---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the role of advanced practice providers in hospital care"
description: "An act relating to the role of advanced practice providers in hospital care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 163"
citation: "Vermont S 163 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca White"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1bef93a-eac5-418c-8784-62c3c3a33ea9"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1692"
source_hash: "f96a6b6259a2dfce8fb7901c07bdea116857629deb60eb76217068dfb99afab7"
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 163 (2025-2026) — An act relating to the role of advanced practice providers in hospital care

## 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-0163/S-0163%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT092/ACT092%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT092/ACT092%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0163/S-0163%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-0163/S-0163%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-0163/S-0163%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-0163/S-0163%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-0163/S-0163%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0163/S-0163%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Rebecca White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **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`
- **2026-02-26** 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** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Morley for Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2026-02-26** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-02-27** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2026-04-08** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-04-09** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-04-09** Rep. Black of Essex moved to postpone action until March 14, 2026, which was agreed to
- **2026-04-10** Action Calendar: Action postponed until April 14, 2026
- **2026-04-14** Action Calendar: Action postponed until April 14, 2026
- **2026-04-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-04-14** Rep. Goldman of Rockingham reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2026-04-14** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
- **2026-04-14** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-04-17** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2026-04-21** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-21** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-22** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-22** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-22** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-22** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2026-04-23** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-30** Delivered to Governor on April 30, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by Governor on May 6, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-07** Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 6, 2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1bef93a-eac5-418c-8784-62c3c3a33ea9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).