republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-98.md

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Bill	An act relating to confirmatory adoptions and standby guardianships	An act relating to confirmatory adoptions and standby guardianships	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	H 98	Vermont H 98 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Barbara Rachelson	9	40	0	2025-01-28	2025-05-22	openstates	ocd-bill/6fbd6149-ea9f-4437-a355-9780d1cb72fe	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/126	ae8a63535a9eedff6f93087b1be4a87401438e012b8216eeaae11d09cd8772bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont H 98 (2025-2026) — An act relating to confirmatory adoptions and standby guardianships

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

• Barbara Rachelson — primary (person)
• Angela Arsenault — cosponsor (person)
• Ian Goodnow — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Christie — cosponsor (person)
• Martin LaLonde — cosponsor (person)
• Troy Headrick — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-28 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2025-02-12 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-02-13 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-02-13 Rep. LaLonde of South Burlington moved to postpone action until 2/18/2025, which was agreed to
• 2025-02-14 Action Calendar: Action postponed until 2/18/2025
• 2025-02-18 Action Calendar: Action postponed until 2/18/2025
• 2025-02-18 Rep. LaLonde of South Burlington moved to postpone action until 2/19/2025, which was agreed to
• 2025-02-19 Action Calendar: Action postponed until 2/19/2025
• 2025-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-19 Rep. LaLonde of South Burlington reported for the Committee on Judiciary
• 2025-02-19 Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
• 2025-02-19 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2025-02-20 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2025-02-20 Rep. LaLonde of South Burlington moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
• 2025-02-20 Read third time and passed reading-3
• 2025-02-25 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary introduction
• 2025-04-30 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-04-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-04-30 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-01 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-02 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-05-02 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-02 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Hashim for Committee on Judiciary amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2025-05-02 Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-02 3rd reading ordered
• 2025-05-06 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2025-05-06 Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2025-05-07 Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-08 Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-09 Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-09 Rep. LaLonde of South Burlington moved to postpone action until 5/13/2025, which was agreed to
• 2025-05-12 Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 13, 2025
• 2025-05-13 Action Calendar: Action postponed until 5/13/2025
• 2025-05-13 Senate proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-13 Title revised via Rule 41
• 2025-05-14 House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-16 Delivered to the Governor on May 16, 2025 passage
• 2025-05-22 Signed by Governor on May 22, 2025 executive-signature
• 2025-05-22 House message: Governor approved bill on May 22, 2025

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6fbd6149-ea9f-4437-a355-9780d1cb72fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).