republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2023-2024/h-247.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to Vermont’s adoption of the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact"
description: "An act relating to Vermont’s adoption of the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 247"
citation: "Vermont H 247 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary-Katherine Stone"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7ff1bfb-517a-422b-a575-c3338ab4dbd3"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/511"
source_hash: "18b30e326bb9efec51081534cbafb15716e2eb17c44ee6980751ec9dff1c3a24"
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 247 (2023-2024) — An act relating to Vermont’s adoption of the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact

## 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-0247/H-0247%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT112/ACT112%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT112/ACT112%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0247/H-0247%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-0247/H-0247%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-0247/H-0247%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-0247/H-0247%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Mary-Katherine Stone — primary (person)
- Angela Arsenault — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Rachelson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Minier — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
- Casey Toof — cosponsor (person)
- Chea Waters Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Conor Casey — cosponsor (person)
- Dara Torre — cosponsor (person)
- David Templeman — cosponsor (person)
- Edye Graning — cosponsor (person)
- Ela Chapin — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Burrows — cosponsor (person)
- Emilie Krasnow — cosponsor (person)
- Emma Mulvaney-Stanak — cosponsor (person)
- Esme Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Gabrielle Stebbins — cosponsor (person)
- Golrang Garofano — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Brumsted — cosponsor (person)
- John Bartholomew — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Andriano — cosponsor (person)
- Josie Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lalley — cosponsor (person)
- Kate McCann — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Nugent — cosponsor (person)
- Leslie Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Hango — cosponsor (person)
- Lucy Boyden — cosponsor (person)
- Mari Cordes — cosponsor (person)
- Michael McCarthy — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Bos-Lun — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Priestley — cosponsor (person)
- Noah Hyman — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Conlon — cosponsor (person)
- Philip "Jay" Hooper — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Holcombe — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bobby" Farlice-Rubio — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Hooper — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah "Sarita" Austin — cosponsor (person)
- Saudia LaMont — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor Small — cosponsor (person)
- Terri Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Tesha Buss — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffany Bluemle — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Headrick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2024-01-11** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-01-11** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2024-01-19** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2024-02-09** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-02-13** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-02-13** Rep. Farlice-Rubio of Barnet moved to postpone action until 2/14/2024, which was agreed to
- **2024-02-14** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** Rep. Farlice-Rubio of Barnet reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2024-02-14** Rep. Andrews of Westford recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2024-02-14** Rep. Toleno of Brattleboro recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2024-02-14** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
- **2024-02-14** Report of Committee on Ways and Means agreed to
- **2024-02-14** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2024-03-29** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-03-29** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-29** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-29** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2024-04-03** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-04-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-03** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-03** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2024-04-18** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-04-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-18** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-18** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-18** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-19** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-19** Favorable report by Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-19** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-19** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-04-19** Reported favorably by Senator Weeks for Committee on Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-19** Reported favorably by Senator McCormack for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-19** Reported favorably by Senator Lyons for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-19** 3rd reading ordered
- **2024-04-23** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Delivered to the Governor on May 17, 2024 `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Signed by Governor on May 23, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10** House message: Governor approved bill on May 23, 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7ff1bfb-517a-422b-a575-c3338ab4dbd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).