---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman"
description: "An act relating to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "H. 265"
citation: "Vermont H. 265 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Pugh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da5aa630-a136-4e8d-80ca-910289c6cc54"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/487"
source_hash: "38c960eddf8fe2832dd2c7f523ca7d15ea827f2755c27196161a686d85750baf"
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. 265 (2017-2018) — An act relating to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman

## 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-0265/H-0265%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT023/ACT023%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT023/ACT023%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0265/H-0265%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/H-0265/H-0265%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ann Pugh — primary (person)
- Francis McFaun — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph "Chip" Troiano — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Sandy Haas — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Wood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-14** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Human Services
- **2017-03-14** Read Second Time
- **2017-03-14** Rep. Noyes of Wolcott reported for the committee on Human Services
- **2017-03-14** Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to.
- **2017-03-14** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-03-15** Read Third time and Passed `passage`
- **2017-03-17** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2017-04-13** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2017-04-14** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-04-14** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2017-04-14** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Ingram for Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2017-04-14** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2017-04-14** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-04-17** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-18** Unfinished Business/Third Reading
- **2017-04-18** Pending third reading, Senator(s) Ingram motion to amend proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-04-18** Proposal of amendment agreed to
- **2017-04-18** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Senate Message, passed in Concurrence with proposal of amendment
- **2017-04-21** Senate Proposal of Amendment considered
- **2017-04-21** Senate Proposal of Amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2017-04-26** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor on May 4, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** House message: Governor approved bill on May 4, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da5aa630-a136-4e8d-80ca-910289c6cc54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).