republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2023-2024/h-148.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to raising the age of eligibility to marry"
description: "An act relating to raising the age of eligibility to marry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 148"
citation: "Vermont H 148 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carol Ode", "Mollie Burke"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02e0201a-4435-4d88-bf2f-39dd5aac5e3f"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/9"
source_hash: "37ebf507e013121dd5b66fb585cd41873d26058a65a185c4cc3291bf930dbb06"
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 148 (2023-2024) — An act relating to raising the age of eligibility to marry

## 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/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0148/H-0148%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT008/ACT008%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT008/ACT008%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0148/H-0148%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0148/H-0148%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0148/H-0148%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
7. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0148/H-0148%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0148/H-0148%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0148/H-0148%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Hashim, Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carol Ode — primary (person)
- Mollie Burke — primary (person)
- Sara Coffey — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany Bluemle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2023-03-01** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2023-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** Rep. Chapin of East Montpelier reported for the Committee on Judiciary
- **2023-03-01** Report of Committee on Judiciary agreed to
- **2023-03-01** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2023-03-14** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2023-03-31** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-04** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Hashim for Committee on Judiciary `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Judiciary agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-04** 3rd reading ordered on roll call, requested by Senator Hashim, Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0
- **2023-04-05** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-07** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-11** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-11** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-12** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to the Governor on April 14, 2023 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Signed by Governor on April 20,2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21** House message: Governor approved bill on April 20, 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02e0201a-4435-4d88-bf2f-39dd5aac5e3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).