republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2023-2024/s-55.md

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Bill	An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law	An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2023-2024	S 55	Vermont S 55 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Alison Clarkson	9	45	0	2023-02-01	2024-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/442899f4-e560-487d-b982-15b8acdf3abd	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/437	b41af204ce1bb432b6c8639f476ec58daec6624071c4ddf701ac53078ca8f60a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 55 (2023-2024) — An act relating to updating Vermont's Open Meeting Law

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
8. House Proposal of Amendment (Official) (committee substitute) — source
9. House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Alison Clarkson — primary (person)
• Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Wrenner — cosponsor (person)
• Kesha Ram Hinsdale — cosponsor (person)
• Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
• Nader Hashim — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
• Richard McCormack — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Hardy — cosponsor (person)
• Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Chittenden — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-01 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations introduction
• 2024-02-29 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2024-02-29 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2024-02-29 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 2024-03-15 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2024-03-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-15 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2024-03-15 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2024-03-15 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Hardy and Westman
• 2024-03-19 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-19 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2024-03-19 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2024-03-19 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Hardy and Westman
• 2024-03-19 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Hardy for Committee on Government Operations committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2024-03-19 Reported favorably by Senator Starr for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-19 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
• 2024-03-19 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as moved by Senator Hardy and Westman
• 2024-03-19 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations, as amended, agreed to
• 2024-03-19 3rd reading ordered
• 2024-03-20 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2024-03-20 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2024-03-22 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs introduction
• 2024-05-03 Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2024-05-04 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-05-06 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-05-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-06 Rep. McCarthy of St. Albans City reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
• 2024-05-06 Rep. Toleno of Brattleboro recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
• 2024-05-06 Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs agreed to
• 2024-05-06 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2024-05-07 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2024-05-07 Rep. McFaun of Barre Town moved to amend the House proposal of amendment, which was agreed to amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-07 Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2024-05-09 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2024-05-10 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
• 2024-05-10 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2024-05-10 Rules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
• 2024-05-10 Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 Delivered to Governor on May 24, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-05-10 Signed by Governor on May 30, 2024 executive-signature
• 2024-05-10 Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 30, 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/442899f4-e560-487d-b982-15b8acdf3abd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).