republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-298.md

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Bill	An act relating to voter protections	An act relating to voter protections	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	S 298	Vermont S 298 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Kesha Ram Hinsdale Rebecca White	9	43	1	2026-01-23	2026-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/bf299881-f145-48b3-bc16-531c28159462	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1805	ecf8f5a79c0aec11d50551c6401970b3bb4d66ca95a6a8d450a0f039a14236d5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 298 (2025-2026) — An act relating to voter protections

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

• 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 — 28–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kesha Ram Hinsdale — primary (person)
• Rebecca White — primary (person)
• Alison Clarkson — cosponsor (person)
• Andrew Perchlik — cosponsor (person)
• Ann Cummings — cosponsor (person)
• Anne Watson — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Major — cosponsor (person)
• Martine Gulick — cosponsor (person)
• Nader Hashim — cosponsor (person)
• Philip Baruth — cosponsor (person)
• Randolph Brock — cosponsor (person)
• Richard Westman — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Plunkett — cosponsor (person)
• Ruth Hardy — cosponsor (person)
• Seth Bongartz — cosponsor (person)
• Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Chittenden — cosponsor (person)
• Virginia Lyons — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-23 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations introduction
• 2026-03-12 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-12 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2026-03-13 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-13 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2026-03-13 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator White for Committee on Government Operations committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-03-13 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to
• 2026-03-13 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0
• 2026-03-17 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-03-17 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2026-03-19 Referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
• 2026-04-28 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-04-29 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-04-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-29 Rep. Waters Evans of Charlotte reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
• 2026-04-29 Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs agreed to
• 2026-04-29 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-04-30 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-04-30 Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-05-01 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2026-05-05 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-05 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-06 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-07 Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-08 Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-12 Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-13 Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-14 Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-14 Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Collamore amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-14 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-14 House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment as moved by Senator(s) Collamore amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-15 Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment thereto amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-18 Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment to House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-19 Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment to House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-19 Rep. Waters Evans of Charlotte moved to postpone action until May 20, 2026, which was agreed to
• 2026-05-20 Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 20, 2026
• 2026-05-20 Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-22 House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-22 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/bf299881-f145-48b3-bc16-531c28159462. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).