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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to statewide public school employee health benefits"
description: "An act relating to statewide public school employee health benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "H 81"
citation: "Vermont H 81 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maida Townsend"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a39dbc37-ad99-4ef0-af55-d9c20328d1c0"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/79"
source_hash: "c2921c0df133849b03538dc1f5a3be9c74e874b4a146fc89cc6036b88cb35298"
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 81 (2021-2022) — An act relating to statewide public school employee health benefits
## 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-0081/H-0081%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT007/ACT007%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT007/ACT007%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0081/H-0081%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/H-0081/H-0081%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Votes
- Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 73 of 146 to Pass -- Yeas = 43, Nays = 103 — **43–103** (fail) · lower
- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 74 of 148 to Pass -- Yeas = 102, Nays = 46 — **102–46** (pass) · lower
- Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 73 of 146 to Pass -- Yeas = 50, Nays = 96 — **50–96** (fail) · lower
- Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 14 of 27 to Pass -- Yeas = 22, Nays = 5 — **22–5** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Maida Townsend — primary (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Elder — cosponsor (person)
- Emma Mulvaney-Stanak — cosponsor (person)
- George Till — cosponsor (person)
- Harold "Hal" Colston — cosponsor (person)
- John Killacky — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence Satcowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Bos-Lun — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Tanya Vyhovsky — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-15** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2021-02-16** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** Rep. Walz of Barre City reported for the Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- **2021-02-16** Rep. Scheu of Middlebury recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2021-02-16** Rep. Beck of St. Johnsbury moved to amend the report of the Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs
- **2021-02-16** Rep. Beck of St. Johnsbury demanded yeas and nays
- **2021-02-16** Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 73 of 146 to Pass -- Yeas = 43, Nays = 103
- **2021-02-16** Which was disagreed to
- **2021-02-16** Rep. Sibilia of Dover moved to commit the bill to the Committee on Education
- **2021-02-16** Rep. Morrissey of Bennington demanded yeas and nays
- **2021-02-16** Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 73 of 146 to Pass -- Yeas = 50, Nays = 96
- **2021-02-16** Which was disagreed to
- **2021-02-16** Rep. McCoy of Poultney demanded yeas and nays
- **2021-02-16** Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 74 of 148 to Pass -- Yeas = 102, Nays = 46
- **2021-02-16** Report of Committee on General, Housing, and Military Affairs agreed to
- **2021-02-16** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Read Third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Education `introduction`
- **2021-03-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-03-23** Favorable report by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2021-03-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-03-24** Favorable report by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable report by Committee on Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Reported favorably by Senator Balint for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** 3rd reading ordered
- **2021-03-26** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-26** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence on roll call, requested by Senator Collamore, Passed -- Needed 14 of 27 to Pass -- Yeas = 22, Nays = 5 `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Message, passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Delivered to the Governor on April 2, 2021 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Allowed to become law without the signature of the Governor on April 8, 2021
- **2021-04-09** House message: Governor allowed to become law without signature on April 9, 2021 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a39dbc37-ad99-4ef0-af55-d9c20328d1c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).