---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to access to certain legally protected health care services"
description: "An act relating to access to certain legally protected health care services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 28"
citation: "Vermont S 28 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruth Hardy", "Virginia Lyons"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c6ccc65-d04f-41b1-b5ef-5231fb7bfa0f"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/19"
source_hash: "92fbd7929000e23ba0648bd35ffd29e44ecf92c13c48608a8fbe32e9ba2bca86"
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 28 (2025-2026) — An act relating to access to certain legally protected health care 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-0028/S-0028%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT020/ACT020%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT020/ACT020%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0028/S-0028%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-0028/S-0028%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-0028/S-0028%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-0028/S-0028%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-0028/S-0028%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0028/S-0028%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 70 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 97, Nays = 43 — **97–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruth Hardy — primary (person)
- Virginia Lyons — primary (person)
- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
- Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
- Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-03-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2025-03-12** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-03-13** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2025-04-15** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-04-16** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-04-16** Rep. Berbeco of Winooski moved to postpone action until 4/17/2025, which was agreed to
- **2025-04-17** Action Calendar: Action postponed until 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** Rep. Berbeco of Winooski reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2025-04-17** Rep. Dolan of Essex Junction and LaLonde of South Burlington moved to amend the report of the Committee on Health Care, which was agreed to
- **2025-04-17** Report of Committee on Health Care, as amended, agreed to
- **2025-04-17** Rep. Houghton of Essex Junction demanded yeas and nays
- **2025-04-17** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 70 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 97, Nays = 43
- **2025-04-18** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2025-04-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-23** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-24** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Delivered to Governor on May 7, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Signed by Governor on May 13, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 13, 2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c6ccc65-d04f-41b1-b5ef-5231fb7bfa0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).