republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-28.md

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Bill	An act relating to access to certain legally protected health care services	An act relating to access to certain legally protected health care services	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	S 28	Vermont S 28 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Ruth Hardy Virginia Lyons	9	37	1	2025-01-29	2025-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/4c6ccc65-d04f-41b1-b5ef-5231fb7bfa0f	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/19	92fbd7929000e23ba0648bd35ffd29e44ecf92c13c48608a8fbe32e9ba2bca86	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 28 (2025-2026) — An act relating to access to certain legally protected health care services

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

Votes

• Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 70 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 97, Nays = 43 — 97–43 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ruth Hardy — primary (person)
• Virginia Lyons — primary (person)
• Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
• Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca White — cosponsor (person)
• Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-29 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare introduction
• 2025-03-11 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-03-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-11 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage
• 2025-03-12 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-12 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage
• 2025-03-12 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2025-03-12 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
• 2025-03-12 3rd reading ordered
• 2025-03-13 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2025-03-13 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2025-03-18 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care introduction
• 2025-04-15 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-04-16 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-04-16 Rep. Berbeco of Winooski moved to postpone action until 4/17/2025, which was agreed to
• 2025-04-17 Action Calendar: Action postponed until 4/17/2025
• 2025-04-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-04-17 Rep. Berbeco of Winooski reported for the Committee on Health Care
• 2025-04-17 Rep. Dolan of Essex Junction and LaLonde of South Burlington moved to amend the report of the Committee on Health Care, which was agreed to
• 2025-04-17 Report of Committee on Health Care, as amended, agreed to
• 2025-04-17 Rep. Houghton of Essex Junction demanded yeas and nays
• 2025-04-17 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2025-04-17 Which was agreed to on a Roll Call Passed -- Needed 70 of 140 to Pass -- Yeas = 97, Nays = 43
• 2025-04-18 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2025-04-18 Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2025-04-22 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2025-04-23 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-04-23 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-24 New Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-25 Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-25 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-25 House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-25 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2025-04-29 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/4c6ccc65-d04f-41b1-b5ef-5231fb7bfa0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).