---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to establishing a pilot Law Enforcement Governance Council in Windham County"
description: "An act relating to establishing a pilot Law Enforcement Governance Council in Windham County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 255"
citation: "Vermont S 255 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nader Hashim", "Wendy Harrison"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a06c0795-5204-488c-ac39-526825ea555a"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1673"
source_hash: "89f7ab61e39d9c7559bb0e6e5516bf647599266b11edf52adfef11aa37808fcd"
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 255 (2025-2026) — An act relating to establishing a pilot Law Enforcement Governance Council in Windham County

## 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-0255/S-0255%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT104/ACT104%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT104/ACT104%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0255/S-0255%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-0255/S-0255%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-0255/S-0255%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-0255/S-0255%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-0255/S-0255%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0255/S-0255%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Nader Hashim — primary (person)
- Wendy Harrison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `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 Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Hardy
- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2026-02-26** Recommendation of amendment by Senator(s) Hardy, text
- **2026-02-26** Question on amendment offered by Senator(s) Hardy divided on request of Senator White
- **2026-02-26** First division of amendment not agreed to.
- **2026-02-26** Second division of amendment not agreed to.
- **2026-02-26** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-02-27** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Pending third reading, motion to amend bill offered by Senator(s) Hardy `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Point of order on ground of lack of germaneness raised by Senator Heffernan sustained
- **2026-02-27** Motion by Senator White to suspend rules disagreed to
- **2026-02-27** Sen. White moved to suspend the rules to permit consideration of a non-german amendment, which was disagreed to
- **2026-02-27** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-04-15** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-04-15** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-04-23** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-04-24** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-04-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-04-24** Rep. Morgan, M. of Milton reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2026-04-24** Rep. Page of Newport City recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2026-04-24** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs agreed to
- **2026-04-24** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-04-30** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2026-04-30** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-30** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-01** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-05** 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/a06c0795-5204-488c-ac39-526825ea555a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).