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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to mergers and governance of communications union districts"
description: "An act relating to mergers and governance of communications union districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 199"
citation: "Vermont S 199 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alison Clarkson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/161e56eb-095b-4522-886e-aa142554aaa9"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/3768"
source_hash: "89faadb45afdfb3428e3bb8823ba2eb7b9dcec7d27e94993d2a1cb2aa1ee83c0"
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 199 (2023-2024) — An act relating to mergers and governance of communications union districts
## 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/S-0199/S-0199%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT099/ACT099%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT099/ACT099%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0199/S-0199%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0199/S-0199%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0199/S-0199%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/S-0199/S-0199%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Alison Clarkson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-03** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2024-02-20** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-02-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Hardy, Clarkson, Norris, Vyhovsky, and Watson
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Brock for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to
- **2024-02-27** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Hardy, Clarkson, Norris, Vyhovsky, and Watson, text
- **2024-02-27** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2024-02-27** 3rd reading ordered
- **2024-02-28** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Energy `introduction`
- **2024-04-09** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-04-09** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2024-04-11** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-04-12** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2024-04-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-04-12** Rep. Torre of Moretown reported for the Committee on Environment and Energy
- **2024-04-12** Rep. Masland of Thetford recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2024-04-16** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-04-16** Read third time and passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** House message: House passed bill in concurrence
- **2024-04-17** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Delivered to Governor on April 30, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Signed by Governor on May 6, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10** Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 6, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-12** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/161e56eb-095b-4522-886e-aa142554aaa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).