---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to extending COVID-19 health care regulatory flexibility"
description: "An act relating to extending COVID-19 health care regulatory flexibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 411"
citation: "Vermont H 411 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Health Care"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dad059f-1209-4b1a-a870-e4a2f66b94a1"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/964"
source_hash: "9a69469719a7651bdd13300f1a9794448de34bc6037234b75b0afa5d68fd021f"
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 411 (2023-2024) — An act relating to extending COVID-19 health care regulatory flexibility

## 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/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0411/H-0411%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT004/ACT004%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT004/ACT004%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0411/H-0411%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0411/H-0411%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0411/H-0411%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
7. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0411/H-0411%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Health Care — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on March 1, 2023
- **2023-03-01** Notice Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** Rep. Houghton of Essex Junction reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Lyons
- **2023-03-23** Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Lyons
- **2023-03-23** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Lyons `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-03-24** Delivered to the Governor on March 24, 2023 `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Signed by Governor on March 29, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-31** House message: Governor approved bill on March 29, 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dad059f-1209-4b1a-a870-e4a2f66b94a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).