---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 124"
citation: "Vermont S 124 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 57
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-18"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95614eb4-2a70-43a5-bf4b-a58fb29ab7d6"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/993"
source_hash: "7b833262ab4525367de13f0bed6dc5e2d7155af9860ace6f593cee4f2e4276aa"
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 S 124 (2025-2026) — An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

## 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/S-0124/S-0124%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT067/ACT067%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT067/ACT067%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0124/S-0124%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0124/S-0124%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0124/S-0124%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/S-0124/S-0124%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0124/S-0124%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0124/S-0124%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Beck, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0 — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48 `introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Rules suspended on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2025-03-18** Committed to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2025-04-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-08** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-04-15** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-15** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15** Referred to Committee on Rules per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
- **2025-04-16** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-16** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-16** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** Reported favorably by Senator Hardy for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Reported favorably by Senator Hardy for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Beck
- **2025-04-17** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Beck, Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0
- **2025-04-17** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-04-18** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry `introduction`
- **2025-05-09** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-05-09** Rep. Durfee of Shaftsbury moved to suspend rules to take up for immediate consideration and commit to Committee on Environment, which was agreed to
- **2025-05-22** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-05-22** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-05-28** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-05-29** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-05-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-29** Rep. Durfee of Shaftsbury reported for the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- **2025-05-29** Rep. Logan of Burlington reported for the Committee on Environment
- **2025-05-29** Rep. Masland of Thetford recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-05-29** Report of the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry amended as recommended by the Committee on Environment
- **2025-05-29** Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry, as amended, agreed to
- **2025-05-29** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2025-05-29** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2025-05-29** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2025-05-30** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-30** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2025-05-30** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-30** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-06-06** Delivered to Governor on June 6, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** Signed by Governor on June 12, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-13** Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 12, 2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95614eb4-2a70-43a5-bf4b-a58fb29ab7d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).