republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2021-2022/h-489.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous provisions affecting health insurance regulation"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous provisions affecting health insurance regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 489"
citation: "Vermont H 489 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Donahue", "William Lippert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdab2c22-aad4-481d-9a5f-56bd0c250ef4"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/1550"
source_hash: "18c3cac0f49bba05dcd70366236906d3a14cd3a501c1c23652461debbbd3f892"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
---

# Vermont H 489 (2021-2022) — An act relating to miscellaneous provisions affecting health insurance regulation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0489/H-0489%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT137/ACT137%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT137/ACT137%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0489/H-0489%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0489/H-0489%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Anne Donahue — primary (person)
- William Lippert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Action Calendar: Favorable with amendment
- **2022-02-02** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** Rep. Donahue of Northfield reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2022-02-02** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
- **2022-02-02** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** Action Calendar: Third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2022-02-08** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2022-04-29** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-04-29** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-02** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-02** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-03** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-04** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-04** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-04** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2022-05-04** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-04** 3rd reading ordered
- **2022-05-05** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-05-05** Senate Message, passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-06** Notice Calendar: Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-06** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-06** Rep. Donahue of Northfield, Black of Essex, Burrows of West Windsor, Cordes of Lincoln, Goldman of Rockingham, Houghton of Essex, Lippert of Hinesburg, Page of Newport City, and Peterson of Clarendon moved to concur in the Senate proposal of amendment with a further amendment thereto `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-06** Which was agreed to
- **2022-05-06** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2022-05-06** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2022-05-09** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-09** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Balint
- **2022-05-10** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-10** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-10** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-10** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Balint `passage`
- **2022-05-10** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-05-12** Delivered to the Governor on May 18, 2022 `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Governor on May 24, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** House message: Governor approved bill on May 24, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdab2c22-aad4-481d-9a5f-56bd0c250ef4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).