---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the regulation of business organizations"
description: "An act relating to the regulation of business organizations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 243"
citation: "Vermont H 243 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Marcotte"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84d21741-a026-4935-9ee9-a40bc7608bd1"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/303"
source_hash: "83e13459fd2e92339a3709094140df2815611e471fd0ceb73489c3be5f2cc4de"
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 243 (2025-2026) — An act relating to the regulation of business organizations

## 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-0243/H-0243%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT010/ACT010%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT010/ACT010%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0243/H-0243%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-0243/H-0243%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-0243/H-0243%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-0243/H-0243%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-0243/H-0243%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0243/H-0243%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Michael Marcotte — primary (person)
- Edye Graning — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-03-18** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-19** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Rep. Cooper of Pownal reported for the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2025-03-19** Rep. Burkhardt of South Burlington recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-03-19** Rep. Burkhardt of South Burlington and Cooper of Pownal moved to amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, which was agreed to
- **2025-03-19** Report of the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development amended as recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means, as amended
- **2025-03-19** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development, as amended, agreed to
- **2025-03-19** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-10** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Mattos for Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-10** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-04-11** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-16** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Rep. Cooper of Pownal moved to postpone action until 4/23/2025, which was agreed to
- **2025-04-18** Action Calendar: Action postponed until 4/23/2025
- **2025-04-22** Action Calendar: Action postponed until 4/23/2025
- **2025-04-23** Action Calendar: Action postponed until 4/23/2025
- **2025-04-23** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-24** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to the Governor on April 25, 2025 `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Governor on May 1, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** House message: Governor approved bill on May 1, 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84d21741-a026-4935-9ee9-a40bc7608bd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).