---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to public health initiatives to address death by suicide"
description: "An act relating to public health initiatives to address death by suicide"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 481"
citation: "Vermont H 481 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Health Care"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-21"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1ba4b5c-32ba-447c-862e-743dd6ee4e1c"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1133"
source_hash: "3757d76ca24425574a8d02e4c3bf15e3b926aeb26712cbf1c4e9620eba57f31c"
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 481 (2023-2024) — An act relating to public health initiatives to address death by suicide

## 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-0481/H-0481%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT056/ACT056%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT056/ACT056%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0481/H-0481%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-0481/H-0481%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-0481/H-0481%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-0481/H-0481%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0481/H-0481%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0481/H-0481%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Health Care — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-21** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on March 22, 2023
- **2023-03-22** Notice Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Rep. Cina of Burlington reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2023-03-23** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-03** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Hardy for Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-03** 3rd reading ordered
- **2023-05-04** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-05** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-06** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-08** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-08** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-10** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on June 2, 2023 `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Signed by Governor on June 8, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** House message: Governor approved bill on June 8, 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1ba4b5c-32ba-447c-862e-743dd6ee4e1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).