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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to child abuse and neglect investigation and substantiation standards and procedures"
description: "An act relating to child abuse and neglect investigation and substantiation standards and procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 661"
citation: "Vermont H 661 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabrielle Stebbins", "Tiffany Bluemle"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aa7e2fc-e5fa-40fd-8227-7f5d5690179f"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2024/3888"
source_hash: "33fd471b88f6fd89cc1cd01caa5d3c77328289c7f36073fe89fca326ad17d5a8"
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 661 (2023-2024) — An act relating to child abuse and neglect investigation and substantiation standards and procedures
## 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-0661/H-0661%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT154/ACT154%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/ACTS/ACT154/ACT154%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0661/H-0661%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-0661/H-0661%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-0661/H-0661%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-0661/H-0661%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-0661/H-0661%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/BILLS/H-0661/H-0661%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Gabrielle Stebbins — primary (person)
- Tiffany Bluemle — primary (person)
- Mary-Katherine Stone — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-05** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-03-19** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-03-20** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2024-03-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Rep. Garofano of Essex reported for the Committee on Human Services
- **2024-03-20** Report of Committee on Human Services agreed to
- **2024-03-20** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2024-04-26** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2024-04-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-26** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-30** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-30** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-01** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-01** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-02** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-02** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Hardy for Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-02** 3rd reading ordered
- **2024-05-03** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Unfinished Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Unfinished Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-08** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-08** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2024-05-08** 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 May 29, 2024 `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Signed by Governor on June 4, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10** House message: Governor approved bill on June 4, 2024
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3aa7e2fc-e5fa-40fd-8227-7f5d5690179f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).