---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes"
description: "An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 118"
citation: "Vermont H 118 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angela Arsenault", "Martin LaLonde"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b27a8c9f-2cc1-40fa-8adb-7f616a932b1f"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/408"
source_hash: "63a69c7897c2ee07508b463d66d6cdd9c6703bb0adbc32dfdd999d08e77e04f0"
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 118 (2025-2026) — An act relating to expanding the scope of hate-motivated crimes

## 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-0118/H-0118%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT008/ACT008%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT008/ACT008%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0118/H-0118%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-0118/H-0118%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-0118/H-0118%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-0118/H-0118%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Angela Arsenault — primary (person)
- Martin LaLonde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** On Notice Calendar
- **2025-02-07** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-07** Rep. Arsenault of Williston reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2025-02-07** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2025-02-07** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2025-04-15** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to the Governor on April 23, 2025 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Governor on April 29, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** House message: Governor approved bill on April 29, 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b27a8c9f-2cc1-40fa-8adb-7f616a932b1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).