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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An act relating to miscellaneous changes to election law"
+description: "An act relating to miscellaneous changes to election law"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
+legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "H 474"
+citation: "Vermont H 474 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-03-14"
+last_action: "2025-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6982586c-c672-4ff1-9166-5ea1d03ed48d"
+source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/255"
+source_hash: "4664f714887bd8a799070b73ac68a484cd37370e2c599e7d4ff903cbec84ff8e"
+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 474 (2025-2026) — An act relating to miscellaneous changes to election law
+
+## 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-0474/H-0474%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
+2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT070/ACT070%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
+3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT070/ACT070%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
+4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0474/H-0474%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-0474/H-0474%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-0474/H-0474%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-0474/H-0474%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
+8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0474/H-0474%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
+9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0474/H-0474%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 72 of 143 to Pass -- Yeas = 36, Nays = 107 — **36–107** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-14** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar of 3/18/2025
+- **2025-03-18** Notice Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-19** Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-19** Rep. Birong of Vergennes moved to postpone action until 3/20/2025, which was agreed to
+- **2025-03-20** Action Calendar: Action postponed until 3/20/2025
+- **2025-03-20** Rep. Birong of Vergennes moved to postpone action until 3/25/2025, which was agreed to
+- **2025-03-21** Action Calendar: Action postponed until 3/25/2025
+- **2025-03-25** Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-25** Rep. Waters Evans of Charlotte spoke for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
+- **2025-03-25** Rep. Sibilia of Dover, Donahue of Northfield, Headrick of Burlington, and Lipsky of Stowe moved to amend the bill
+- **2025-03-25** Division demanded
+- **2025-03-25** Rep. Houghton of Essex Junction demanded yeas and nays
+- **2025-03-25** Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 72 of 143 to Pass -- Yeas = 36, Nays = 107
+- **2025-03-25** Rep. McCoy of Poultney, Toof of St. Albans Town, and Higley of Lowell moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
+- **2025-03-25** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-26** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-26** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-28** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
+- **2025-06-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2025-06-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-06-13** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-06-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-06-16** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-06-16** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
+- **2025-06-16** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as moved by Senator(s) Collamore `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-06-16** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations, as amended, agreed to `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-06-16** 3rd reading ordered
+- **2025-06-16** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Collamore
+- **2025-06-16** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** Rules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Collamore
+- **2025-06-16** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-06-16** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2025-06-16** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-06-16** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to deliver the bill to the Governor forthwith, which was agreed to
+- **2025-06-16** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-06-16** Delivered to the Governor on June 19, 2025 `passage`
+- **2025-06-16** Signed by Governor on June 25, 2025 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-16** House message: Governor approved bill on June 25, 2025
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6982586c-c672-4ff1-9166-5ea1d03ed48d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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