---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming"
description: "An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 102"
citation: "Vermont S 102 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef87ca2c-84c5-419c-abdc-d7f3869a5c53"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/381"
source_hash: "8f981e2dcacc3b911aa1eb59646fd1451215a7b05b9309acbb4bdbcb41b8d623"
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 102 (2021-2022) — An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

## 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/S-0102/S-0102%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT041/ACT041%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT041/ACT041%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0102/S-0102%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0102/S-0102%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48 `introduction`
- **2021-02-26** On motion of Senator Pearson, rules suspended bill was committed to the Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- **2021-03-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-03-16** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable report by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-16** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2021-03-18** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-03-18** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable report by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-19** New Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable report by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-19** Consideration postponed to Wednesday, March 24, 2021 on motion of Senator Starr
- **2021-03-23** Consideration postponed Wednesday, March 24, 2021
- **2021-03-24** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Consideration Postponed/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Favorable report by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably by Senator MacDonald for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Reported favorably by Senator MacDonald for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) MacDonald, Bray, Campion, McCormack, and Westman, text
- **2021-03-24** Recommendation of amendment agreed to
- **2021-03-24** 3rd reading ordered
- **2021-03-25** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry `introduction`
- **2021-04-20** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2021-04-29** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Rep. O'Brien of Tunbridge reported for the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- **2021-04-29** Rep. Canfield of Fair Haven recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2021-04-29** Rep. Toleno of Brattleboro recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2021-04-29** Report of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry amended as recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2021-04-29** Rep. O'Brien of Tunbridge moved to amend the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, which was agreed to
- **2021-04-29** Report of Committee on Agriculture and Forestry as amended agreed to
- **2021-04-29** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** Rep. Partridge of Windham moved to amend the House proposal of amendment which was agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-30** Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2021-05-05** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-05-05** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2021-05-07** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Delivered to Governor on May 14, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-21** Signed by Governor on May 20, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21** Senate Message, signed by Governor May 20, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef87ca2c-84c5-419c-abdc-d7f3869a5c53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).