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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to prohibiting racially and religiously restrictive covenants in deeds"
description: "An act relating to prohibiting racially and religiously restrictive covenants in deeds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 551"
citation: "Vermont H 551 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Rachelson", "Emilie Kornheiser", "Harold \"Hal\" Colston", "Kevin Christie", "Martin LaLonde", "Maxine Grad", "Selene Colburn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d057e8f6-258f-49be-b890-6048d1e6151a"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1264"
source_hash: "bf72158353de0db7d10d2c55abfcda56217ded28b577519af9a894a6511afcaf"
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 551 (2021-2022) — An act relating to prohibiting racially and religiously restrictive covenants in deeds
## 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/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0551/H-0551%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT143/ACT143%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT143/ACT143%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0551/H-0551%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0551/H-0551%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll Call, requested by Senator Benning, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0 — **30–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Barbara Rachelson — primary (person)
- Emilie Kornheiser — primary (person)
- Harold "Hal" Colston — primary (person)
- Kevin Christie — primary (person)
- Martin LaLonde — primary (person)
- Maxine Grad — primary (person)
- Selene Colburn — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-03-11** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-11** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2022-03-15** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-16** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-16** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-16** Rep. Grad of Moretown reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2022-03-16** Rep. Mattos of Milton recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2022-03-16** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2022-03-16** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2022-04-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-28** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-29** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-29** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-02** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-02** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-03** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-03** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Benning for Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-03** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-05-03** Roll Call, requested by Senator Benning, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 30, Nays = 0
- **2022-05-04** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-05-04** Senate Message, passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-05** Notice Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-06** Action Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-06** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-09** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on May 23, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Governor on May 27, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** House message: Governor approved bill on May 27, 2022
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d057e8f6-258f-49be-b890-6048d1e6151a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).