---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to establishing an unused drug repository for Vermont"
description: "An act relating to establishing an unused drug repository for Vermont"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 414"
citation: "Vermont H 414 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dane Whitman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98e916c4-c2af-4328-8212-8e806bc0eccb"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/979"
source_hash: "3eea2f494f8d1158f47ad6499b2a18abc6937932b596ed78a0c7ed353afc2658"
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 414 (2023-2024) — An act relating to establishing an unused drug repository for Vermont

## 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-0414/H-0414%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT061/ACT061%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT061/ACT061%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0414/H-0414%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-0414/H-0414%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-0414/H-0414%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-0414/H-0414%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dane Whitman — primary (person)
- Jessica Brumsted — cosponsor (person)
- Leslie Goldman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2023-03-21** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2023-03-23** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2023-03-24** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2023-03-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Rep. Goldman of Rockingham reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2023-03-24** Rep. Dickinson of St. Albans Town recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2023-03-24** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
- **2023-03-24** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-03-28** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-28** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2023-04-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2023-05-03** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-03** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-04** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-04** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Reported favorably by Senator Williams for Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** 3rd reading ordered
- **2023-05-05** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-05** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2023-05-05** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on June 6, 2023 `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Signed by Governor on June 12, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-20** House message: Governor approved bill on June 12, 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98e916c4-c2af-4328-8212-8e806bc0eccb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).