---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to creating an Office of New Americans"
description: "An act relating to creating an Office of New Americans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 56"
citation: "Vermont S 56 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martine Gulick"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1167edcb-2a60-4307-9ee7-19647a3579fe"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/119"
source_hash: "be960e9218a1bf11e9ae85d7bf1e93989852e55fd40c468db5785dd1c4ddad6a"
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 56 (2025-2026) — An act relating to creating an Office of New Americans

## 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-0056/S-0056%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT029/ACT029%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT029/ACT029%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0056/S-0056%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-0056/S-0056%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-0056/S-0056%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-0056/S-0056%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-0056/S-0056%20House%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0056/S-0056%20House%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Martine Gulick — primary (person)
- David Weeks — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Hashim — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy Harrison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2025-03-14** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-03-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-03-19** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-03-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-21** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-21** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-21** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
- **2025-03-21** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-03-25** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-04-30** Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-05-02** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2025-05-06** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2025-05-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Rep. Stone of Burlington reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2025-05-06** Rep. Dickinson of St. Albans Town recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2025-05-06** Rep. Dickinson of St. Albans Town moved that the House propose to the Senate to amend the bill, which was agreed to
- **2025-05-06** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2025-05-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-09** House proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-13** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-13** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-13** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-13** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Delivered to Governor on May 15, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-22** Signed by Governor on May 21, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-23** Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 21, 2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1167edcb-2a60-4307-9ee7-19647a3579fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).