---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to amending a birth certificate to reflect gender identity"
description: "An act relating to amending a birth certificate to reflect gender identity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 628"
citation: "Vermont H 628 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor Small"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5be31c61-ca62-4dab-baf4-848c5fb5f58d"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1278"
source_hash: "f2e512d5a4b333c1a3065f4ccb691d72514eb88537482050e49ab4c7e572c550"
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 628 (2021-2022) — An act relating to amending a birth certificate to reflect gender identity

## 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-0628/H-0628%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT088/ACT088%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT088/ACT088%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0628/H-0628%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0628/H-0628%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Taylor Small — primary (person)
- Alyssa Black — cosponsor (person)
- Ann Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Rachelson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Elder — cosponsor (person)
- Dane Whitman — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Burrows — cosponsor (person)
- Emilie Kornheiser — cosponsor (person)
- Gabrielle Stebbins — cosponsor (person)
- Harold "Hal" Colston — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Surprenant — cosponsor (person)
- Jana Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Brumsted — cosponsor (person)
- John Killacky — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Katherine Donnally — cosponsor (person)
- Katherine Sims — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen James — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly Pajala — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Sibilia — cosponsor (person)
- Leslie Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Lucy Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Mari Cordes — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Grad — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Bos-Lun — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Coffey — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Copeland Hanzas — cosponsor (person)
- Selene Colburn — cosponsor (person)
- Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Wood — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany Bluemle — cosponsor (person)
- William Lippert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Human Services `introduction`
- **2022-02-11** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-15** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-15** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** Rep. Small of Winooski reported for the Committee on Human Services
- **2022-02-15** Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to
- **2022-02-15** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2022-03-18** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-03-18** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-22** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Reported favorably by Senator Ram Hinsdale for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-03-24** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-24** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Delivered to the Governor on April 5, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Signed by Governor on April 6, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-08** House message: Governor approved bill on April 6, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5be31c61-ca62-4dab-baf4-848c5fb5f58d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).