An act relating to retroactively reinstating 10 V.S.A. § 6081(b)
This bill retroactively reinstates a specific exemption in Vermont's subdivision laws that was previously removed, allowing certain older subdivisions and developments to avoid new regulations. It directly affects property owners, developers, and local communities with subdivisions or development projects that existed before June 1, 1970, or telecommunications facilities existing before July 1, 1997. The law exempts these properties from current subdivision requirements while still applying rules to any substantial changes made to them after the exemption takes effect. The legislation takes effect retroactively from June 8, 2023, meaning it applies to situations that occurred after that date despite the earlier historical cutoff dates.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Feb 2024
Introduced Jan 3, 2024
Signed Feb 20, 2024
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This diff compares the official and unofficial versions of H.599, a bill retroactively reinstating 10 V.S.A. section 6081(b) with exemptions for pre-1970 subdivisions, state highways, and telecommunications facilities. The only substantive change is a correction to the effective date from June 9, 2023 to June 8, 2023. All other differences are formatting-related (header wording, removal of introductory metadata, line reflow, and addition of a legislative tracking number).
TIMELINE
The retroactive effective date was corrected from June 9, 2023 to June 8, 2023.
TECHNICAL
Introductory metadata (sponsor name, committee referral, subject line, and statement of purpose) present in the official version is absent from the unofficial version.
Header changed from 'BILL AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE AND SENATE' to 'AS PASSED BY HOUSE AND SENATE' and a legislative tracking number (VT LEG #374456 v.1) was added.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
8
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Feb 20, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by Governor on February 20, 2024
executive
Feb 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Delivered to the Governor on February 14, 2024
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Senate Message: Passed in concurrence
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably by Senator Watson for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Favorable report by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Favorable report by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
upper
Jan 23, 2024
Introduced
Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
upper
Jan 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Report of Committee on Environment and Energy agreed to
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rep. Bongartz of Manchester reported for the Committee on Environment and Energy
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Introduced
Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
lower
Jan 16, 2024
Introduced
Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
lower
Jan 3, 2024
Introduced
Read first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Energy
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Amy Sheldon
DDemocratic
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