republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-53.md

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Bill	An act relating to certification of community-based perinatal doulas and Medicaid coverage for doula services	An act relating to certification of community-based perinatal doulas and Medicaid coverage for doula services	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	S 53	Vermont S 53 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Martine Gulick	9	62	0	2025-02-06	2025-06-13	openstates	ocd-bill/4a71eb63-7103-472d-bb75-3ecf68d14d34	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/746	8f8db124b5f4d35b64c42b938145c43d655fdb423c9eb613d544e3111c60c943	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 53 (2025-2026) — An act relating to certification of community-based perinatal doulas and Medicaid coverage for doula 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

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations introduction
• 2025-02-25 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-02-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-02-25 Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2025-02-25 Committed to Committee on Health and Welfare with report of Committee on Government Operations intact, under suspension of Senate Rule 49, on motion of Senator Collamore
• 2025-03-18 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-03-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-18 Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2025-03-18 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage
• 2025-03-18 Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
• 2025-03-19 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-03-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-19 Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2025-03-19 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage
• 2025-03-19 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2025-03-19 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 2025-03-20 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-03-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-20 Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2025-03-20 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage
• 2025-03-20 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2025-03-20 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2025-03-21 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-21 Favorable report by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2025-03-21 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare committee-passage
• 2025-03-21 Favorable report by Committee on Finance committee-passage
• 2025-03-21 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2025-03-21 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-03-21 Reported favorably by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 Reported favorably by Senator Gulick for Committee on Health and Welfare with recommendation of amendment committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 Reported favorably by Senator Gulick for Committee on Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 Recommendation of amendment disagreed to
• 2025-03-21 3rd reading ordered
• 2025-03-25 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2025-03-25 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2025-03-27 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care introduction
• 2025-05-09 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-05-09 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
• 2025-05-14 Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2025-05-15 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-05-16 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-05-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-05-16 Rep. Cordes of Bristol reported for the Committee on Health Care
• 2025-05-16 Rep. Branagan of Georgia recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
• 2025-05-16 Rep. Mrowicki of Putney recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
• 2025-05-16 Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
• 2025-05-16 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2025-05-19 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2025-05-20 Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
• 2025-05-20 Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2025-05-22 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2025-05-22 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-05-22 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-22 Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
• 2025-05-22 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-22 House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-22 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2025-05-23 Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2025-06-03 Delivered to Governor on June 3, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-06-11 Signed by Governor on June 9, 2025 executive-signature
• 2025-06-13 Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 9, 2025 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a71eb63-7103-472d-bb75-3ecf68d14d34. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).