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Bill	An act relating to the modernization of Vermont’s communications taxes and fees	An act relating to the modernization of Vermont’s communications taxes and fees	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2023-2024	H 657	Vermont H 657 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Katherine Sims	9	55	0	2024-01-05	2024-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/6323af44-2015-4eb0-a2f8-902ab49e2943	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1421	a45af38f2a185a973fd6e7a3e96ca2371565dfe58a07f1c9420a9d73757bc179	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont H 657 (2023-2024) — An act relating to the modernization of Vermont’s communications taxes and fees

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act Summary (committee substitute) — source
3. As Enacted (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed By the House (Official) (committee substitute) — source
5. As Passed By the House (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
6. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official) (committee substitute) — source
7. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official) (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Katherine Sims — primary (person)
• James Masland — cosponsor (person)
• Peter Anthony — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Energy introduction
• 2024-01-10 Rep. Sheldon of Middlebury moved that the Committee on Environment and Energy be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on Ways and Means, which was agreed to
• 2024-02-27 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-02-28 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-02-28 Rep. Kornheiser of Brattleboro moved that the bill be committed to the Committee on Environment and Energy, which was agreed to
• 2024-03-15 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-03-15 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2024-03-26 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-03-27 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-03-27 Rep. Sims of Craftsbury moved to postpone action until 03/28/2024, which was agreed to
• 2024-03-28 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-03-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-28 Rep. Sims of Craftsbury reported for the Committee on Ways and Means
• 2024-03-28 Rep. Torre of Moretown reported for the Committee on Environment and Energy
• 2024-03-28 Rep. Scheu of Middlebury recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
• 2024-03-28 Report of Committee on Ways and Means amended as recommended by Committee on Environment and Energy
• 2024-03-28 Report of the Committee on Ways and Means amended as recommended by the Committee on Appropriations
• 2024-03-28 Rep. Stebbins of Burlington, Bongartz of Manchester, Clifford of Rutland City, Logan of Burlington, Morris of Springfield, Patt of Worcester, Satcowitz of Randolph, Sheldon of Middlebury, Sibilia of Dover, Smith of Derby, and Torre of Moretown moved to amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as amended, which was agreed to
• 2024-03-28 Report of Committee on Ways and Means, as amended, agreed to
• 2024-03-28 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2024-03-29 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2024-03-29 Rep. Sims of Craftsbury moved to postpone action until 4/02/2024, which was agreed to
• 2024-04-02 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2024-04-02 Rep. Peterson of Clarendon moved to amend the bill
• 2024-04-02 Rep. Peterson of Clarendon asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
• 2024-04-02 Rep. Sims of Craftsbury moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
• 2024-04-02 Read third time and passed reading-3
• 2024-04-04 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance introduction
• 2024-04-30 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2024-04-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-04-30 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance amendment-introduction
• 2024-04-30 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 2024-05-07 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2024-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-05-07 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-07 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2024-05-08 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-05-08 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-08 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2024-05-08 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Finance amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2024-05-08 Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-08 Senator(s) Chittenden motion to substitute proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-08 Motion to substitute Finance recommendation of proposal of amendment agreed to
• 2024-05-08 Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-08 3rd reading ordered
• 2024-05-09 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2024-05-09 Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2024-05-09 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth passage
• 2024-05-09 Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-09 Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2024-05-09 Senate proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 Delivered to the Governor on May 28, 2024 passage
• 2024-05-10 Signed by Governor on June 3, 2024 executive-signature
• 2024-05-10 House message: Governor approved bill on June 3, 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6323af44-2015-4eb0-a2f8-902ab49e2943. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).