---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the recommendations of the Post-Adjudication Reparative Program Working Group"
description: "An act relating to the recommendations of the Post-Adjudication Reparative Program Working Group"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 540"
citation: "Vermont H 540 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen Dolan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee5aa379-27d5-4f37-918f-ccb8fe73021e"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1849"
source_hash: "e660068737b8090a39840372ed1fcee608709d11057b3b877e93e9f96d61664b"
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 540 (2025-2026) — An act relating to the recommendations of the Post-Adjudication Reparative Program Working Group

## 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-0540/H-0540%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT081/ACT081%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT081/ACT081%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0540/H-0540%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-0540/H-0540%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-0540/H-0540%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-0540/H-0540%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Karen Dolan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Corrections and Institutions `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-02-05** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-05** Rep. Headrick of Burlington reported for the Committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2026-02-05** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2026-04-01** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-01** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-02** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable report by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-02** Reported favorably by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Judiciary, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-04-03** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-03** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2026-04-07** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Delivered to the Governor on April 14, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Governor on April 20, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-22** House message: Governor approved bill on April 20, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee5aa379-27d5-4f37-918f-ccb8fe73021e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).