republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2021-2022/s-188.md

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Bill	An act relating to regulating licensed small cannabis cultivation as farming	An act relating to regulating licensed small cannabis cultivation as farming	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2021-2022	S 188	Vermont S 188 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Richard Sears	5	63	0	2022-01-04	2022-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/650e29ae-cc7e-443e-91ca-e5518f84efde	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1214	d63b2def0c4df1b2f8655697bff56361c12f1dab512228df7daf9a0f36bc23a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 188 (2021-2022) — An act relating to regulating licensed small cannabis cultivation as farming

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act Summary (committee substitute) — source
3. As Enacted (committee substitute) — source
4. Official (committee substitute) — source
5. Unofficial (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Richard Sears — primary (person)
• Anthony Pollina — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Benning — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Chittenden — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-04 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture introduction
• 2022-02-15 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2022-02-15 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture committee-passage
• 2022-02-15 Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
• 2022-03-10 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2022-03-10 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture committee-passage
• 2022-03-10 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2022-03-11 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-03-11 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture committee-passage
• 2022-03-11 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2022-03-11 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Pearson for Committee on Agriculture committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2022-03-11 Reported favorably by Senator Pearson for Committee on Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-11 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Agriculture agreed to
• 2022-03-11 3rd reading ordered
• 2022-03-15 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2022-03-16 Unfinished Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2022-03-17 Unfinished Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2022-03-17 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2022-03-22 Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry introduction
• 2022-04-22 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
• 2022-04-29 Notice Calendar: Favorable with amendment
• 2022-05-02 Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
• 2022-05-03 Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
• 2022-05-03 Read Second time reading-2
• 2022-05-03 Rep. O'Brien of Tunbridge reported for the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
• 2022-05-03 Rep. Elder of Starksboro recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
• 2022-05-03 Report of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry amended as recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means
• 2022-05-03 Report of Committee on Agriculture and Forestry as amended agreed to
• 2022-05-03 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2022-05-04 Action Calendar: Third reading reading-3
• 2022-05-04 Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2022-05-04 Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2022-05-05 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2022-05-05 House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-05 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2022-05-06 New Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-06 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-06 Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) Pearson; text amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-06 Proposal of amendment agreed to amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-06 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza passage
• 2022-05-07 Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-07 Notice Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-09 Action Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-09 Rep. O'Brien of Tunbridge moved to postpone action until May 10, 2022 which was agreed to
• 2022-05-10 Action Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-10 Senate proposal of amendment considered amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-10 Rep. O'Brien of Tunbridge and Partridge of Windham moved to concur with the Senate proposal of amendment to the House proposal of amendment with a further amendment thereto amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-10 Rep. Gannon of Wilmington moved to amend the House proposal of amendment offered by Rep. O'Brien of Tunbridge and Partridge of Windham amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-10 Which was agreed to
• 2022-05-10 Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. O'Brien of Tunbridge and Partridge of Windham, as amended amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-10 Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2022-05-10 House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment, with further proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-11 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2022-05-11 House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-11 Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
• 2022-05-11 House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-11 House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-11 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2022-05-11 Rules suspended & ordered delivered to Governor forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint executive-receipt
• 2022-05-11 Senate Message, House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2022-05-12 Delivered to Governor on May 25, 2022 executive-receipt
• 2022-05-12 Signed by Governor on May 31, 2022 executive-signature
• 2022-05-12 Senate Message, signed by Governor May 31, 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/650e29ae-cc7e-443e-91ca-e5518f84efde. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).