---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the provision of prekindergarten education in geographically isolated school districts"
description: "An act relating to the provision of prekindergarten education in geographically isolated school districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 214"
citation: "Vermont S 214 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kesha Ram Hinsdale"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 57
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e41512e4-211a-45c5-b93e-4ece28c7662b"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1308"
source_hash: "7c345b07d9d7bfaf380708a119fbcfea8639f862041f14412be60454e869971b"
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 214 (2025-2026) — An act relating to the provision of prekindergarten education in geographically isolated school districts

## 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-0214/S-0214%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT124/ACT124%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
3. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0214/S-0214%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-0214/S-0214%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-0214/S-0214%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-0214/S-0214%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Kesha Ram Hinsdale — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Education `introduction`
- **2026-03-12** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-12** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-03-20** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-20** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-03-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-24** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-24** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-24** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-26** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-26** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-26** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-27** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-27** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-27** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-27** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-31** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-31** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-31** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Heffernan for Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-03-31** Reported favorably by Senator Beck for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Reported favorably by Senator Brennan for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education agreed to
- **2026-03-31** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-04-01** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-01** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2026-04-03** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Education `introduction`
- **2026-05-06** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-05-06** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-05-07** Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-05-15** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-05-18** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2026-05-19** Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
- **2026-05-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-19** Rep. Quimby of Lyndon reported for the Committee on Education
- **2026-05-19** Rep. Burkhardt of South Burlington recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2026-05-19** Rep. Kascenska of Burke recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2026-05-19** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-05-20** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-20** Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-05-22** House message: House passed bill in concurrence
- **2026-05-22** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2026-05-29** Delivered to Governor on June 2, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 8, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-29** Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 8, 2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e41512e4-211a-45c5-b93e-4ece28c7662b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).