---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to increasing the monetary thresholds for certificates of need"
description: "An act relating to increasing the monetary thresholds for certificates of need"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 96"
citation: "Vermont H 96 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mari Cordes"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcf161e3-c450-4e0a-b888-22dbc8be66fb"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/446"
source_hash: "b9eaa4e083dc34c10567780be179c3141e98a04c08bbb9982ee923ad5939c510"
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 96 (2025-2026) — An act relating to increasing the monetary thresholds for certificates of need

## 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-0096/H-0096%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT015/ACT015%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT015/ACT015%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0096/H-0096%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-0096/H-0096%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-0096/H-0096%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-0096/H-0096%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-0096/H-0096%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0096/H-0096%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Mari Cordes — primary (person)
- Alyssa Black — cosponsor (person)
- Angela Arsenault — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Daisy Berbeco — cosponsor (person)
- Ela Chapin — cosponsor (person)
- Francis McFaun — cosponsor (person)
- Herb Olson — cosponsor (person)
- James Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Leslie Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Marcotte — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Priestley — cosponsor (person)
- Woodman Page — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2025-02-26** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-02-28** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-11** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Rep. Cordes of Bristol reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2025-03-11** Rep. Branagan of Georgia recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-03-11** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
- **2025-03-11** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-04-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-24** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-25** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-25** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-25** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Douglass for Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-04-25** Reported favorably by Senator Gulick for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-04-29** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-06** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Delivered to the Governor on May 7, 2025 `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Signed by Governor on May 13, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** House message: Governor approved bill on May 13, 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcf161e3-c450-4e0a-b888-22dbc8be66fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).