---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to regulating entities that administer tax-advantaged accounts for health-related expenses"
description: "An act relating to regulating entities that administer tax-advantaged accounts for health-related expenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 41"
citation: "Vermont S 41 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Bray"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b56796b0-ec38-4de3-bf80-1cdb8677428c"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/401"
source_hash: "c5bdbdbf550feed75006d13c12115d3e47924081fcc575436b241c685aebf662"
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 41 (2019-2020) — An act relating to regulating entities that administer tax-advantaged accounts for health-related expenses

## 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/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0041/S-0041%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT054/ACT054%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT054/ACT054%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0041/S-0041%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0041/S-0041%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Christopher Bray — primary (person)
- Brian Campion — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Benning — cosponsor (person)
- Less… — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Baruth — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Balint — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-03-12** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-13** New Business/Second Reading
- **2019-03-13** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-13** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Sirotkin for Committee on Finance
- **2019-03-13** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to
- **2019-03-13** 3rd reading ordered
- **2019-03-14** New Business/Third Reading
- **2019-03-14** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Health Care
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2019-04-19** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Lippert of Hinesburg
- **2019-04-19** Rep Lippert of Hinesburg moved to recommit the bill to the Committee on Health Care which was agreed to
- **2019-05-10** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Lippert of Hinesburg
- **2019-05-10** Read Second Time
- **2019-05-10** Rep. Durfee of Shaftsbury reported for the committee on Health Care
- **2019-05-10** Rep. Till of Jericho recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2019-05-10** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to.
- **2019-05-10** Third Reading Ordered
- **2019-05-13** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2019-05-13** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2019-05-13** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2019-05-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2019-05-14** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-15** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2019-05-15** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2019-05-15** House proposal of amendment concurred in
- **2019-05-15** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2019-05-15** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 4, 2019
- **2019-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 10, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 10,2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b56796b0-ec38-4de3-bf80-1cdb8677428c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).