-05-04 Speaker appointed Lawrence of Lyndon, Carr of Brandon and Sullivan of Dorset as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
• 2017-05-04 House message House appointed Conference Committee members
• 2017-05-11 Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
• 2017-05-11 Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) passage
• 2017-05-11 Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
• 2017-05-11 House message House adopted Conference Committee report
• 2017-05-11 Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Pollina
• 2017-05-11 Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Pollina for Committee, text
• 2017-05-11 Committee of Conference report adopted
• 2017-05-11 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2017-06-06 Delivered to Governor on 6/6/17
• 2017-06-12 Signed by Governor on 6/12/17 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26943159-17ac-49ea-8356-d2bd44d7bedd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).