---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the poultry slaughter exception to inspection"
description: "An act relating to the poultry slaughter exception to inspection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 603"
citation: "Vermont H 603 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Surprenant"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cfd3908-2b52-4f95-9934-95a2548d54ca"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/3890"
source_hash: "202c67661a572c5e6436832137f84f5e582bb00e1bd782e0c6a6bd5ea5452310"
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 603 (2023-2024) — An act relating to the poultry slaughter exception to inspection

## 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-0603/H-0603%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT093/ACT093%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT093/ACT093%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0603/H-0603%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-0603/H-0603%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-0603/H-0603%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-0603/H-0603%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Heather Surprenant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-01-25** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25** Rep. Surprenant of Barnard reported for the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- **2024-01-25** Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry agreed to
- **2024-01-25** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-01-26** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-26** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture `introduction`
- **2024-04-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-04-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-09** Favorable report by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-10** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** Favorable report by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-10** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Agriculture, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2024-04-12** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-04-19** Delivered to the Governor on April 19, 2024 `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Signed by Governor on April 25, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** House message: Governor approved bill on April 25, 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cfd3908-2b52-4f95-9934-95a2548d54ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).