---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to limiting liability for agritourism"
description: "An act relating to limiting liability for agritourism"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 89"
citation: "Vermont H 89 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Yantachka"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12a92728-7db1-4bcb-ab3b-ef77b1282880"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/73"
source_hash: "0f471e714d056a9e990eac5259d230fe442dadacb6b963564c9970ca3c05a9b3"
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 89 (2021-2022) — An act relating to limiting liability for agritourism

## 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-0089/H-0089%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT031/ACT031%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT031/ACT031%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0089/H-0089%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0089/H-0089%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Michael Yantachka — primary (person)
- Avram Patt — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Savage — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Charles "Butch" Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Erin Brady — cosponsor (person)
- Felisha Leffler — cosponsor (person)
- Gabrielle Stebbins — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Surprenant — cosponsor (person)
- Heidi Scheuermann — cosponsor (person)
- Henry Pearl — cosponsor (person)
- James Gregoire — cosponsor (person)
- James McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Brumsted — cosponsor (person)
- John Killacky — cosponsor (person)
- John Palasik — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph "Chip" Troiano — cosponsor (person)
- Katherine "Kari" Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Katherine Sims — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen James — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Goslant — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Christie — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk White — cosponsor (person)
- Leland Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Hango — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Batchelor — cosponsor (person)
- Maida Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia Martel — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Higley — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mrowicki — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Lefebvre — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Hooper — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Samantha Lefebvre — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Coffey — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Norris — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Wood — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany Bluemle — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Walz — cosponsor (person)
- Vicki Strong — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry `introduction`
- **2021-02-19** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Rep. Surprenant of Barnard reported for the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- **2021-02-19** Report of Committee on Agriculture and Forestry agreed to
- **2021-02-19** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2021-04-27** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-04-27** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-29** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably by Senator White for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Delivered to the Governor on May 11, 2021 `passage`
- **2021-05-17** Signed by Governor on May 17, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** House message: Governor approved bill on May 17, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12a92728-7db1-4bcb-ab3b-ef77b1282880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).