republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2019-2020/h-132.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to adopting protections against housing discrimination for victims of domestic and sexual violence"
description: "An act relating to adopting protections against housing discrimination for victims of domestic and sexual violence"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 132"
citation: "Vermont H 132 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Stevens"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a69596f-54c0-4bc6-a0d7-59b54af65082"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/127"
source_hash: "acb0b866dcd39b66969131d1938d863901bdb5abfd62e095d38d63b4a209f148"
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 132 (2019-2020) — An act relating to adopting protections against housing discrimination for victims of domestic and sexual violence

## 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/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0132/H-0132%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT048/ACT048%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT048/ACT048%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0132/H-0132%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0132/H-0132%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Thomas Stevens — primary (person)
- Charen Fegard — cosponsor (person)
- Charles "Chip" Conquest — cosponsor (person)
- Emilie Kornheiser — cosponsor (person)
- James Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- John Killacky — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Logan Nicoll — cosponsor (person)
- Lori Houghton — cosponsor (person)
- Maida Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Mari Cordes — cosponsor (person)
- Martin LaLonde — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Birong — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Grad — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mrowicki — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Scheu — cosponsor (person)
- Selene Colburn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- **2019-03-20** Read Second Time
- **2019-03-20** Rep. Szott of Barnard reported for the committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- **2019-03-20** Report of Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs agreed to.
- **2019-03-20** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-03-21** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2019-05-01** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-05-01** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Balint for Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- **2019-05-01** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs agreed to
- **2019-05-01** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-05-02** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-05-02** Pending third reading motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Sears
- **2019-05-02** Pending third reading, Senate proposal of amendment amended as moved by Senator(s) Sirotkin
- **2019-05-02** Pending third reading, Senator(s) Sears motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-02** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-07** Action postponed until May 9 ,2019 as moved by Rep. Stevens of Waterbury
- **2019-05-09** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. Szott of Barnard
- **2019-05-10** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-13** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment
- **2019-05-13** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-13** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-13** House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Sirotkin
- **2019-05-13** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Balint, Sirotkin, and Clarkson
- **2019-05-13** Rules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-13** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment not concurred in and committee of conference appointed
- **2019-05-14** Speaker appointed Stevens of Waterbury, Szott of Barnard and Gamache of Swanton as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2019-05-14** House message House appointed Conference Committee members
- **2019-05-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-24** Committee of Conference Report
- **2019-05-24** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2019-05-24** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Balint for Committee, text
- **2019-05-24** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2019-05-24** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2019-05-24** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2019-05-24** Senate message, report of committee of conference adopted
- **2019-05-24** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-24** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
- **2019-05-24** Rules Suspended and Action on the bill messaged to the Senate forthwith and the bill delivered to the Governor forthwith as moved by Rep. LaClair of Barre Town. `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to the Governor on June 4, 2019 `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 10, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on June 10, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a69596f-54c0-4bc6-a0d7-59b54af65082`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).