republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-78.md

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Bill	An act relating to the use of the Australian ballot system in local elections	An act relating to the use of the Australian ballot system in local elections	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	H 78	Vermont H 78 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs	7	22	0	2025-01-23	2025-02-21	openstates	ocd-bill/bd7bf645-1a3a-4929-a51e-48676e40c8be	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/731	6906a044fb87127f7cf6c676c964bdaabc6e353d12afbf65c34ba96589910c00	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont H 78 (2025-2026) — An act relating to the use of the Australian ballot system in local elections

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

Sponsors

• House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-23 Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar of 1/24/2025
• 2025-01-28 Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading reading-2
• 2025-01-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-28 Rep. Birong of Vergennes spoke for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
• 2025-01-28 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2025-01-29 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2025-01-29 Read third time and passed reading-3
• 2025-01-29 Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2025-01-30 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations introduction
• 2025-02-05 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-02-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-02-05 Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2025-02-06 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-02-06 Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2025-02-06 Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2025-02-06 Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Baruth
• 2025-02-06 Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence reading-3
• 2025-02-06 Rules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
• 2025-02-06 Senate Message: Passed in concurrence passage
• 2025-02-07 Delivered to the Governor on February 7, 2025 passage
• 2025-02-13 Signed by Governor on February 13, 2025 executive-signature
• 2025-02-21 House message: Governor approved bill on February 13, 2025

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd7bf645-1a3a-4929-a51e-48676e40c8be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).