republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-578.md

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Bill	An act relating to penalties and procedures for animal cruelty offenses	An act relating to penalties and procedures for animal cruelty offenses	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	H 578	Vermont H 578 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Emilie Krasnow	9	50	0	2026-01-06	2026-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/da4cb385-69bc-4c06-9ce2-c0746de2876c	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1307	a9a20142df7cbe6f92895c3b806029e000d9f6f0e64e20b5aea88763f9959305	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont H 578 (2025-2026) — An act relating to penalties and procedures for animal cruelty offenses

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

Sponsors

• Emilie Krasnow — primary (person)
• Barbara Rachelson — cosponsor (person)
• Ian Goodnow — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth Goslant — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-06 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2026-02-17 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-02-17 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
• 2026-02-19 Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2026-03-10 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-03-11 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-03-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 Rep. Rachelson of Burlington reported for the Committee on Judiciary
• 2026-03-11 Rep. Masland of Thetford recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
• 2026-03-11 Rep. Feltus of Lyndon recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-03-11 Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
• 2026-03-11 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Read third time and passed reading-3
• 2026-03-17 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2026-04-30 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-04-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-04-30 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-30 Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
• 2026-05-12 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-12 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-12 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-12 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 2026-05-14 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-14 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-14 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-14 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-05-15 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-15 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-15 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-15 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-05-15 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Judiciary amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-05-15 Reported favorably by Senator Mattos for Committee on Finance with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-15 Reported favorably by Senator Watson for Committee on Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-15 Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary amended as recommended by Committee on Finance amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-15 Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary, as amended, agreed to amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-15 3rd reading ordered
• 2026-05-19 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-05-19 Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-05-19 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth passage
• 2026-05-19 Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-20 Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-20 Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2026-05-20 Senate proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-22 House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-29 Delivered to the Governor on June 2, 2026 passage
• 2026-05-29 Signed by Governor on June 8, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-05-29 House message: Governor approved bill on June 8, 2026

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da4cb385-69bc-4c06-9ce2-c0746de2876c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).