republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-237.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to prescribing by doctoral-level psychologists"
description: "An act relating to prescribing by doctoral-level psychologists"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 237"
citation: "Vermont H 237 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Francis McFaun"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 52
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2026-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e03741e6-562c-4b04-821b-97f77075a8b3"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/780"
source_hash: "618a2172f91becdfd86a926febf2ce764be6aeae1df4b02e2162f29f6d3c6372"
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 237 (2025-2026) — An act relating to prescribing by doctoral-level psychologists

## 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-0237/H-0237%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT084/ACT084%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT084/ACT084%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0237/H-0237%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-0237/H-0237%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-0237/H-0237%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-0237/H-0237%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-0237/H-0237%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0237/H-0237%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Francis McFaun — primary (person)
- Allen "Penny" Demar — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Galfetti — cosponsor (person)
- Leslie Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Mari Cordes — cosponsor (person)
- Woodman Page — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-18** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-03-21** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-25** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-25** Rep. McFaun of Barre Town moved to postpone action until 3/26/2025, which was agreed to
- **2025-03-26** Action Calendar: Action postponed until 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Rep. McFaun of Barre Town reported for the Committee on Health Care
- **2025-03-26** Rep. Branagan of Georgia recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-03-26** Report of Committee on Health Care amended as recommended by Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-03-26** Report of Committee on Health Care, as amended, agreed to
- **2025-03-26** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
- **2026-02-27** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-27** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-04-02** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-02** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-07** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-07** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Gulick for Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-04-08** Reported favorably by Senator Brock for Committee on Finance with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-08** Motion by Senator(s) Brock to substitute report of Committee on Finance agreed to
- **2026-04-08** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-08** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-04-09** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-09** Pending third reading, Senator Brock, and Chittenden proposal of amendment, disagreed to `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-04-09** Division Yeas-11, Nays-15, as requested by Senator Brock
- **2026-04-09** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-14** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-15** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-15** Rep. Black of Essex moved to postpone action until April 16, 2026, which was agreed to
- **2026-04-16** Action Calendar: Action postponed until April 16, 2026
- **2026-04-16** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-17** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-21** Delivered to the Governor on April 21, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-04-28** Signed by Governor on April 27, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-29** House message: Governor approved bill on April 27, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e03741e6-562c-4b04-821b-97f77075a8b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).