---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to recovery residence certification"
description: "An act relating to recovery residence certification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 157"
citation: "Vermont S 157 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Samuel Douglass"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-05-30"
last_action: "2026-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62819e07-deea-4f36-a7c5-ae4293b40ac3"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1218"
source_hash: "b5689e79464cbd117933f8fe2ae883cdd9173145fe2ad9e146cbfd8f26c96058"
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 157 (2025-2026) — An act relating to recovery residence certification

## 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-0157/S-0157%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT103/ACT103%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT103/ACT103%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0157/S-0157%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-0157/S-0157%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-0157/S-0157%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-0157/S-0157%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-0157/S-0157%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0157/S-0157%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Samuel Douglass — primary (person)
- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Perchlik — cosponsor (person)
- Ann Cummings — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Collamore — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Mattos — cosponsor (person)
- David Weeks — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Major — cosponsor (person)
- Kesha Ram Hinsdale — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Baruth — cosponsor (person)
- Randolph Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Westman — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Norris — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Plunkett — cosponsor (person)
- Russell Ingalls — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Seth Bongartz — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Heffernan — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Chittenden — cosponsor (person)
- Virginia Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy Harrison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-30** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2026-02-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-02-25** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Benson for Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** Reported favorably by Senator Gulick for Committee on Finance with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare amended as recommended by Committee on Finance
- **2026-02-26** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare, as amended, agreed to
- **2026-02-26** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-02-27** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Hashim `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services `introduction`
- **2026-04-16** Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-04-21** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-04-22** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-04-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-04-22** Rep. Bishop of Colchester reported for the Committee on Human Services
- **2026-04-22** Rep. Holcombe of Norwich recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2026-04-22** Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to
- **2026-04-22** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-04-23** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-23** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-04-24** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2026-04-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-28** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-29** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-30** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-01** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-05** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-05** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-05** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-05** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-13** Delivered to Governor on May 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-20** Signed by Governor on May 19, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-20** Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 19, 2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62819e07-deea-4f36-a7c5-ae4293b40ac3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).