republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-23.md

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Bill	An act relating to the use of synthetic media in elections	An act relating to the use of synthetic media in elections	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	S 23	Vermont S 23 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Ruth Hardy	9	67	0	2025-01-22	2026-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/37e3df20-bc61-4606-9e79-169dd98e8a0e	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/123	76858fcdd4005ee3aeed90393bafb30628a70ad614272b60a4de4abb872aa40b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 23 (2025-2026) — An act relating to the use of synthetic media in 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 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

• Ruth Hardy — primary (person)
• Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
• Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Collamore — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Norris — cosponsor (person)
• Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-22 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations introduction
• 2025-03-18 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-03-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-18 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2025-03-19 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-19 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2025-03-19 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2025-03-19 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
• 2025-03-19 3rd reading ordered
• 2025-03-20 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2025-03-20 Pending third reading, motion to amend bill offered by Senator(s) Ram Hinsdale reading-3
• 2025-03-20 Consideration interrupted by recess
• 2025-03-20 Consideration resumed
• 2025-03-20 Motion agreed to
• 2025-03-20 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2025-03-25 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs introduction
• 2025-05-29 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-05-30 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-05-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-05-30 Rep. Waters Evans of Charlotte reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
• 2025-05-30 Rep. Waters Evans of Charlotte moved to amend the report of the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, which was agreed to
• 2025-05-30 Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, as amended, agreed to
• 2025-05-30 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2025-06-02 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2025-06-05 Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
• 2025-06-06 Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
• 2025-06-09 Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
• 2025-06-11 Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
• 2025-06-13 Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
• 2025-06-16 Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
• 2025-06-16 Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-01-06 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2026-01-07 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-08 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-08 Committed to Committee on Government Operations on motion of Senator Collamore
• 2026-01-20 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-20 Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator Collamore on behalf of the committee on Government Operations amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-21 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-21 Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Collamore on behalf of Committee on Government Operations amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-21 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-21 Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-21 Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as moved by Senator(s) Baruth amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-21 House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment by the Committtee on Government Operationsas amended amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-22 Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment thereto amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-23 Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment to House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-27 Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment to House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-27 Rep. Birong of Vergennes moved to postpone action until Jan. 28, 2026, which was agreed to
• 2026-01-28 Action Calendar: Action postponed until Jan. 28, 2026
• 2026-01-28 Rep. Birong of Vergennes moved the House refuse to concur and asked for a Committee of Conference
• 2026-01-28 Speaker appointed Reps. Birong of Vergennes, Hango of Berkshire, and Waters Evans of Charlotte as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
• 2026-01-30 House message: House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed amendment-introduction
• 2026-01-30 Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Collamore, Vyhovsky, and Morley
• 2026-01-30 Senate Message: Committee of Conference members appointed
• 2026-02-10 Notice Calendar: Report of Committee of Conference
• 2026-02-11 Action Calendar: Report of Committee of Conference
• 2026-02-11 Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) passage
• 2026-02-13 House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
• 2026-02-17 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-02-17 Committee of Conference report
• 2026-02-18 Committee of Conference report
• 2026-02-18 Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Collamore for Committee, text
• 2026-02-18 Committee of Conference report adopted
• 2026-02-18 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2026-02-19 Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted
• 2026-02-27 Delivered to Governor on February 27, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-10 Signed by Governor on March 5, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-11 Senate Message: Signed by Governor March 5, 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37e3df20-bc61-4606-9e79-169dd98e8a0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).