---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to removing the residency requirement from Vermont’s patient choice at end of life laws"
description: "An act relating to removing the residency requirement from Vermont’s patient choice at end of life laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 190"
citation: "Vermont H 190 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Golrang Garofano"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bddb4bf7-0b22-40ba-83ae-27a7e9e462ac"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/984"
source_hash: "6ad9d546a70d752b6f7ba2770a3e4e215a00b6eec661cf3758cfe8e7611b64ce"
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 190 (2023-2024) — An act relating to removing the residency requirement from Vermont’s patient choice at end of life laws

## 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/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0190/H-0190%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT010/ACT010%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT010/ACT010%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0190/H-0190%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0190/H-0190%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0190/H-0190%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/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0190/H-0190%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Golrang Garofano — primary (person)
- Daniel Noyes — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Brumsted — cosponsor (person)
- Jubilee McGill — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly Pajala — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor Small — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services `introduction`
- **2023-02-15** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-02-16** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Rep. Garofano of Essex reported for the Committee on Human Services
- **2023-02-16** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-04-14** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-18** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Delivered to the Governor on April 26, 2023 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Signed by Governor on May 2, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** House message: Governor approved bill on May 2, 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bddb4bf7-0b22-40ba-83ae-27a7e9e462ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).