---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to accepting and referring complaints by the State Ethics Commission"
description: "An act relating to accepting and referring complaints by the State Ethics Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 1"
citation: "Vermont H 1 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin LaLonde"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba1cc44c-e6ca-45d9-8bff-63e1bee8e855"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/27"
source_hash: "28520e5da1b9bc4cb576a5c79428304e21033f30439974cc6d7c7cd86de6c26e"
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 1 (2025-2026) — An act relating to accepting and referring complaints by the State Ethics Commission

## 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/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0001/H-0001%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT044/ACT044%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT044/ACT044%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0001/H-0001%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0001/H-0001%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0001/H-0001%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/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0001/H-0001%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0001/H-0001%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0001/H-0001%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Martin LaLonde — primary (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Sibilia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-13** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Rep. Morgan, M. of Milton reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2025-03-13** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs agreed to
- **2025-03-13** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-19** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2025-05-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-14** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-15** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-05-16** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-21** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-23** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** Delivered to the Governor on May 30, 2025 `passage`
- **2025-06-05** Allowed to become law without the signature of the Governor on June 5, 2025
- **2025-06-09** House message: Governor allowed to become law without signature on June 5, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba1cc44c-e6ca-45d9-8bff-63e1bee8e855`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).