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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An act relating to Vermont income tax exclusions and tax credits"
+description: "An act relating to Vermont income tax exclusions and tax credits"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
+legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 51"
+citation: "Vermont S 51 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ruth Hardy"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-06"
+last_action: "2025-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c32f23c8-5204-420f-b6e0-4710d9df4f5d"
+source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/643"
+source_hash: "4de5f6e29dece6f4fd892f57550fc10350fff5724e7987465710e11dc9fca2d7"
+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 51 (2025-2026) — An act relating to Vermont income tax exclusions and tax credits
+
+## 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-0051/S-0051%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
+2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT071/ACT071%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
+3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT071/ACT071%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
+4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0051/S-0051%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
+5. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0051/S-0051%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
+6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0051/S-0051%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/S-0051/S-0051%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
+8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0051/S-0051%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
+9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0051/S-0051%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 72 of 144 to Pass -- Yeas = 142, Nays = 2 — **142–2** (pass) · lower
+- Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ruth Hardy — primary (person)
+- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
+- David Weeks — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Major — cosponsor (person)
+- Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
+- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Norris — cosponsor (person)
+- Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
+- Wendy Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-06** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
+- **2025-03-18** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2025-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-18** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-19** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-19** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Hardy for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-19** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to
+- **2025-03-19** 3rd reading ordered
+- **2025-03-20** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-20** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-25** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means `introduction`
+- **2025-05-02** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
+- **2025-05-06** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
+- **2025-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-06** Rep. Kimbell of Woodstock reported for the Committee on Ways and Means
+- **2025-05-06** Rep. Canfield of Fair Haven demanded yeas and nays
+- **2025-05-06** Report of Committee on Ways and Means agreed to
+- **2025-05-06** Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 72 of 144 to Pass -- Yeas = 142, Nays = 2
+- **2025-05-06** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-07** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-07** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-08** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
+- **2025-05-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2025-05-09** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-05-09** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
+- **2025-05-09** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-05-09** House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Cummings `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-05-09** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Cummings, Chittenden, and Brock
+- **2025-05-09** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference appointed `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-05-13** Speaker appointed Reps. Kornheiser of Brattleboro, Kimbell of Woodstock, and Canfield of Fair Haven as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
+- **2025-05-13** House message: House appointed Conference Committee members
+- **2025-05-30** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2025-05-30** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
+- **2025-05-31** House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
+- **2025-06-03** Entered on Notice Calendar
+- **2025-06-03** Committee of Conference report
+- **2025-06-06** Committee of Conference report
+- **2025-06-09** Unfinished Business/Committee of Conference Report
+- **2025-06-11** Unfinished Business/Committee of Conference Report
+- **2025-06-13** Unfinished Business/Committee of Conference Report
+- **2025-06-16** Unfinished Business/Committee of Conference Report
+- **2025-06-16** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Cummings for Committee, text
+- **2025-06-16** Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Collamore
+- **2025-06-16** Committee of Conference report adopted on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0
+- **2025-06-16** Title amended
+- **2025-06-16** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
+- **2025-06-16** Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Lyons `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-16** Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted
+- **2025-06-16** Delivered to Governor on June 20, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-16** Signed by Governor on June 25, 2025 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-16** Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 25, 2025 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c32f23c8-5204-420f-b6e0-4710d9df4f5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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