---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous provisions of mental health law"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous provisions of mental health law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 46"
citation: "Vermont H 46 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Donahue"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/375902dd-5e49-4f88-987a-1a04ab803fb3"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/202"
source_hash: "1e3d69b63b2b8c2811258d30b2db334c18790caa3c4e17a89a853ef4c8c1190f"
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 H 46 (2021-2022) — An act relating to miscellaneous provisions of mental health law

## 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/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0046/H-0046%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT030/ACT030%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT030/ACT030%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0046/H-0046%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0046/H-0046%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anne Donahue — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2021-03-16** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Rep. Donahue of Northfield reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2021-03-16** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
- **2021-03-16** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2021-03-19** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2021-04-27** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-04-27** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-28** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-28** 3rd reading ordered
- **2021-04-29** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** Senate Message, passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-06** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-11** Delivered to the Governor on May 11, 2021 `passage`
- **2021-05-17** Signed by Governor on May 17, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** House message: Governor approved bill on 5/17/2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/375902dd-5e49-4f88-987a-1a04ab803fb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).