republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/s-89.md

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Bill	An act relating to expanding survivor benefits	An act relating to expanding survivor benefits	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	S 89	Vermont S 89 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Tanya Vyhovsky	9	51	0	2025-02-25	2026-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/d5263ce7-89f5-46f8-8b58-fa7c28fe2a7f	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/438	06c575c2bf3ab5ce4111cb3ae382cc3e69fc703b2c35f65d5bddc1e129def696	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont S 89 (2025-2026) — An act relating to expanding survivor benefits

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

• Tanya Vyhovsky — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-25 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations introduction
• 2026-03-13 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-03-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-13 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2026-03-13 Referred to Committee on Appropriations 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 Government Operations committee-passage
• 2026-03-18 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-03-19 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-19 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2026-03-19 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-03-19 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Vyhovsky
• 2026-03-20 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-03-20 Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations committee-passage
• 2026-03-20 Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations committee-passage
• 2026-03-20 Recommendation of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Vyhovsky
• 2026-03-20 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Government Operations committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-03-20 Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as moved by Senator Vyhovsky
• 2026-03-20 Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Government Operations, as amended, agreed to
• 2026-03-20 3rd reading ordered
• 2026-03-24 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-03-24 Pending third reading, bill amended as moved by Senator(s) Norris reading-3
• 2026-03-24 Read 3rd time & passed reading-3
• 2026-03-26 Read first time and referred to the Committee on General and Housing introduction
• 2026-04-14 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-04-14 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2026-04-17 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-04-21 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-04-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-04-21 Rep. Burrows of West Windsor reported for the Committee on General and Housing
• 2026-04-21 Rep. Dickinson of St. Albans Town recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
• 2026-04-21 Report of Committee on General and Housing agreed to
• 2026-04-21 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-04-22 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-04-22 Read third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-04-23 House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
• 2026-04-24 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-04-24 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-28 House proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-29 Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-30 Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-01 Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-01 House proposal of amendment; text amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-01 House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-01 As passed by Senate and House passage
• 2026-05-05 Senate Message: House proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-13 Delivered to Governor on May 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-05-20 Signed by Governor on May 19, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-05-20 Senate Message: Signed by Governor May 19, 2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5263ce7-89f5-46f8-8b58-fa7c28fe2a7f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).