---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to increasing the minimum age for delinquency proceedings"
description: "An act relating to increasing the minimum age for delinquency proceedings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 2"
citation: "Vermont H 2 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angela Arsenault", "Barbara Rachelson", "Karen Dolan", "Martin LaLonde"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/480b4417-92c5-4663-aba0-d49616f4be0d"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/109"
source_hash: "5edb633116e9824fa1603e1a272c6856fb380ecb60434b2ab25ea959105f55de"
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 2 (2025-2026) — An act relating to increasing the minimum age for delinquency proceedings

## 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-0002/H-0002%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT004/ACT004%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT004/ACT004%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0002/H-0002%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-0002/H-0002%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-0002/H-0002%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-0002/H-0002%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 55, Nays = 86 — **55–86** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angela Arsenault — primary (person)
- Barbara Rachelson — primary (person)
- Karen Dolan — primary (person)
- Martin LaLonde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-12** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Rep. LaLonde of South Burlington reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2025-03-12** Rep. Maguire of Rutland City moved to amend the report of the Committee on Judiciary
- **2025-03-12** Rep. Maguire of Rutland City demanded yeas and nays
- **2025-03-12** Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 55, Nays = 86
- **2025-03-12** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2025-03-12** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2025-03-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-25** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-03-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-26** Reported favorably by Senator Norris for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2025-03-26** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2025-03-26** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Delivered to the Governor on March 27, 2025 `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Signed by Governor on March 31, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02** House message: Governor approved bill on March 31, 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/480b4417-92c5-4663-aba0-d49616f4be0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).