---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the County and Regional Governance Study Committee"
description: "An act relating to the County and Regional Governance Study Committee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 762"
citation: "Vermont H 762 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Birong"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb2e84d2-72d7-47d4-a495-c50ba92ae0bd"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1616"
source_hash: "8fbcbe23971b901d5a1abf0705b7e56e5c7d1bffa6360891c8fe0d56b1d06e43"
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 762 (2025-2026) — An act relating to the County and Regional Governance Study Committee

## 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-0762/H-0762%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT096/ACT096%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT096/ACT096%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0762/H-0762%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-0762/H-0762%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-0762/H-0762%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-0762/H-0762%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0762/H-0762%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0762/H-0762%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Matthew Birong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-03-10** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-10** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-03-12** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-13** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13** Rep. Birong of Vergennes reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2026-03-13** Rep. Mrowicki of Putney recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2026-03-13** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs agreed to
- **2026-03-13** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-03-17** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-17** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2026-04-17** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-17** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-17** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-04-22** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-22** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-22** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-23** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-23** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-04-23** Reported favorably by Senator Norris for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-23** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-04-24** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-24** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-29** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-30** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-30** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-07** Delivered to the Governor on May 7, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-05-13** Signed by Governor on May 13, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-14** House message: Governor approved bill on May 13, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb2e84d2-72d7-47d4-a495-c50ba92ae0bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).