republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-59.md

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Bill	An act relating to amendments to Vermont’s Open Meeting Law	An act relating to amendments to Vermont’s Open Meeting Law	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	S 59	Vermont S 59 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Ruth Hardy	9	36	0	2025-02-11	2025-06-13	openstates	ocd-bill/6dbeb7ed-1d29-435b-bd03-c859b05ac13a	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/24	169d8004de08bf284e741cfa4a6be3c911820825fbba2ced282299379b35f81a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 59 (2025-2026) — An act relating to amendments to Vermont’s Open Meeting Law

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)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-11 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations introduction
• 2025-03-14 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-03-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-14 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2025-03-18 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2025-03-18 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2025-03-19 Unfinished 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 Hart 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, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Hart, Collamore, Vyhovsky, and White reading-3
• 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
• 2025-05-16 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-05-19 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2025-05-20 Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
• 2025-05-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-05-20 Rep. Waters Evans of Charlotte reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
• 2025-05-20 Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs agreed to
• 2025-05-20 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2025-05-21 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2025-05-21 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
• 2025-05-23 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2025-05-23 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-27 New Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-27 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-27 House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2025-05-27 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2025-05-27 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth passage
• 2025-05-28 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/6dbeb7ed-1d29-435b-bd03-c859b05ac13a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).