---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to authorization to enter into certain immigration agreements"
description: "An act relating to authorization to enter into certain immigration agreements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 44"
citation: "Vermont S 44 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca White"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2849d55b-2ec1-4cbd-8f22-fc557eb964cb"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/400"
source_hash: "2f1e4eeeca5a39e0717154e58d26ab99c5bc5a0b2e1b5277232ed99c94867486"
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 44 (2025-2026) — An act relating to authorization to enter into certain immigration agreements

## 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-0044/S-0044%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT028/ACT028%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT028/ACT028%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0044/S-0044%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-0044/S-0044%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-0044/S-0044%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-0044/S-0044%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 1 — **29–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rebecca White — primary (person)
- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Major — cosponsor (person)
- Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Hashim — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy Harrison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Committee on Government Operations relieved; bill committed to Committee on Judiciary on motion of Senator Collamore
- **2025-03-12** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-03-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Baruth for Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2025-03-13** Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Hashim
- **2025-03-13** 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 29, Nays = 1
- **2025-03-14** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** Title amended as recommended by Committee on Judiciary
- **2025-03-19** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2025-05-06** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2025-05-07** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2025-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Rep. Arsenault of Williston reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2025-05-07** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Read third time and passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2025-05-09** House message: House passed bill in concurrence
- **2025-05-09** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Delivered to Governor on May 15, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-22** Signed by Governor on May 21, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-23** Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 21, 2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2849d55b-2ec1-4cbd-8f22-fc557eb964cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).