---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to telehealth licensure and registration and to provisional licensure for professions regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation"
description: "An act relating to telehealth licensure and registration and to provisional licensure for professions regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 655"
citation: "Vermont H 655 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Health Care"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f8d126a-cad4-4efb-9c75-bace33c0ae78"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1704"
source_hash: "59e79ba39b9f923d54b2d88f0a610634118545a76f2d639c653a9fec96b999dc"
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 655 (2021-2022) — An act relating to telehealth licensure and registration and to provisional licensure for professions regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation

## 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-0655/H-0655%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT107/ACT107%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT107/ACT107%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0655/H-0655%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0655/H-0655%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Health Care — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar on January 18, 2022
- **2022-01-14** Rep. Lippert of Hinesburg moved to recommit the bill to the Committee on Health Care which was agreed to
- **2022-02-08** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-08** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2022-02-23** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2022-03-11** Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-15** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-03-15** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15** Rep. Houghton of Essex reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2022-03-15** Rep. Durfee of Shaftsbury recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2022-03-15** Rep. Townsend of South Burlington recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-03-15** Report of the Committee on Health Care amended as recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2022-03-15** Report of Committee on Health Care as amended agreed to
- **2022-03-15** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-03-16** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-16** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-03-18** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2022-04-07** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-07** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-07** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2022-04-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-14** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-14** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-14** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2022-04-22** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-22** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-22** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-22** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-25** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-25** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-25** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-25** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-04-26** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-26** Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Reported favorably by Senator Hardy for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Reported favorably by Senator Starr for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-04-27** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2022-04-27** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-03** Delivered to the Governor on May 3, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-05-09** Signed by Governor on May 9, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09** House message: Governor approved bill on May 9, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f8d126a-cad4-4efb-9c75-bace33c0ae78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).