republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-588.md

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Bill	An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation	An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	H 588	Vermont H 588 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Matthew Birong	9	51	0	2026-01-07	2026-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/b8bad223-23a2-4a1f-9481-681518cad398	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1881	bbe9f9ef50de65fe4a49372e2574cd74dfab1a413913e12120f558a1b429d9bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont H 588 (2025-2026) — An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation

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

• Matthew Birong — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-07 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs introduction
• 2026-02-19 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-02-19 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
• 2026-03-10 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-03-10 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2026-03-12 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-03-13 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-03-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-13 Rep. Nugent of South Burlington reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
• 2026-03-13 Rep. Branagan of Georgia recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
• 2026-03-13 Rep. Mrowicki of Putney recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-03-13 Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs amended as recommended by Committee on Ways and Means
• 2026-03-13 Report of the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, as amended, amended as offered by Rep. Black of Essex, Berbeco of Winooski, Birong of Vergennes, Cina of Burlington, Critchlow of Colchester, Goldman of Rockingham, Lueders of Lincoln, and McFaun of Barre Town
• 2026-03-13 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-03-17 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-03-17 Read third time and passed reading-3
• 2026-03-19 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations introduction
• 2026-04-24 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-04-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-04-24 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-24 Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
• 2026-05-05 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-05 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-05 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-05-05 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 2026-05-08 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-08 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-08 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-05-08 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-05-12 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-12 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-12 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-05-12 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-05-12 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Government Operations amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-05-12 Reported favorably by Senator Hardy for Committee on Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-12 Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-12 Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-12 3rd reading ordered
• 2026-05-13 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-05-13 Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-05-14 Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-15 Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-18 Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-19 Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
• 2026-05-19 Senate proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-21 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/b8bad223-23a2-4a1f-9481-681518cad398. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).