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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the Vermont Truth and Reconciliation Commission"
description: "An act relating to the Vermont Truth and Reconciliation Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 649"
citation: "Vermont H 649 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth Burrows"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f61ce03-6583-4f6c-ab31-72ced8631ec5"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/3757"
source_hash: "eb8eeb7de6e00a7fdb87cecb63a6cd4c5a87f68a0eb924b196e7cad080537199"
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 649 (2023-2024) — An act relating to the Vermont Truth and Reconciliation Commission
## 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/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0649/H-0649%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT107/ACT107%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT107/ACT107%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0649/H-0649%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0649/H-0649%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0649/H-0649%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
7. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0649/H-0649%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0649/H-0649%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0649/H-0649%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Elizabeth Burrows — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-04** Read first time and referred to the Committee on General and Housing `introduction`
- **2024-01-05** Rep. Stevens of Waterbury moved that the Committee on General and Housing be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, which was agreed to
- **2024-01-19** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2024-02-09** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-02-13** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Rep. McCarthy of St. Albans City reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2024-02-13** Rep. Scheu of Middlebury recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2024-02-13** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2024-02-13** Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to amend the report of the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, as amended, which was agreed to
- **2024-02-13** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, as amended, agreed to
- **2024-02-13** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2024-04-17** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-04-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-17** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-17** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2024-04-18** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-04-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-18** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-18** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-19** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-19** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-19** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-19** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2024-04-19** Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-19** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-19** 3rd reading ordered
- **2024-04-23** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-25** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-26** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-26** Rep. McCarthy of St. Albans City moved to postpone action until 5/01/2024, which was agreed to
- **2024-04-29** Action Calendar: Action postponed until 5/01/2024
- **2024-04-30** Action Calendar: Action postponed until 5/01/2024
- **2024-05-01** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-01** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-03** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-07** Delivered to the Governor on May 7, 2024 `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Allowed to become law without the signature of the Governor on May 13, 2024
- **2024-05-10** House message: Governor allowed to become law without signature on May 13, 2024 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f61ce03-6583-4f6c-ab31-72ced8631ec5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).