---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to unclaimed property, State retirement systems, and capital debt"
description: "An act relating to unclaimed property, State retirement systems, and capital debt"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 567"
citation: "Vermont H 567 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Birong"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fbc13a3-b8d1-4b6a-8d62-8a2aab69af70"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1498"
source_hash: "63442bc43674cec6cdd9cd70bcbb5ef5d04ff913458dbd149436811bc677d015"
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 567 (2025-2026) — An act relating to unclaimed property, State retirement systems, and capital debt

## 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-0567/H-0567%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT131/ACT131%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0567/H-0567%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-0567/H-0567%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-0567/H-0567%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-0567/H-0567%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Matthew Birong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-02-06** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-02-06** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-02-19** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-03-24** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-25** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** Rep. Birong of Vergennes reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2026-03-25** Rep. Burkhardt of South Burlington recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2026-03-25** Rep. Dickinson of St. Albans Town recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2026-03-25** Report of Committee on Ways and Means agreed to
- **2026-03-25** Report of Committee on Appropriations agreed to
- **2026-03-25** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-03-26** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-26** Rep. Birong of Vergennes moved to postpone action until March 27, 2026, which was agreed to
- **2026-03-27** Action Calendar: Action postponed until March 27, 2026
- **2026-03-27** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-04-01** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2026-04-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-23** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-05-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-08** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-08** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-08** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-05-26** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-26** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-26** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-26** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-27** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-27** Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-27** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-27** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-27** Reported favorably by Senator White for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-27** Reported favorably by Senator Hardy for Committee on Finance with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-27** Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-27** Senator Hardy requested & granted leave to withdraw Committee on Finance proposal of amendment
- **2026-05-27** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-05-27** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2026-05-27** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2026-05-27** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2026-05-27** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **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/8fbc13a3-b8d1-4b6a-8d62-8a2aab69af70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).