---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the transfer of property to a trust"
description: "An act relating to the transfer of property to a trust"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 3"
citation: "Vermont S 3 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nader Hashim"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb4d304f-11f0-4846-a307-4a16c9642336"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/305"
source_hash: "b98ca8a43d3d22b52f4fe2e860daa3fc09e61cdaac8a39cfb74a292799eca3e4"
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 3 (2025-2026) — An act relating to the transfer of property to a trust

## 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-0003/S-0003%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT007/ACT007%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT007/ACT007%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0003/S-0003%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-0003/S-0003%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-0003/S-0003%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-0003/S-0003%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 72 of 144 to Pass -- Yeas = 143, Nays = 1 — **143–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nader Hashim — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2025-02-21** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-02-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-25** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Hashim for Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2025-02-26** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-02-27** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2025-04-02** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-04-09** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2025-04-10** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2025-04-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Rep. Goodnow of Brattleboro reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2025-04-10** Rep. Canfield of Fair Haven recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-04-10** Rep. LaLonde of South Burlington demanded yeas and nays
- **2025-04-10** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 72 of 144 to Pass -- Yeas = 143, Nays = 1
- **2025-04-11** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Read third time and passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** House message: House passed bill in concurrence
- **2025-04-15** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Delivered to Governor on April 18, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor on April 24, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Senate Message: Signed by Governor April 24, 2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb4d304f-11f0-4846-a307-4a16c9642336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).