republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-232.md

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Bill	An act relating to public libraries and the Department of Libraries	An act relating to public libraries and the Department of Libraries	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	S 232	Vermont S 232 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Ruth Hardy	7	47	0	2026-01-09	2026-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/c8c06087-1401-4944-be09-874f8f212a19	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1362	b558fda3365d261245fd5622c4511dff0d301870399d82e6f556227506aa294b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 232 (2025-2026) — An act relating to public libraries and the Department of Libraries

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

Sponsors

• Ruth Hardy — primary (person)
• Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Major — cosponsor (person)
• Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
• Nader Hashim — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
• Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Chittenden — cosponsor (person)
• Virginia Lyons — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-09 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Education introduction
• 2026-03-10 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-03-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-10 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
• 2026-03-18 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-03-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-18 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education committee-passage
• 2026-03-18 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-18 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 2026-03-20 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-03-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-20 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education committee-passage
• 2026-03-20 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-20 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-24 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education committee-passage
• 2026-03-24 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-24 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-03-24 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Weeks for Committee on Education committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-03-24 Reported favorably by Senator Hardy for Committee on Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-24 Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-24 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-03-24 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Education, as amended, agreed to
• 2026-03-24 3rd reading ordered
• 2026-03-25 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-03-25 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2026-03-27 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs introduction
• 2026-04-07 Rep. Birong of Vergennes moved that the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on Education, which was agreed to
• 2026-04-22 Notice Calendar: Favorable
• 2026-04-22 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
• 2026-04-28 Notice Calendar: Favorable
• 2026-04-28 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2026-05-01 Notice Calendar: Favorable
• 2026-05-05 Action Calendar: Favorable
• 2026-05-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-05-05 Rep. Brown of Richmond reported for the Committee on Education
• 2026-05-05 Rep. Burkhardt of South Burlington recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
• 2026-05-05 Rep. Dickinson of St. Albans Town recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-05-05 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-05-06 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-05-06 Read third time and passed in concurrence reading-3
• 2026-05-08 House message: House passed bill in concurrence
• 2026-05-08 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2026-05-29 Delivered to Governor on June 2, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-05-29 Signed by Governor on June 8, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-05-29 Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 8, 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8c06087-1401-4944-be09-874f8f212a19. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).