---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to extending the sunset of 30 V.S.A. § 248a"
description: "An act relating to extending the sunset of 30 V.S.A. § 248a"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 527"
citation: "Vermont H 527 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Sibilia"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6db5e64e-9b7b-463f-b3b9-81e808c49ee1"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1478"
source_hash: "fff92ee24b8df8b99fd4478b8a6f1776c268f016cb912304eefa33dd0ecfeb40"
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 527 (2025-2026) — An act relating to extending the sunset of 30 V.S.A. § 248a

## 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-0527/H-0527%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT129/ACT129%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0527/H-0527%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0527/H-0527%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
5. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0527/H-0527%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0527/H-0527%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
7. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0527/H-0527%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0527/H-0527%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 52, Nays = 89 — **52–89** (fail) · lower
- Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 68 of 136 to Pass -- Yeas = 122, Nays = 14 — **122–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laura Sibilia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure `introduction`
- **2026-02-11** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-02-12** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** Rep. Sibilia of Dover reported for the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure
- **2026-02-12** Report of Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure agreed to
- **2026-02-12** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2026-05-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-19** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-20** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-20** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-21** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-21** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-21** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-05-21** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-21** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-05-22** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-22** Pending third reading, motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment offered by Senator(s) Heffernan `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-22** Pending third reading, motion to amend Senate proposal of amendment disagreed to `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-22** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-22** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-22** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2026-05-26** Notice Calendar: Report of Committee of Conference
- **2026-05-26** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2026-05-26** Rep. Pritchard of Pawlet moved to concur in the Senate proposal of amendment with a further amendment thereto `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-26** Rep. Pritchard of Pawlet demanded yeas and nays
- **2026-05-26** Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 52, Nays = 89
- **2026-05-26** Rep. Higley of Lowell demanded yeas and nays
- **2026-05-26** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-26** Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 68 of 136 to Pass -- Yeas = 122, Nays = 14
- **2026-05-28** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-29** Delivered to the Governor on June 9, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 15, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on June 15, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6db5e64e-9b7b-463f-b3b9-81e808c49ee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).