republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2021-2022/s-114.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to improving prekindergarten through grade 12 literacy within the State"
description: "An act relating to improving prekindergarten through grade 12 literacy within the State"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 114"
citation: "Vermont S 114 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Education"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6723af28-7e35-43cc-8874-5675376f72cd"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2022/846"
source_hash: "e8a7dd74b6b9ec8e11ef2909a974d4b5d9a41f17e6500604a99d7c6ea11890d8"
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 S 114 (2021-2022) — An act relating to improving prekindergarten through grade 12 literacy within the State

## 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/S-0114/S-0114%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT028/ACT028%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT028/ACT028%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0114/S-0114%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/BILLS/S-0114/S-0114%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48 `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2021-03-18** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-03-18** Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-19** New Business/Committee Bill for Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-19** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-19** Reported favorably by Senator Baruth for Committee on Appropriations with recommendation of amendment `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Appropriations agreed to
- **2021-03-19** 3rd reading ordered
- **2021-03-23** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** Read 3rd time & passed `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Read First Time and referred to the Committee on Education `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2021-04-20** Rep. Scheu of Middlebury moved that the Committee on Appropriations be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on Education which was agreed to
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2021-04-23** Read Second time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Rep. Webb of Shelburne reported for the Committee on Education
- **2021-04-23** Rep. Scheu of Middlebury recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2021-04-23** Report of Committee on Education agreed to
- **2021-04-23** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Rules suspended and bill placed in all remaining stages of passage as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2021-04-23** Read Third time and passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2021-04-23** House message: House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2021-04-27** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2021-04-27** House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-28** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-29** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-30** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04** House proposal of amendment; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04** House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-04** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-07** Delivered to Governor on May 7, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Governor on May 13, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-17** Senate Message, signed by Governor May 13, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6723af28-7e35-43cc-8874-5675376f72cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).