republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2023-2024/s-254.md

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Bill	An act relating to including rechargeable batteries and battery-containing products under the State battery stewardship program	An act relating to including rechargeable batteries and battery-containing products under the State battery stewardship program	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2023-2024	S 254	Vermont S 254 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Christopher Bray	9	55	0	2024-01-11	2024-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/c8c10cd5-616f-4ca0-93ed-7caadeb7a1a8	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/3922	79f36589e8640170c75ac46cba686968af666a6e0e15fc680dead653c5f23fbb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 254 (2023-2024) — An act relating to including rechargeable batteries and battery-containing products under the State battery stewardship program

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. As Passed By the Senate (Official) (committee substitute) — source
5. As Passed By the Senate (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
6. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official) (committee substitute) — source
7. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
8. House Proposal of Amendment (Official) (committee substitute) — source
9. House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Christopher Bray — primary (person)
• Andrew Perchlik — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Hardy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-11 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy introduction
• 2024-03-12 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2024-03-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-12 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy committee-passage
• 2024-03-12 Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
• 2024-03-19 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2024-03-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-19 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy committee-passage
• 2024-03-19 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2024-03-20 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-20 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy committee-passage
• 2024-03-20 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2024-03-21 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy committee-passage
• 2024-03-21 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2024-03-22 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-22 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy committee-passage
• 2024-03-22 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2024-03-26 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy committee-passage
• 2024-03-26 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2024-03-26 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Watson for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Reported favorably by Senator Bray for Committee on Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy agreed to
• 2024-03-26 3rd reading ordered
• 2024-03-27 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2024-03-27 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Bray
• 2024-03-27 Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Bray reading-3
• 2024-03-27 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2024-03-29 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Energy introduction
• 2024-04-29 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-04-30 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-04-30 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
• 2024-05-03 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-05-04 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-05-06 Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
• 2024-05-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-05-06 Rep. Morris of Springfield reported for the Committee on Environment and Energy
• 2024-05-06 Rep. Ode of Burlington recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
• 2024-05-06 Report of Committee on Environment and Energy agreed to
• 2024-05-06 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2024-05-07 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2024-05-07 Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2024-05-07 Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2024-05-08 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2024-05-09 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2024-05-10 Rules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
• 2024-05-10 Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 Delivered to Governor on May 28, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-05-10 Signed by Governor on June 3, 2024 executive-signature
• 2024-05-10 Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 3, 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8c10cd5-616f-4ca0-93ed-7caadeb7a1a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).