---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to expanding identification of certain lobbying advertisements"
description: "An act relating to expanding identification of certain lobbying advertisements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 686"
citation: "Vermont H 686 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Sibilia"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8bad919-93ea-49e3-a862-d2d8645e08dc"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1512"
source_hash: "3b1d2dd9b230978b56cda41e67da7accc26b1dea6da7eae9cb8a914e83f6fe64"
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 686 (2025-2026) — An act relating to expanding identification of certain lobbying advertisements

## 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-0686/H-0686%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT154/ACT154%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0686/H-0686%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-0686/H-0686%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-0686/H-0686%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-0686/H-0686%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-0686/H-0686%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0686/H-0686%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Laura Sibilia — primary (person)
- Anne Donahue — cosponsor (person)
- Chloe Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Priestley — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Headrick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-03-10** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-11** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Rep. Boyden of Cambridge reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2026-03-11** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs agreed to
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-17** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2026-05-21** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-21** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-21** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2026-05-21** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-05-21** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-21** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-05-22** New Business/Third Reading `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: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-26** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2026-05-26** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-28** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-29** Delivered to the Governor on June 11, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 17, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on June 17, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8bad919-93ea-49e3-a862-d2d8645e08dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).