---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to exemptions for food manufacturing establishments"
description: "An act relating to exemptions for food manufacturing establishments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 401"
citation: "Vermont H 401 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Cooper"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2025-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/372636bd-8543-4d77-a625-4d21033a20cb"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/717"
source_hash: "0f458e9e268e553df44e2e5df4f5c0ae846fef467c4592f119fb622d4c5a8b40"
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 401 (2025-2026) — An act relating to exemptions for food manufacturing establishments

## 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-0401/H-0401%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT042/ACT042%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT042/ACT042%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0401/H-0401%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-0401/H-0401%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-0401/H-0401%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-0401/H-0401%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-0401/H-0401%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0401/H-0401%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Jonathan Cooper — primary (person)
- Abbey Duke — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony Micklus — cosponsor (person)
- Ashley Bartley — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Keyser — cosponsor (person)
- David Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- David Durfee — cosponsor (person)
- Edye Graning — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Carris Duncan — cosponsor (person)
- Esme Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Burtt — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Surprenant — cosponsor (person)
- Herb Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Jed Lipsky — cosponsor (person)
- John O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua Dobrovich — cosponsor (person)
- Jubilee McGill — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lalley — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Wells — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk White — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Sibilia — cosponsor (person)
- Leland Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Boutin — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mrowicki — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Nigro — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Bos-Lun — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Priestley — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Voranus Coffin IV — cosponsor (person)
- William Greer — cosponsor (person)
- Zon Eastes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27** 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 Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-03-21** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-25** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Rep. Burtt of Cabot reported for the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- **2025-03-25** Rep. Masland of Thetford recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-03-25** Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry agreed to
- **2025-03-25** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-02** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-05-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-08** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-09** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-09** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-09** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Gulick for Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Reported favorably by Senator Gulick for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-09** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-05-13** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-16** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-16** Rep. Durfee of Shaftsbury moved to postpone action until 5/20/2025, which was agreed to
- **2025-05-19** Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 20, 2025
- **2025-05-20** Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
- **2025-05-20** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-27** Delivered to the Governor on May 27, 2025 `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed by Governor on June 2, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-03** House message: Governor approved bill on June 2, 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/372636bd-8543-4d77-a625-4d21033a20cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).