---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to community action agencies"
description: "An act relating to community action agencies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 534"
citation: "Vermont H 534 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Theresa Wood"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dcef3ef-8937-43fc-8925-513fe8ff8d79"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1341"
source_hash: "be8cae65cd1427ced9fac24b4b2a71d22031501bed47f494697fadbcff2769a2"
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 534 (2025-2026) — An act relating to community action agencies

## 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-0534/H-0534%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT099/ACT099%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT099/ACT099%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0534/H-0534%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-0534/H-0534%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-0534/H-0534%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-0534/H-0534%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Theresa Wood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-01-16** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-01-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-16** Rep. Noyes of Wolcott reported for the Committee on Human Services
- **2026-01-16** Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to
- **2026-01-16** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-01-20** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-20** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-01-22** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2026-04-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-28** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-29** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-29** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-30** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-30** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-01** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-01** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-01** Reported favorably by Senator Cummings for Committee on Health and Welfare, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-05-05** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-05** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2026-05-06** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on May 12, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-05-18** Signed by Governor on May 18, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-19** House message: Governor approved bill on May 18, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dcef3ef-8937-43fc-8925-513fe8ff8d79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).