---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to an age-appropriate design code"
description: "An act relating to an age-appropriate design code"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 69"
citation: "Vermont S 69 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy Harrison"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f2b2c6e-d988-4c4d-8205-cdc8ac903ca2"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/974"
source_hash: "c59e889bea5a90611a51c36f77903c690c5fc1b11ffd465bcaf9a02abe974d2b"
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 69 (2025-2026) — An act relating to an age-appropriate design code

## 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-0069/S-0069%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT063/ACT063%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT063/ACT063%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0069/S-0069%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-0069/S-0069%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-0069/S-0069%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-0069/S-0069%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-0069/S-0069%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0069/S-0069%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Institutions agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 25, Nays = 5 — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 71 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 133, Nays = 9 — **133–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wendy Harrison — primary (person)
- Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Perchlik — cosponsor (person)
- Ann Cummings — cosponsor (person)
- Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Collamore — cosponsor (person)
- David Weeks — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Major — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Hashim — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Westman — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Plunkett — cosponsor (person)
- Seth Bongartz — cosponsor (person)
- Virginia Lyons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Institutions `introduction`
- **2025-02-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-02-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-28** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Institutions `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Institutions `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Institutions `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Harrison for Committee on Institutions `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Ram Hinsdale
- **2025-03-12** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Institutions agreed to on roll call, requested by Senator Ram Hinsdale, Passed -- Needed 15 of 30 to Pass -- Yeas = 25, Nays = 5
- **2025-03-12** Senator Beck explained vote
- **2025-03-12** Senator Douglass explained vote
- **2025-03-12** Senator Hart explained vote
- **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 Commerce and Economic Development `introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-05-23** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-05-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-23** Rep. Micklus of Milton reported for the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2025-05-23** Rep. Harvey of Castleton demanded yeas and nays
- **2025-05-23** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development agreed to
- **2025-05-23** Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 71 of 142 to Pass -- Yeas = 133, Nays = 9
- **2025-05-23** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2025-05-27** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2025-05-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-28** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-29** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-29** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-29** House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment as moved by Senator(s) Harrison and Plunkett `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment thereto `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2025-05-29** Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2025-05-29** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-29** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2025-06-06** Delivered to Governor on June 6, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** Signed by Governor on June 12, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-13** Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 12, 2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f2b2c6e-d988-4c4d-8205-cdc8ac903ca2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).