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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to authorizing temporary Open Meeting Law procedures in response to COVID-19"
description: "An act relating to authorizing temporary Open Meeting Law procedures in response to COVID-19"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 222"
citation: "Vermont S 222 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Government Operations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-01-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3633f8e-adba-405a-8968-26a69d5e0236"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1666"
source_hash: "eb365593a2b87532fb1a44963400f3efc974c01a04f920ab6f3d49d18100604d"
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 222 (2021-2022) — An act relating to authorizing temporary Open Meeting Law procedures in response to COVID-19
## 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/S-0222/S-0222%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT078/ACT078%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT078/ACT078%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0222/S-0222%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0222/S-0222%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Senate Committee on Government Operations — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-07** Committee bill read first time; pending entry on notice calendar, rules suspended on motion of Senator Balint & taken up for immediate consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-07** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-01-07** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-01-07** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2022-01-07** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-01-11** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to suspend rules to permit immediate consideration of the bill, pending its entry on the notice calendar
- **2022-01-12** Which was agreed to
- **2022-01-12** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-12** Rep. Mrowicki of Putney reported for the Committee on Government Operations
- **2022-01-12** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-01-12** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-01-12** Read Third time and passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-01-12** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-01-13** House message: House passed bill in concurrence
- **2022-01-13** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2022-01-18** Delivered to Governor on January 18, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-01-19** Signed by Governor on January 18, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-19** Senate Message, signed by Governor January 18, 2022 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3633f8e-adba-405a-8968-26a69d5e0236`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).