---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to excluding the income of asylum seekers and refugees from household income"
description: "An act relating to excluding the income of asylum seekers and refugees from household income"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 461"
citation: "Vermont H 461 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet Ancel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a11869ef-c6af-4989-8d9f-6c659251cf69"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1496"
source_hash: "f2c5b6514eeb32b10e555a2bf0d9ba18749c295ec07ac9c39950e7a0998f4c00"
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 461 (2021-2022) — An act relating to excluding the income of asylum seekers and refugees from household income

## 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/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0461/H-0461%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT096/ACT096%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT096/ACT096%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0461/H-0461%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0461/H-0461%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Janet Ancel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means `introduction`
- **2022-02-01** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-02** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-02** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** Rep. Ode of Burlington reported for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2022-02-02** Report of Committee on Ways and Means agreed to
- **2022-02-02** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-02-08** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2022-04-06** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-06** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-07** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-07** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-07** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator MacDonald for Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-04-07** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-07** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-04-08** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-08** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** Senate Message, passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-13** Notice Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-14** Action Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-14** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-15** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-04-21** Delivered to the Governor on April 21, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Governor on April 27, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-28** House message: Governor approved bill on April 27, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a11869ef-c6af-4989-8d9f-6c659251cf69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).