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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to exempting property owned by Vermont-recognized Native American tribes from property tax"
description: "An act relating to exempting property owned by Vermont-recognized Native American tribes from property tax"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 556"
citation: "Vermont H 556 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Brumsted", "Katherine Sims", "Tiffany Bluemle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2e890b6-e80d-46e3-a374-a0cbdddd37fd"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/751"
source_hash: "7a0349f5e4b73714de1a282d02904472adea9d749c45afbdd506c814a478d81a"
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 556 (2021-2022) — An act relating to exempting property owned by Vermont-recognized Native American tribes from property tax
## 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-0556/H-0556%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT090/ACT090%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT090/ACT090%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0556/H-0556%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0556/H-0556%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Jessica Brumsted — primary (person)
- Katherine Sims — primary (person)
- Tiffany Bluemle — primary (person)
- Barbara Rachelson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Dane Whitman — cosponsor (person)
- Gabrielle Stebbins — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Surprenant — cosponsor (person)
- Jana Brown — cosponsor (person)
- John Killacky — cosponsor (person)
- John O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph "Chip" Troiano — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Christie — cosponsor (person)
- Leslie Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Mari Cordes — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Birong — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mrowicki — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Yantachka — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
- Seth Bongartz — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Wood — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Stevens — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means `introduction`
- **2022-02-15** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-16** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-16** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** Rep. Brennan of Colchester recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2022-02-16** Report of Committee on Ways and Means agreed to
- **2022-02-16** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2022-03-30** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-03-30** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-31** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-31** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-01** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-01** Reported favorably by Senator Hardy for Committee on Finance, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-04-05** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-04-06** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-04-14** Delivered to the Governor on April 14, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-04-20** Signed by Governor on April 20, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-22** House message: Governor approved bill on April 20, 2022
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2e890b6-e80d-46e3-a374-a0cbdddd37fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).