---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to establishing the Vermonters Feeding Vermonters Grant at the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets"
description: "An act relating to establishing the Vermonters Feeding Vermonters Grant at the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 167"
citation: "Vermont H 167 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Esme Cole"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/465f0ede-c7da-44e4-8ad4-b9eb1a86b841"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/708"
source_hash: "bb7e495c628690af6ae890432ac836a2bc17fde4eeb3aa5ce5d5fc44c1de217d"
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 167 (2025-2026) — An act relating to establishing the Vermonters Feeding Vermonters Grant at the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

## 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-0167/H-0167%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT034/ACT034%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT034/ACT034%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0167/H-0167%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-0167/H-0167%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-0167/H-0167%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-0167/H-0167%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Esme Cole — primary (person)
- Christopher Morrow — cosponsor (person)
- David Durfee — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Waszazak — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Burtt — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Surprenant — cosponsor (person)
- Jed Lipsky — cosponsor (person)
- Leland Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Bos-Lun — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry `introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-18** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-03-25** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-26** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Rep. Bos-Lun of Westminster reported for the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- **2025-03-26** Rep. Stevens of Waterbury recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2025-03-26** Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2025-03-26** Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry, as amended, agreed to
- **2025-03-26** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture `introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Favorable report by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-05-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Favorable report by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-13** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-14** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Favorable report by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably by Senator Heffernan for Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably by Senator Watson for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-05-15** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2025-05-16** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Delivered to the Governor on May 21, 2025 `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Signed by Governor on May 27, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-28** House message: Governor approved bill on May 27, 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/465f0ede-c7da-44e4-8ad4-b9eb1a86b841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).