---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to remedies and protections for victims of coerced debt"
description: "An act relating to remedies and protections for victims of coerced debt"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 385"
citation: "Vermont H 385 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edye Graning"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2026-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ef3b0b9-d2f7-4088-afd5-20bce092706e"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/152"
source_hash: "46c7fe51ba33897dfef389607fe92e9851ff8a7eb2656b4fe9ac2c63ab091a30"
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 385 (2025-2026) — An act relating to remedies and protections for victims of coerced debt

## 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/H-0385/H-0385%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT106/ACT106%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT106/ACT106%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0385/H-0385%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0385/H-0385%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0385/H-0385%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/H-0385/H-0385%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Edye Graning — primary (person)
- Abbey Duke — cosponsor (person)
- Angela Arsenault — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony Micklus — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Minier — cosponsor (person)
- David Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Ela Chapin — cosponsor (person)
- Emilie Krasnow — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Carris Duncan — cosponsor (person)
- Herb Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Jubilee McGill — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lalley — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Kate McCann — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Nugent — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk White — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Sibilia — cosponsor (person)
- Leonora Dodge — cosponsor (person)
- Mari Cordes — cosponsor (person)
- Martin LaLonde — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Boutin — cosponsor (person)
- Mollie Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Priestley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Holcombe — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Hooper — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany Bluemle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development `introduction`
- **2026-03-13** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-17** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-17** Rep. Graning of Jericho reported for the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2026-03-17** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development agreed to
- **2026-03-17** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-03-18** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-18** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-20** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2026-04-15** Committee on Judiciary relieved; bill committed to Committee on Finance on motion of Senator Hashim
- **2026-05-05** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-05** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-06** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-06** Reported favorably by Senator Gulick for Committee on Finance, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-05-07** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2026-05-08** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-05-14** Delivered to the Governor on May 14, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-05-20** Signed by Governor on May 20, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-21** House message: Governor approved bill on May 20, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ef3b0b9-d2f7-4088-afd5-20bce092706e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).