republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-816.md

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Bill	An act relating to regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of mental health services	An act relating to regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of mental health services	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	H 816	Vermont H 816 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Daisy Berbeco	8	50	0	2026-01-29	2026-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/6783fc29-f691-40bb-9396-1833b4a254f9	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1397	3eb1246b2911d01abc2e9099d8f8495ec95f0fb4f2f459cdaa359507d64b336c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont H 816 (2025-2026) — An act relating to regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of mental health services

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Enacted (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed By the House (Official) (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed By the House (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
5. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official) (committee substitute) — source
6. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official) (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Daisy Berbeco — primary (person)
• Angela Arsenault — cosponsor (person)
• Monique Priestley — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-29 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care introduction
• 2026-03-13 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-03-17 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-03-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-17 Rep. Critchlow of Colchester reported for the Committee on Health Care
• 2026-03-17 Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
• 2026-03-17 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-03-18 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-03-18 Read third time and passed reading-3
• 2026-03-20 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
• 2026-05-06 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-06 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-07 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-07 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-07 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Benson for Committee on Health and Welfare amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-05-07 Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-07 3rd reading ordered
• 2026-05-08 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-05-08 Pending third reading, Senator Hashim and Lyons proposal of amendment, agreed to amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-05-08 Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-05-12 Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-13 Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-14 Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-14 Rep. Black of Essex moved to postpone action until May 15, 2026, which was agreed to
• 2026-05-15 Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 15, 2026
• 2026-05-15 Senate proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Black of Essex amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-15 Speaker appointed Reps. Berbeco of Winooski, Cina of Burlington, and Taylor of Mendon as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
• 2026-05-15 Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2026-05-19 House message: House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-19 Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Gulick, Lyons, and Benson
• 2026-05-19 Senate Message: Committee of Conference members appointed
• 2026-05-21 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-21 Committee of Conference report
• 2026-05-22 Committee of Conference report
• 2026-05-22 Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Gulick for Committee, text
• 2026-05-22 Committee of Conference report adopted
• 2026-05-22 Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted
• 2026-05-22 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth passage
• 2026-05-26 Notice Calendar: Report of Committee of Conference
• 2026-05-26 Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2026-05-26 Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) passage
• 2026-05-28 House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
• 2026-05-29 Delivered to the Governor on June 11, 2026 passage
• 2026-05-29 Signed by Governor on June 17, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-05-29 House message: Governor approved bill on June 17, 2026

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6783fc29-f691-40bb-9396-1833b4a254f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).