republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2023-2024/s-159.md

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Bill	An act relating to the County and Regional Governance Study Committee	An act relating to the County and Regional Governance Study Committee	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2023-2024	S 159	Vermont S 159 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Ruth Hardy	7	47	0	2024-01-03	2024-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/d4dcc029-39b9-47f4-b4bf-bb5cdde3b502	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1438	0dd29987e290046e6faa42361657f4a0b1f0e090dac3dd573afecd13a1121efc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 159 (2023-2024) — An act relating to the County and Regional Governance Study Committee

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. As Passed By the Senate (Official) (committee substitute) — source
5. As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
6. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official) (committee substitute) — source
7. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Ruth Hardy — primary (person)
• Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
• Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Norris — cosponsor (person)
• Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-03 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations introduction
• 2024-03-14 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2024-03-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-14 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2024-03-14 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 2024-03-20 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2024-03-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-20 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2024-03-20 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2024-03-21 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2024-03-21 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2024-03-22 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-22 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2024-03-22 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2024-03-26 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2024-03-26 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2024-03-27 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-27 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2024-03-27 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2024-03-27 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Hardy for Committee on Government Operations committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2024-03-27 Reported favorably by Senator Sears for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-27 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
• 2024-03-27 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations, as amended, agreed to
• 2024-03-27 3rd reading ordered
• 2024-03-28 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2024-03-28 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2024-03-28 Title amended
• 2024-04-02 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs introduction
• 2024-05-03 Notice Calendar: Favorable
• 2024-05-03 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2024-05-04 Notice Calendar: Favorable
• 2024-05-06 Action Calendar: Favorable
• 2024-05-06 Rep. Nugent of South Burlington moved to postpone action until 5/07/2024, which was agreed to
• 2024-05-07 Action Calendar: Favorable
• 2024-05-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-07 Rep. Nugent of South Burlington reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
• 2024-05-07 Rep. Holcombe of Norwich recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
• 2024-05-07 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2024-05-08 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2024-05-08 Read third time and passed in concurrence reading-3
• 2024-05-10 House message: House passed bill in concurrence
• 2024-05-10 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2024-05-10 Delivered to Governor on May 22, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-05-10 Signed by Governor on May 28, 2024 executive-signature
• 2024-05-10 Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 28, 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4dcc029-39b9-47f4-b4bf-bb5cdde3b502. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).