---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to establishing a process for the elimination of certain hospital services"
description: "An act relating to establishing a process for the elimination of certain hospital services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 189"
citation: "Vermont S 189 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Virginia Lyons"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e67bc0cf-ba8c-4518-a771-c4b51e21e17f"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1817"
source_hash: "f985546b58de4a8f9689b7cbe9ca3aff8ff78d0c29b18a31320efbf97a98685a"
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 189 (2025-2026) — An act relating to establishing a process for the elimination of certain hospital services

## 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-0189/S-0189%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT146/ACT146%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0189/S-0189%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0189/S-0189%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
5. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0189/S-0189%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0189/S-0189%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
7. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0189/S-0189%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0189/S-0189%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Virginia Lyons — 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`
- **2026-03-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-17** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-17** Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2026-03-17** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-03-18** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-18** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-18** Title amended as recommended by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2026-03-20** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2026-05-07** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-05-08** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-05-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-08** Rep. Demar of Enosburgh reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2026-05-08** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
- **2026-05-08** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-14** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2026-05-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-14** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-15** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2026-05-19** Title amended
- **2026-05-20** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 10, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 16, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-29** Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 16, 2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e67bc0cf-ba8c-4518-a771-c4b51e21e17f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).