---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to establishing the Vermont Prescription Drug Discount Card Program"
description: "An act relating to establishing the Vermont Prescription Drug Discount Card Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 577"
citation: "Vermont H 577 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alyssa Black"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0211fa4e-f6ac-4560-babd-a26e1ee10014"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1862"
source_hash: "06280effc8fec9301d67e18dc75d90adc6da81c57bfa6957e574d321a65b5e66"
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 577 (2025-2026) — An act relating to establishing the Vermont Prescription Drug Discount Card Program

## 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-0577/H-0577%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT132/ACT132%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0577/H-0577%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-0577/H-0577%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-0577/H-0577%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-0577/H-0577%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-0577/H-0577%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0577/H-0577%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Alyssa Black — primary (person)
- Daisy Berbeco — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2026-02-06** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-02-06** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-02-17** Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-03-20** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-24** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-24** Rep. Critchlow of Colchester reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2026-03-24** Rep. Branagan of Georgia recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2026-03-24** Rep. Dickinson of St. Albans Town recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2026-03-24** Report of Committee on Health Care amended as recommended by Committee on Ways and Means
- **2026-03-24** Report of Committee on Health Care, as amended, agreed to
- **2026-03-24** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-27** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2026-04-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-23** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-23** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-05-05** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-05** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-05** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-05** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-05-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-08** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-08** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-08** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-12** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-12** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-12** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-12** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-12** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-05-12** Reported favorably by Senator Gulick for Committee on Finance with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-12** Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-12** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-12** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-05-13** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-13** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-14** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-15** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-18** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
- **2026-05-19** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-21** 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/0211fa4e-f6ac-4560-babd-a26e1ee10014`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).