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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Essex"
description: "An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Essex"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 516"
citation: "Vermont H 516 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leonora Dodge"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-05-14"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a97bc38a-c1da-42a9-885a-3e8ff3d0bca0"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1241"
source_hash: "6d5b24dd18bc43a4544d8359e947980ff000ca0a85904b60dbb1a7801c8d0af4"
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 516 (2025-2026) — An act relating to approval of amendments to the charter of the Town of Essex
## 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/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0516/H-0516%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACTM006/ACTM006%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACTM006/ACTM006%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0516/H-0516%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0516/H-0516%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0516/H-0516%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/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0516/H-0516%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Leonora Dodge — primary (person)
- Alyssa Black — cosponsor (person)
- Golrang Garofano — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-14** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-01-27** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-01-28** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** Rep. Pinsonault of Dorset reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2026-01-28** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs agreed to
- **2026-01-28** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-01-29** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-29** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-01-30** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2026-02-20** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-02-20** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Reported favorably by Senator Morley for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 10, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Signed by Governor on March 16, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** House message: Governor approved bill on March 16, 2026
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a97bc38a-c1da-42a9-885a-3e8ff3d0bca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).