republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-198.md

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Bill	An act relating to the regulation of tobacco products and tobacco substitutes	An act relating to the regulation of tobacco products and tobacco substitutes	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	S 198	Vermont S 198 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Virginia Lyons	8	74	0	2026-01-06	2026-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/e9fe71ce-8579-42ac-bac1-f675196f0baa	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1413	61a7df32751b9ad0fbf82947b13bdd608c08b14290af9bbe9434f0561211d5b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 198 (2025-2026) — An act relating to the regulation of tobacco products and tobacco substitutes

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

Sponsors

• Virginia Lyons — primary (person)
• Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-06 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs introduction
• 2026-03-13 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-03-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-13 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage
• 2026-03-13 Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
• 2026-03-20 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-03-20 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage
• 2026-03-20 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-20 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 2026-03-24 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-24 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage
• 2026-03-24 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-24 Reported without recommendation by Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-03-24 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Perchlik
• 2026-03-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-25 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage
• 2026-03-25 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-25 Reported without recommendation by Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-03-25 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Perchlik
• 2026-03-26 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-26 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage
• 2026-03-26 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-26 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-03-26 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Perchlik
• 2026-03-27 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-27 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage
• 2026-03-27 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-27 Reported without recommendation by Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-03-27 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Perchlik
• 2026-03-31 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage
• 2026-03-31 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-31 Reported without recommendation by Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-03-31 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Chittenden
• 2026-03-31 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Perchlik
• 2026-03-31 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Reported favorably by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Finance with recommendation of amendment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-31 Reported without recommendation by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-03-31 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs amended as recommended by Committee on Finance
• 2026-03-31 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs amended as moved by Senator Perchlik, Baruth, Brennan, Norris, and Westman
• 2026-03-31 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs amended as moved by Senator Chittenden and Brock
• 2026-03-31 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs, as amended, agreed to
• 2026-03-31 3rd reading ordered
• 2026-04-01 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-04-01 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2026-04-03 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development introduction
• 2026-04-15 Rep. Marcotte of Coventry moved to suspend rules to take up for immediate consideration and commit to Committee on Human Services, which was agreed to
• 2026-05-08 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-05-08 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
• 2026-05-13 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-05-14 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-05-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-14 Rep. Graning of Jericho reported for the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
• 2026-05-14 Rep. Noyes of Wolcott reported for the Committee on Human Services
• 2026-05-14 Rep. Burkhardt of South Burlington recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
• 2026-05-14 Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development amended as recommended by Committee on Human Services
• 2026-05-14 Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development, as amended, agreed to
• 2026-05-14 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-05-15 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-05-15 Rep. Kornheiser of Brattleboro moved to amend the House proposal of amendment, which was agreed to amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-15 Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-05-19 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2026-05-20 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-20 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-21 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-21 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-21 House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-21 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2026-05-22 Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-29 Delivered to Governor on June 10, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-05-29 Signed by Governor on June 16, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-05-29 Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 16, 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9fe71ce-8579-42ac-bac1-f675196f0baa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).