---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the establishment of VT Saves"
description: "An act relating to the establishment of VT Saves"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 135"
citation: "Vermont S 135 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-17"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9170e58e-a517-4ff5-80b9-3dd63cbd534e"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1118"
source_hash: "a4b6f78bf157b899ee4806eb7b67406e3b8c7deaf5243ac09e8952d0fe5e44bc"
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 135 (2023-2024) — An act relating to the establishment of VT Saves

## 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/S-0135/S-0135%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT043/ACT043%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT043/ACT043%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0135/S-0135%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0135/S-0135%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/S-0135/S-0135%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/S-0135/S-0135%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-17** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48 `introduction`
- **2023-03-21** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-03-21** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2023-03-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-03-23** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2023-03-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-03-28** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Unfinished Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Unfinished Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Unfinished Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably by Senator Brock for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations agreed to
- **2023-04-04** 3rd reading ordered
- **2023-04-05** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Unfinished Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2023-05-03** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2023-05-06** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-05-08** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-05-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** Rep. Birong of Vergennes reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2023-05-08** Rep. Demrow of Corinth recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2023-05-08** Rep. Scheu of Middlebury recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2023-05-08** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Read third time and passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** House message: House passed bill in concurrence
- **2023-05-11** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Delivered to Governor on Friday, May 26, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-12** Signed by Governor on Thursday, June 1, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 1, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9170e58e-a517-4ff5-80b9-3dd63cbd534e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).