republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-18.md

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Bill	An act relating to licensure of freestanding birth centers	An act relating to licensure of freestanding birth centers	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	S 18	Vermont S 18 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Martine Gulick	9	52	0	2025-01-22	2025-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/e2d1b789-b4a2-4783-8a72-e25e4aac6ac9	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/271	1f25c2426eda277e56a95896592393a72ba1c99f0d79ed76b78fe149a3bcba73	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 18 (2025-2026) — An act relating to licensure of freestanding birth centers

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 Senate (Official) (committee substitute) — source
5. As Passed By the Senate (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. House Proposal of Amendment (Official) (committee substitute) — source
9. House Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Martine Gulick — primary (person)
• Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
• Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)
• David Weeks — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Plunkett — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Hardy — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy Harrison — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-22 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare introduction
• 2025-03-11 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-03-11 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage
• 2025-03-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-11 Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
• 2025-03-19 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-03-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-19 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage
• 2025-03-19 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2025-03-19 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 2025-03-21 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-03-21 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage
• 2025-03-21 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2025-03-21 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2025-03-25 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-25 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage
• 2025-03-25 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2025-03-25 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2025-03-25 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Gulick for Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2025-03-25 Reported favorably by Senator Gulick for Committee on Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
• 2025-03-25 3rd reading ordered
• 2025-03-26 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2025-03-26 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2025-03-28 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care introduction
• 2025-04-04 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-04-04 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
• 2025-04-10 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-04-10 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2025-04-15 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-04-16 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-04-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-16 Rep. Goldman of Rockingham reported for the Committee on Health Care
• 2025-04-16 Rep. Branagan of Georgia recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
• 2025-04-16 Rep. Yacovone of Morristown recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
• 2025-04-16 Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
• 2025-04-16 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2025-04-17 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2025-04-17 Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2025-04-18 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2025-04-22 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-04-22 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-23 New Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-24 Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-24 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-24 House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-24 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2025-04-25 Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-07 Delivered to Governor on May 7, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 Signed by Governor on May 13, 2025 executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 13, 2025 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2d1b789-b4a2-4783-8a72-e25e4aac6ac9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).