republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-778.md

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Bill	An act relating to dam safety	An act relating to dam safety	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	H 778	Vermont H 778 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Ela Chapin Marc Mihaly	9	47	0	2026-01-27	2026-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/17f1e7c4-118f-456b-9b61-05eafb1ddbb4	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1669	43fdb921f0cf3db81b9dabe14499e2dec961d7efb92278af2c090bd9ab422ca9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont H 778 (2025-2026) — An act relating to dam safety

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

• Ela Chapin — primary (person)
• Marc Mihaly — primary (person)
• Amy Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Pritchard — cosponsor (person)
• Conor Casey — cosponsor (person)
• Kate McCann — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Labor — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence Satcowitz — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah "Sarita" Austin — cosponsor (person)
• Theresa Wood — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Stevens — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-27 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Environment introduction
• 2026-02-24 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-02-24 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2026-03-20 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-03-24 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-03-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-24 Rep. Chapin of East Montpelier reported for the Committee on Environment
• 2026-03-24 Rep. Squirrell of Underhill recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-03-24 Report of Committee on Environment agreed to
• 2026-03-24 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-03-25 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-03-25 Read third time and passed reading-3
• 2026-03-27 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy introduction
• 2026-04-22 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-04-22 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-04-22 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-22 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 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 Natural Resources and Energy amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-24 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-04-28 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-04-28 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-28 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-04-29 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-04-29 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-29 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-04-29 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Williams for Committee on Natural Resources and Energy amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-04-29 Reported favorably by Senator Watson for Committee on Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-29 Proposal of amendment by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy agreed to amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-29 3rd reading ordered
• 2026-04-30 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-04-30 Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-05-01 Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-05 Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-06 Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-06 Senate proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. Chapin of East Montpelier amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-08 House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-08 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-08 House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-12 House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-12 House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-12 House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-13 Senate Message: House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-21 Delivered to the Governor on May 21, 2026 passage
• 2026-05-27 House message: Governor approved bill on May 27, 2026
• 2026-05-27 Signed by Governor on May 27, 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17f1e7c4-118f-456b-9b61-05eafb1ddbb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).