---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to access to autopsy reports"
description: "An act relating to access to autopsy reports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 210"
citation: "Vermont S 210 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruth Hardy"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe75e8d8-e54e-4180-8fc7-c7bf07c11bed"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1467"
source_hash: "a2a340eef512190b16e4eca2b0c28295d3cafdda4afc27a64fcd61a8de88b5c5"
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 S 210 (2025-2026) — An act relating to access to autopsy reports

## 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/S-0210/S-0210%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT083/ACT083%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT083/ACT083%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0210/S-0210%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0210/S-0210%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0210/S-0210%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/S-0210/S-0210%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **House Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0210/S-0210%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0210/S-0210%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ruth Hardy — primary (person)
- Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
- Virginia Lyons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-20** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-20** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Cummings for Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-02-20** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2026-02-20** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-02-24** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Unfinished Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services `introduction`
- **2026-03-31** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-04-01** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-04-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-04-01** Rep. Steady of Milton reported for the Committee on Human Services
- **2026-04-01** Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to
- **2026-04-01** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-04-02** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-02** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-04-03** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2026-04-07** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-07** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-16** Delivered to Governor on April 16, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Signed by Governor on April 22, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-23** Senate Message: Signed by Governor April 22, 2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe75e8d8-e54e-4180-8fc7-c7bf07c11bed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).