---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to establishing the Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund to provide payments for farm and forestry operation losses due to weather conditions"
description: "An act relating to establishing the Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund to provide payments for farm and forestry operation losses due to weather conditions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 60"
citation: "Vermont S 60 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruth Hardy"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 52
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2026-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff025503-ccfc-4f66-a548-f935f27e30d4"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/571"
source_hash: "a2503ba4d16b3e7dba7d1b5ae8a81cc63be64e6c9b4a8caebd6999ad49fc9d54"
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 60 (2025-2026) — An act relating to establishing the Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund to provide payments for farm and forestry operation losses due to weather conditions

## 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-0060/S-0060%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT078/ACT078%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT078/ACT078%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0060/S-0060%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-0060/S-0060%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-0060/S-0060%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-0060/S-0060%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-0060/S-0060%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0060/S-0060%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ruth Hardy — primary (person)
- Joseph Major — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Plunkett — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Heffernan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture `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 Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-03-18** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-18** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Major for Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Reported favorably by Senator Norris for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2025-03-19** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture, as amended, agreed to
- **2025-03-19** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-03-20** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** Pending third reading, Senator(s) Vyhovsky moved to amend bill `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** Motion disagreed to
- **2025-03-20** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry `introduction`
- **2025-04-25** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-04-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-01-14** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-01-15** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-01-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-15** Rep. Bos-Lun of Westminster reported for the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- **2026-01-15** Rep. Stevens of Waterbury recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2026-01-15** Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
- **2026-01-15** Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry, as amended, agreed to
- **2026-01-15** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-01-16** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-16** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-01-20** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2026-01-21** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-22** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-22** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-22** Recommitted to Committee on Agriculture on motion of Senator Ingalls
- **2026-03-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-03-10** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-10** Favorable report by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-11** Favorable report by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-11** Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-11** Title amended
- **2026-03-11** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-20** Delivered to Governor on March 20, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-27** Signed by Governor on March 26, 2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff025503-ccfc-4f66-a548-f935f27e30d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).