---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to gender equity within Vermont’s correctional facilities"
description: "An act relating to gender equity within Vermont’s correctional facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 550"
citation: "Vermont H 550 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy Headrick"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ccee686-b133-4185-868e-6bcdaf5ef3ef"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1349"
source_hash: "7227b4079c1ae3d3c65aad3fbee2f04cd820be95703283589e3b1db65cd5e3f3"
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 550 (2025-2026) — An act relating to gender equity within Vermont’s correctional facilities

## 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-0550/H-0550%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT117/ACT117%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT117/ACT117%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0550/H-0550%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-0550/H-0550%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-0550/H-0550%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-0550/H-0550%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2 — **27–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Troy Headrick — primary (person)
- Brian Minier — cosponsor (person)
- Conor Casey — cosponsor (person)
- Jubilee McGill — cosponsor (person)
- Kate McCann — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany Bluemle — cosponsor (person)
- William Greer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Corrections and Institutions `introduction`
- **2026-03-17** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-18** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** Rep. Galfetti of Barre Town reported for the Committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2026-03-18** Report of Committee on Corrections and Institutions agreed to
- **2026-03-18** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Institutions `introduction`
- **2026-05-15** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-15** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-19** Favorable report by Committee on Institutions `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-20** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-20** Favorable report by Committee on Institutions `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-05-20** Reported favorably by Senator Plunkett for Committee on Institutions `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-20** 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 15 of 29 to Pass -- Yeas = 27, Nays = 2
- **2026-05-21** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-21** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2026-05-21** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2026-05-21** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-05-29** Delivered to the Governor on June 2, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 8, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on June 8, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ccee686-b133-4185-868e-6bcdaf5ef3ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).