---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to prohibiting the use and sale of the herbicide paraquat"
description: "An act relating to prohibiting the use and sale of the herbicide paraquat"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 739"
citation: "Vermont H 739 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Esme Cole"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff6e9e3b-56d9-45ba-8114-dfa334506f59"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/2021"
source_hash: "755a69c3a96e914d999c3dc7b4ba702c61b04bbd52211b95cba098de7c8bb9e4"
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 739 (2025-2026) — An act relating to prohibiting the use and sale of the herbicide paraquat

## 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-0739/H-0739%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT112/ACT112%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT112/ACT112%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0739/H-0739%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-0739/H-0739%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-0739/H-0739%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-0739/H-0739%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0739/H-0739%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0739/H-0739%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Esme Cole — primary (person)
- Angela Arsenault — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Chloe Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Morrow — cosponsor (person)
- Daisy Berbeco — cosponsor (person)
- Ela Chapin — cosponsor (person)
- Emilie Krasnow — cosponsor (person)
- James Masland — cosponsor (person)
- John O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Jubilee McGill — cosponsor (person)
- Kate McCann — cosponsor (person)
- Lucy Boyden — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Mrowicki — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Bos-Lun — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Priestley — cosponsor (person)
- Zon Eastes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry `introduction`
- **2026-03-17** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-18** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-19** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-19** Rep. O'Brien of Tunbridge reported for the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- **2026-03-19** Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry agreed to
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-03-20** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-20** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture `introduction`
- **2026-04-30** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-30** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-30** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-05-01** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-01** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-01** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-05** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-05** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-05** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-06** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-06** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-06** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Major for Committee on Agriculture `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-05-06** Reported favorably by Senator Norris for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-06** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-06** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-05-07** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-08** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-12** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-13** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-13** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-15** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-20** Delivered to the Governor on May 20, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-05-26** Signed by Governor on May 26, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** House message: Governor approved bill on May 26, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff6e9e3b-56d9-45ba-8114-dfa334506f59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).