republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2019-2020/s-149.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles and the Department of Motor Vehicles"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles and the Department of Motor Vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 149"
citation: "Vermont S 149 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Transportation"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 63
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-12"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2539eae5-0c32-4eb3-baa6-150b9d080538"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/977"
source_hash: "938776a7494645ac1137aeae80a0d9ade2014ffe39f932465d71e1cdc849efdb"
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 S 149 (2019-2020) — An act relating to miscellaneous changes to laws related to vehicles and the Department of Motor Vehicles

## 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/S-0149/S-0149%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT060/ACT060%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT060/ACT060%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0149/S-0149%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0149/S-0149%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Transportation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-12** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48
- **2019-03-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-13** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2019-03-21** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-21** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2019-03-21** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-22** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2019-03-22** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-26** Unfinished Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2019-03-26** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-27** Unfinished Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2019-03-27** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-28** Unfinished Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2019-03-28** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-28** Read 2nd time
- **2019-03-28** Reported favorably by Senator Brock for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-03-29** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-29** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-04-03** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Transportation
- **2019-04-19** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-04-26** Read Second Time
- **2019-04-26** Rep. McCormack of Burlington reported for the committee on Transportation
- **2019-04-26** Rep. Beck of St. Johnsbury recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-04-26** Rep. Savage of Swanton moved to amend the report of the committee on Transportation
- **2019-04-26** Report of the Committee on Transportation amended as offered by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2019-04-26** Rep. Haas of Rochester and Shaw of Pittsford moved to amend the report of the committee on Transportation
- **2019-04-26** Rep. Haas of Rochester asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2019-04-26** Report of Committee on Transportation as amended agreed to
- **2019-04-26** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-04-30** Rep. Till of Jericho moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
- **2019-04-30** Which was agreed to
- **2019-04-30** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-02** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2019-05-02** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-02** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-03** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-06** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-07** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-08** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-09** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-10** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-13** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **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 Ashe
- **2019-05-13** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Ashe, Mazza, and Kitchel
- **2019-05-13** Rules suspended & 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 McCormack of Burlington, Murphy of Fairfax and Savage 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
- **2019-05-22** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-22** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-22** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Ashe for Committee, text
- **2019-05-22** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2019-05-22** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2019-05-22** Senate message, report of committee of conference adopted
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 11, 2019
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 14, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 14, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2539eae5-0c32-4eb3-baa6-150b9d080538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).