---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to health requirements for animals used in agriculture"
description: "An act relating to health requirements for animals used in agriculture"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 497"
citation: "Vermont H. 497 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/004d0b2a-f303-418c-91d1-9923556d0025"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/461"
source_hash: "38a9fa58c1ce069fad7962e330bec0d4e29c8ab1a8d8313d9e63e0bcc2a9a15c"
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. 497 (2017-2018) — An act relating to health requirements for animals used in agriculture

## 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/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0497/H-0497%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT030/ACT030%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT030/ACT030%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0497/H-0497%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0497/H-0497%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-01** Committee Bill read first time
- **2017-03-03** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-03** Rep. Higley of Lowell spoke for the committee on Agriculture & Forestry
- **2017-03-03** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-03-03** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture `introduction`
- **2017-04-05** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- **2017-04-05** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2017-04-14** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- **2017-04-14** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-17** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-17** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- **2017-04-17** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-18** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-18** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- **2017-04-18** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-19** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-19** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- **2017-04-19** Favorable report by Committee on Finance
- **2017-04-19** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Brooks for Committee on Agriculture
- **2017-04-19** Reported favorably by Senator Pollina for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture agreed to
- **2017-04-19** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-04-20** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-20** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-26** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-26** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2017-04-28** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Governor on May 10, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-10** House message: Governor approved bill on May 10, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/004d0b2a-f303-418c-91d1-9923556d0025`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).