republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-321.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments"
description: "An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 321"
citation: "Vermont H 321 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Birong"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 61
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/607b96e0-741b-44c5-8a01-a276043a3267"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/368"
source_hash: "a80b0580e2d7eaa3962c1cf519ecafbabed86b842ef08509d2c2e578c00ab8b2"
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 321 (2025-2026) — An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis amendments

## 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-0321/H-0321%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT056/ACT056%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT056/ACT056%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0321/H-0321%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-0321/H-0321%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-0321/H-0321%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-0321/H-0321%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-0321/H-0321%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0321/H-0321%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Matthew Birong — primary (person)
- Lucy Boyden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-03-18** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-18** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-03-20** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-21** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** Rep. Boyden of Cambridge reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2025-03-21** Rep. Higley of Lowell recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-03-21** Rep. Nigro of Bennington recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2025-03-21** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs agreed to
- **2025-03-21** Rep. Higley of Lowell moved to amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, which was agreed to
- **2025-03-21** Report of Committee on Ways and Means, as amended, agreed to
- **2025-03-21** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-05-20** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-20** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-05-27** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-27** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-27** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-05-28** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-28** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-28** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Clarkson for Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Reported favorably by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Finance with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-28** Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-28** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Finance amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-28** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs amended as recommended by Committee on Finance `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-28** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs, as amended, agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-28** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-29** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. Birong of Vergennes `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** Rep. Birong of Vergennes moved to suspend Rule 78 to permit reconsideration immediately
- **2025-05-30** Which was agreed to
- **2025-05-30** Rep. Harrison of Chittenden moved to amend the amendment
- **2025-05-30** Which was agreed to
- **2025-05-30** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. Birong of Vergennes, as amended `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2025-05-30** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2025-05-30** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-06-05** Delivered to the Governor on June 5, 2025 `passage`
- **2025-06-11** Signed by Governor on June 11, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-13** House message: Governor approved bill on June 11, 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/607b96e0-741b-44c5-8a01-a276043a3267`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).