---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to agricultural water quality, enforcement, and dairy farming"
description: "An act relating to agricultural water quality, enforcement, and dairy farming"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 258"
citation: "Vermont S 258 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Pearson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f2c890a-35c6-402a-a6fe-e34529d4dab5"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1563"
source_hash: "230bc5ad7c9b3be25a44c4b1756cba75730d1f7b9af6edbe04a99ca5f5491a95"
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 258 (2021-2022) — An act relating to agricultural water quality, enforcement, and dairy 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-0258/S-0258%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT162/ACT162%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT162/ACT162%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0258/S-0258%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0258/S-0258%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Christopher Pearson — primary (person)
- Anthony Pollina — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture `introduction`
- **2022-03-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-03-08** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2022-03-15** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-03-15** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-15** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-16** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-16** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-18** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-18** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-22** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-22** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-22** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Collamore for Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** Reported favorably by Senator Starr for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture agreed to
- **2022-03-22** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-03-23** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-25** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry `introduction`
- **2022-04-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2022-04-28** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-04-29** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-04-29** Action postponed to next legislative day as moved by Rep. Partridge of Windham
- **2022-05-02** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-05-03** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-05-03** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Rep. Pearl of Danville reported for the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- **2022-05-03** Rep. Toleno of Brattleboro recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-05-03** Report of Committee on Agriculture and Forestry agreed to
- **2022-05-03** Report of Committee on Appropriations agreed to
- **2022-05-03** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-05** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-05-05** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-05** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2022-05-06** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-06** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-06** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-06** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2022-05-06** Rules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2022-05-07** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Delivered to Governor on May 26, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Governor on June 1, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** Senate Message, signed by Governor June 1, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f2c890a-35c6-402a-a6fe-e34529d4dab5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).