---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to professional licensing for service members and veterans"
description: "An act relating to professional licensing for service members and veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 906"
citation: "Vermont H. 906 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-03-02"
last_action: "2018-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baf78540-3f3e-4396-8a04-16d0d1ac6ef7"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/2402"
source_hash: "2ae1ffab8a7164d38e037fb8bfafe44091464772a07aa1dab245e2467d4ff143"
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. 906 (2017-2018) — An act relating to professional licensing for service members and veterans

## 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-0906/H-0906%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT119/ACT119%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT119/ACT119%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0906/H-0906%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0906/H-0906%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-02** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on March 2, 2018
- **2018-03-13** Read Second Time
- **2018-03-13** Rep. Christie of Hartford spoke for the committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- **2018-03-13** Third Reading Ordered
- **2018-03-14** Amendment as offered by Rep. Christie of Hartford agreed to
- **2018-03-14** Read Third time
- **2018-03-14** Passed `passage`
- **2018-03-16** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2018-04-06** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2018-04-06** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-04-10** New Business/Second Reading
- **2018-04-10** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-04-10** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Clarkson for Committee on Government Operations
- **2018-04-10** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2018-04-10** 3rd reading ordered
- **2018-04-11** New Business/Third Reading
- **2018-04-11** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2018-04-17** Rep. Christie of Hartford moved to postpone action until April 18, 2018 which was agreed to
- **2018-04-18** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2018-04-18** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2018-04-19** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2018-05-02** Signed by Governor on May 2, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-02** House message: Governor approved bill on May 2, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/baf78540-3f3e-4396-8a04-16d0d1ac6ef7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).