republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-137.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the regulation of insurance products and services"
description: "An act relating to the regulation of insurance products and services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 137"
citation: "Vermont H 137 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Marcotte"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf044a76-391c-4a49-9e8a-cadb0ae70b50"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/300"
source_hash: "4fdb018e79ed5afbd31af50ca24bd04b5e104a91213b39060ff136f9f54e8ea3"
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 137 (2025-2026) — An act relating to the regulation of insurance products and services

## 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/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0137/H-0137%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT023/ACT023%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT023/ACT023%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0137/H-0137%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0137/H-0137%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0137/H-0137%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/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0137/H-0137%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0137/H-0137%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0137/H-0137%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Michael Marcotte — primary (person)
- Abbey Duke — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony Micklus — cosponsor (person)
- David Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Edye Graning — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Carris Duncan — cosponsor (person)
- Herb Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-11** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-03-13** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-14** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** Rep. White of Bethel reported for the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2025-03-14** Rep. Burkhardt of South Burlington recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-03-14** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development agreed to
- **2025-03-14** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2025-04-30** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-01** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Cummings for Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-01** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-05-02** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-02** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-08** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-08** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-09** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-13** Delivered to the Governor on May 13, 2025 `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Signed by Governor on May 19, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** House message: Governor approved bill on May 19, 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf044a76-391c-4a49-9e8a-cadb0ae70b50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).