republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2019-2020/h-954.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous tax provisions"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous tax provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 954"
citation: "Vermont H 954 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-05-13"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20c4caae-9f9d-473c-866b-261bcc352cf6"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2281"
source_hash: "4f53e2671753f7c78106733a3db205f0692bf536a31309210aa277d7a3d9fdf7"
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 954 (2019-2020) — An act relating to miscellaneous tax provisions

## 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-0954/H-0954%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT175/ACT175%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT175/ACT175%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0954/H-0954%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/H-0954/H-0954%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-13** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on 05/15/20
- **2020-05-20** Read Second Time
- **2020-05-20** Rep. Young of Greensboro spoke for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2020-05-20** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-05-22** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2020-05-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2020-06-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-06-23** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2020-06-23** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Cummings
- **2020-06-24** New Business/Second Reading
- **2020-06-24** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2020-06-24** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Cummings
- **2020-06-24** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Pearson for Committee on Finance
- **2020-06-24** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Pearson, Balint, Brock, Campion, Cummings, MacDonald, and Sirotkin; text
- **2020-06-24** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2020-06-24** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance, as amended, agreed to
- **2020-06-24** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-06-25** New Business/Third Reading
- **2020-06-25** Pending third reading motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Cummings
- **2020-06-25** Pending third reading, Senator(s) Cummings motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
- **2020-06-25** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2020-06-25** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2020-06-26** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-11** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to commit bill to the committee on Ways and Means which was agreed to.
- **2020-09-22** Report of Committee on Ways and Means withdrawn
- **2020-09-22** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. Scheu of Middlebury, Ancel of Calais, Anthony of Barre City, Beck of St. Johnsbury, Brennan of Colchester, Canfield of Fair Haven, Donovan of Burlington, Kornheiser of Brattleboro, Masland of Thetford, Till of Jericho, and Young of Greensboro
- **2020-09-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-09-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2020-09-23** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-23** House message House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment
- **2020-09-24** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-09-25** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2020-09-25** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text
- **2020-09-25** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2020-09-25** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-09-25** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Delivered to the Governor on October 5, 2020 `passage`
- **2020-09-25** Signed by Governor on October 8, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-25** House message: Governor approved bill on October 8, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20c4caae-9f9d-473c-866b-261bcc352cf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).