---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of mental health services"
description: "An act relating to regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of mental health services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 816"
citation: "Vermont H 816 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daisy Berbeco"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6783fc29-f691-40bb-9396-1833b4a254f9"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1397"
source_hash: "3eb1246b2911d01abc2e9099d8f8495ec95f0fb4f2f459cdaa359507d64b336c"
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 816 (2025-2026) — An act relating to regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of mental health services

## 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-0816/H-0816%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT156/ACT156%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0816/H-0816%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-0816/H-0816%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-0816/H-0816%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-0816/H-0816%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-0816/H-0816%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0816/H-0816%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Daisy Berbeco — primary (person)
- Angela Arsenault — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Priestley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2026-03-13** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-17** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-17** Rep. Critchlow of Colchester reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2026-03-17** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
- **2026-03-17** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-03-18** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-18** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-20** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2026-05-01** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-01** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-05** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-05** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-06** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-07** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-07** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-07** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Benson for Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-05-07** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-07** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-05-08** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-08** Pending third reading, Senator Hashim and Lyons proposal of amendment, agreed to `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-08** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-13** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-14** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-14** Rep. Black of Essex moved to postpone action until May 15, 2026, which was agreed to
- **2026-05-15** Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 15, 2026
- **2026-05-15** Senate proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Black of Essex `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-15** Speaker appointed Reps. Berbeco of Winooski, Cina of Burlington, and Taylor of Mendon as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2026-05-15** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2026-05-19** House message: House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Gulick, Lyons, and Benson
- **2026-05-19** Senate Message: Committee of Conference members appointed
- **2026-05-21** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-21** Committee of Conference report
- **2026-05-22** Committee of Conference report
- **2026-05-22** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Gulick for Committee, text
- **2026-05-22** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2026-05-22** Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted
- **2026-05-22** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2026-05-26** Notice Calendar: Report of Committee of Conference
- **2026-05-26** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2026-05-26** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
- **2026-05-28** House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
- **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/6783fc29-f691-40bb-9396-1833b4a254f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).