republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-536.md

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Bill	An act relating to toxic heavy metals in baby food products	An act relating to toxic heavy metals in baby food products	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	H 536	Vermont H 536 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Mary-Katherine Stone	9	32	1	2026-01-06	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/3eb67509-5503-4af1-8234-57cf5262b605	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1552	234247f101f09dceeabdb3c0ebd42c2537d306e868d850f8ea7c38f3319d6f55	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont H 536 (2025-2026) — An act relating to toxic heavy metals in baby food products

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 House (Official) (committee substitute) — source
5. As Passed By the House (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. Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official) (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 — 28–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mary-Katherine Stone — primary (person)
• Angela Arsenault — cosponsor (person)
• Edye Graning — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-06 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services introduction
• 2026-02-03 Rep. Wood of Waterbury moved that the Committee on Human Services be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry, which was agreed to
• 2026-03-17 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-03-18 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-03-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-18 Rep. Nelson of Derby reported for the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
• 2026-03-18 Rep. Bartholomew of Hartland, Bos-Lun of Westminster, Brigham of St. Albans Town, Burtt of Cabot, Durfee of Shaftsbury, Lipsky of Stowe, Nelson of Derby, and O'Brien of Tunbridge moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
• 2026-03-18 Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry, as amended, agreed to
• 2026-03-18 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-03-19 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-03-19 Read third time and passed reading-3
• 2026-03-24 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare introduction
• 2026-05-01 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-01 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-05 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-05 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-05 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Gulick for Committee on Health and Welfare amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-05-05 Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-05 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0
• 2026-05-06 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-05-06 Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-05-07 Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-08 Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-12 Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-12 Rep. Nelson of Derby moved to postpone action until May 13, 2026, which was agreed to
• 2026-05-13 Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 13, 2026
• 2026-05-13 Senate proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-15 House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-20 Delivered to the Governor on May 20, 2026 passage
• 2026-05-26 Signed by Governor on May 26, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 House message: Governor approved bill on May 26, 2026

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3eb67509-5503-4af1-8234-57cf5262b605. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).