republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2023-2024/h-626.md

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Bill	An act relating to animal welfare	An act relating to animal welfare	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2023-2024	H 626	Vermont H 626 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Chea Waters Evans Katherine Sims Mike Rice	9	42	0	2024-01-04	2024-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/4e2eebda-34ff-48a6-9899-59eb0b7a3703	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/1527	64127b6900418466a9564856041d8885ae298f4ec5802e07e6ad9c6a60986048	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont H 626 (2023-2024) — An act relating to animal welfare

Version chain

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

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act Summary (committee substitute) — source
3. As Enacted (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed By the House (Official) (committee substitute) — source
5. As Passed By the House (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
6. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official) (committee substitute) — source
7. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official) (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Chea Waters Evans — primary (person)
• Katherine Sims — primary (person)
• Mike Rice — primary (person)
• Barbara Rachelson — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Conor Casey — cosponsor (person)
• Dara Torre — cosponsor (person)
• Dennis LaBounty — cosponsor (person)
• Emilie Krasnow — cosponsor (person)
• Esme Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Heather Surprenant — cosponsor (person)
• James Gregoire — cosponsor (person)
• John O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Jonathan Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Julia Andrews — cosponsor (person)
• Kirk White — cosponsor (person)
• Lucy Boyden — cosponsor (person)
• Mary-Katherine Stone — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Bos-Lun — cosponsor (person)
• Monique Priestley — cosponsor (person)
• Noah Hyman — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• Peter Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Tesha Buss — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry introduction
• 2024-01-19 Rep. Durfee of Shaftsbury moved that the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, which was agreed to
• 2024-03-19 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-03-19 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
• 2024-03-20 Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
• 2024-04-17 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-04-18 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2024-04-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-04-18 Rep. Waters Evans of Charlotte reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
• 2024-04-18 Rep. Masland of Thetford recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
• 2024-04-18 Rep. Harrison of Chittenden recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
• 2024-04-18 Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs amended as recommended by Committee on Ways and Means
• 2024-04-18 Report of the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, as amended, amended as recommended by the Committee on Appropriations
• 2024-04-18 Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, as amended, agreed to
• 2024-04-18 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2024-04-19 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2024-04-19 Read third time and passed reading-3
• 2024-04-23 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Rules introduction
• 2024-04-25 Referred to Committee on Government Operations per Temporary Senate Rule 44A
• 2024-05-03 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2024-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2024-05-03 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-03 Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
• 2024-05-08 Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Kitchel
• 2024-05-08 Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
• 2024-05-09 Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
• 2024-05-09 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Watson for Committee on Government Operations amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Reported favorably by Senator McCormack for Committee on Finance committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-09 Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-09 Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-09 3rd reading ordered
• 2024-05-09 Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Baruth
• 2024-05-09 Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2024-05-09 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth passage
• 2024-05-10 Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2024-05-10 Senate proposal of amendment concurred in amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2024-05-10 Delivered to the Governor on June 4, 2024 passage
• 2024-05-10 Signed by Governor on June 10, 2024 executive-signature
• 2024-05-10 House message: Governor approved bill on June 10, 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e2eebda-34ff-48a6-9899-59eb0b7a3703. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).