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type: "Bill"
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title: "An act relating to allowing remote witnesses for advance directives for a limited time"
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description: "An act relating to allowing remote witnesses for advance directives for a limited time"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
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legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "H 950"
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citation: "Vermont H 950 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Human Services"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2020-05-06"
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last_action: "2020-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa623c6f-2834-41da-8318-a1d3ca4d481d"
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source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2506"
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source_hash: "2ac934512158a36bc96a1bd91013b180d610ef037d26033cab44cb1802301818"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
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---
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# Vermont H 950 (2019-2020) — An act relating to allowing remote witnesses for advance directives for a limited time
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0950/H-0950%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
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2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT107/ACT107%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
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3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT107/ACT107%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
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4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0950/H-0950%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
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5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0950/H-0950%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- House Committee on Human Services — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-05-06** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on 05/08/2020
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- **2020-05-08** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
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- **2020-05-08** Read Second Time
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- **2020-05-08** Rep. Haas of Rochester spoke for the committee on Human Services
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- **2020-05-08** Amendment as offered by Rep. Haas of Rochester agreed to
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- **2020-05-08** Third Reading Ordered
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- **2020-05-08** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
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- **2020-05-08** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
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- **2020-05-08** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
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- **2020-05-12** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
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- **2020-06-02** Entered on Notice Calendar
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- **2020-06-02** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
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- **2020-06-03** New Business/Second Reading
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- **2020-06-03** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare
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- **2020-06-03** Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-04** New Business/Third Reading
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- **2020-06-04** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2020-06-04** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
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- **2020-06-05** Senate Message, Passed in Concurrence `passage`
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- **2020-06-09** Delivered to the Governor on June 9, 2020 `passage`
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- **2020-06-16** Signed by Governor on June 15, 2020 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-17** House message: Governor approved bill on June 15, 2020
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa623c6f-2834-41da-8318-a1d3ca4d481d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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