---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to health care practitioners administering stem cell products not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration"
description: "An act relating to health care practitioners administering stem cell products not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 22"
citation: "Vermont S 22 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Virginia Lyons"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1135dcf-78cb-42ee-a4ab-0bdec379586d"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/116"
source_hash: "ac2e4df516b2af08b35bc0e984a423ebe32139df8e9ab3fa31a35396de6145c7"
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 22 (2021-2022) — An act relating to health care practitioners administering stem cell products not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

## 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-0022/S-0022%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT061/ACT061%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT061/ACT061%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0022/S-0022%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0022/S-0022%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Virginia Lyons — primary (person)
- Richard McCormack — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-03-09** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Hooker for Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2021-03-16** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2021-05-14** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** Rep. Goldman of Rockingham reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2021-05-14** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Read Third time and passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2021-05-18** House message: House passed bill in concurrence
- **2021-05-18** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2021-05-21** Delivered to Governor on June 1, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-21** Signed by Governor on June 7, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21** Senate Message, signed by Governor June 7, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-10** 3rd reading ordered

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1135dcf-78cb-42ee-a4ab-0bdec379586d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).