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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An act relating to transforming Vermont’s career technical education system"
+description: "An act relating to transforming Vermont’s career technical education system"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
+legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 313"
+citation: "Vermont S 313 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kesha Ram Hinsdale"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2026-01-27"
+last_action: "2026-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/876662dc-ead2-4c40-a5ba-e6fc7ecac700"
+source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1642"
+source_hash: "57ec207647cf71f76858a0e32e69bd7bc2de3eeab9963e7ad58d9c3f6226b77c"
+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 313 (2025-2026) — An act relating to transforming Vermont’s career technical education system
+
+## 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/S-0313/S-0313%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
+2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT177/ACT177%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
+3. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0313/S-0313%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
+4. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0313/S-0313%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
+5. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0313/S-0313%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
+6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0313/S-0313%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
+7. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0313/S-0313%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
+8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0313/S-0313%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kesha Ram Hinsdale — primary (person)
+- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrew Perchlik — cosponsor (person)
+- David Weeks — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Major — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard Westman — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruth Hardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Seth Bongartz — cosponsor (person)
+- Wendy Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-27** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Education `introduction`
+- **2026-03-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2026-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-13** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-17** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-17** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-17** Reported favorably by Senator Williams for Committee on Education with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-17** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education agreed to
+- **2026-03-17** 3rd reading ordered
+- **2026-03-18** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-18** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-20** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development `introduction`
+- **2026-04-23** Rep. Marcotte of Coventry moved to suspend rules to take up for immediate consideration and commit to Committee on Education, which was agreed to
+- **2026-05-21** Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
+- **2026-05-26** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
+- **2026-05-27** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
+- **2026-05-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-05-27** Rep. Marcotte of Coventry reported for the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
+- **2026-05-27** Rep. Conlon of Cornwall reported for the Committee on Education
+- **2026-05-27** Rep. Kascenska of Burke recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
+- **2026-05-27** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development amended as recommended by Committee on Education
+- **2026-05-27** Rep. Bartley of Fairfax, Krasnow of South Burlington, and Mihaly of Calais moved to amend the report of the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development, as amended, which was agreed to
+- **2026-05-27** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development, as amended, agreed to
+- **2026-05-27** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-27** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2026-05-27** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
+- **2026-05-27** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2026-05-27** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
+- **2026-05-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2026-05-28** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-05-29** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-05-29** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-05-29** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-05-29** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
+- **2026-05-29** Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Lyons `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 12, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 18, 2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-29** Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 18, 2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/876662dc-ead2-4c40-a5ba-e6fc7ecac700`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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