--- type: "Bill" title: "An act relating to plug-in photovoltaic devices" description: "An act relating to plug-in photovoltaic devices" jurisdiction: "us/states/vt" legislature: "Vermont General Assembly" session: "2025-2026" identifier: "S 202" citation: "Vermont S 202 (2025-2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Anne Watson"] version_count: 8 action_count: 46 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2026-01-06" last_action: "2026-05-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90e75b1e-b4f1-4c9f-8a88-ac1ae588d0f4" source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1334" source_hash: "741d62ae57380e9d3e836567e5acc2075e11aa8d6b01f22d97b308d58c0b7e81" 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 202 (2025-2026) — An act relating to plug-in photovoltaic devices ## 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-0202/S-0202%20As%20Introduced.pdf) 2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT149/ACT149%20As%20Enacted.pdf) 3. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0202/S-0202%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-0202/S-0202%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-0202/S-0202%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-0202/S-0202%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-0202/S-0202%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf) 8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0202/S-0202%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf) ## Votes - 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0 — **29–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Anne Watson — primary (person) - Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person) - David Weeks — cosponsor (person) - Kesha Ram Hinsdale — cosponsor (person) - Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person) - Rebecca White — cosponsor (person) - Ruth Hardy — cosponsor (person) - Seth Bongartz — cosponsor (person) - Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person) - Thomas Chittenden — cosponsor (person) - Virginia Lyons — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-01-06** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `introduction` - **2026-01-27** Entered on Notice Calendar - **2026-01-27** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage` - **2026-01-28** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2` - **2026-01-28** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage` - **2026-01-28** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Watson for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2` - **2026-01-28** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy agreed to - **2026-01-28** 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 0 - **2026-01-29** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3` - **2026-01-29** New Business/Senate Resolution for Adoption - **2026-01-29** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3` - **2026-02-03** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure `introduction` - **2026-05-01** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment - **2026-05-05** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment - **2026-05-05** Read second time `reading-2` - **2026-05-05** Rep. Morrow of Weston reported for the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure - **2026-05-05** Report of Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure agreed to - **2026-05-05** Third Reading ordered `reading-3` - **2026-05-06** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3` - **2026-05-06** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3` - **2026-05-08** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment - **2026-05-08** Entered on Notice Calendar - **2026-05-08** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction` - **2026-05-12** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction` - **2026-05-13** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction` - **2026-05-14** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction` - **2026-05-14** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction` - **2026-05-14** House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment as moved by Senator(s) Watson, Beck, Bongartz, Hardy, and Williams `amendment-introduction` - **2026-05-15** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment thereto `amendment-introduction` - **2026-05-18** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment to House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction` - **2026-05-19** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment to House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction` - **2026-05-19** Rep. James of Manchester moved to postpone action until May 20, 2026, which was agreed to - **2026-05-20** Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 20, 2026 - **2026-05-20** Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. James of Manchester `amendment-introduction` - **2026-05-22** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment, with further proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction` - **2026-05-26** Entered on Notice Calendar - **2026-05-26** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction` - **2026-05-26** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth - **2026-05-26** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text `amendment-introduction` - **2026-05-26** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction` - **2026-05-26** As passed by Senate and House `passage` - **2026-05-26** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage` - **2026-05-26** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment to 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/90e75b1e-b4f1-4c9f-8a88-ac1ae588d0f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).