---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to addressing and preventing chronic absenteeism"
description: "An act relating to addressing and preventing chronic absenteeism"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 930"
citation: "Vermont H 930 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Education"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-03-13"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e09d3e5f-1f26-4489-9d60-0afa505ecf8f"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/2188"
source_hash: "d9be03afcf232fecec94a32a1a4fabcc30f66b76cb4ffc7fcaaa071e4ffcb392"
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 930 (2025-2026) — An act relating to addressing and preventing chronic absenteeism

## 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-0930/H-0930%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT122/ACT122%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT122/ACT122%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0930/H-0930%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-0930/H-0930%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-0930/H-0930%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-0930/H-0930%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-0930/H-0930%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0930/H-0930%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call, requested by Senator Heffernan, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 6, Nays = 24 — **6–24** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-13** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar of March 17, 2026
- **2026-03-17** Notice Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** Rep. Hunter of Manchester spoke for the Committee on Education
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Rep. Hunter of Manchester moved to postpone action until March 20, 2026, which was agreed to
- **2026-03-20** Action Calendar: Action postponed until March 20, 2026
- **2026-03-20** Rep. Chapin of East Montpelier moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
- **2026-03-20** Rep. Burrows of West Windsor and LaMont of Morristown moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
- **2026-03-20** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Education `introduction`
- **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 Education `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-06** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Education `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-07** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-07** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Education `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-07** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Bongartz for Committee on Education `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-05-07** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Education agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-07** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-05-08** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-08** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Gulick `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-08** Pending third reading, Senator Gulick proposal of amendment, disagreed to `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-08** Roll Call, requested by Senator Heffernan, Failed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 6, Nays = 24
- **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** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-29** Delivered to the Governor on June 2, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 8, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on June 8, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e09d3e5f-1f26-4489-9d60-0afa505ecf8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).