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type: "Bill"
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title: "An act relating to preventing workplace violence in hospitals"
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description: "An act relating to preventing workplace violence in hospitals"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
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legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "H 259"
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citation: "Vermont H 259 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mari Cordes"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2025-04-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9107b5a-fcae-436f-b8b7-8a903fc379bf"
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source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/878"
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source_hash: "ca3078b132955c94f99da0dc8585a528b7b54c2e927f9d79d40a607ff076ff9d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
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---
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# Vermont H 259 (2025-2026) — An act relating to preventing workplace violence in hospitals
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0259/H-0259%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
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2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT009/ACT009%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
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3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT009/ACT009%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
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4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0259/H-0259%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20House%20Official.pdf)
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5. **As Passed By the House (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0259/H-0259%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House%20Unofficial.pdf)
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6. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0259/H-0259%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
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7. **As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0259/H-0259%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Mari Cordes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care `introduction`
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- **2025-03-14** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
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- **2025-03-18** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
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- **2025-03-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-18** Rep. Cordes of Bristol reported for the Committee on Health Care
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- **2025-03-18** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to
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- **2025-03-18** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-19** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-19** Rep. Cordes of Bristol moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
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- **2025-03-19** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-21** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
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- **2025-04-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
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- **2025-04-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-10** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-11** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-11** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-11** Reported favorably by Senator Cummings for Committee on Health and Welfare with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-11** Report of Committee of Health and Welfare withdrawn
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- **2025-04-11** 3rd reading ordered
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- **2025-04-15** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** Delivered to the Governor on April 23, 2025 `passage`
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- **2025-04-29** Signed by Governor on April 29, 2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-30** House message: Governor approved bill on April 29, 2025
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9107b5a-fcae-436f-b8b7-8a903fc379bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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