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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the Vermont Economic Development Authority"
description: "An act relating to the Vermont Economic Development Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 398"
citation: "Vermont H 398 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Marcotte"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 55
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/538f0e50-9c70-4ea3-9ef2-172ae891a0c0"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/302"
source_hash: "cea5941814a7835635945d3de8aa5e5e4435b64410ffb7fa7bc9bcbf4251c7a2"
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 398 (2025-2026) — An act relating to the Vermont Economic Development Authority
## 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-0398/H-0398%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT026/ACT026%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT026/ACT026%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0398/H-0398%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-0398/H-0398%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-0398/H-0398%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-0398/H-0398%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-0398/H-0398%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0398/H-0398%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Michael Marcotte — primary (person)
- Edye Graning — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Priestley — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-26** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-03-19** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-20** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Rep. Carris-Duncan of Whitingham reported for the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- **2025-03-20** Rep. Stevens of Waterbury recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2025-03-20** Report of the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development amended as recommended by the Committee on Appropriations
- **2025-03-20** Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development, as amended, agreed to
- **2025-03-20** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2025-04-10** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-04-17** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-18** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-18** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18** Reported favorably by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-18** Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-18** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-04-22** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Chittenden, Beck, Brock, Cummings, Gulick, Hardy, and Mattos `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Pending third reading, Senator Chittenden, Beck, Brock, Cummings, Gulick, Hardy, and Mattos proposal of amendment, agreed to `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-24** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** Rep. Carris-Duncan of Whitingham moved to postpone action until 4/28/2025, which was agreed to
- **2025-04-28** Action Calendar: Action postponed until 4/28/2025
- **2025-04-29** Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
- **2025-04-29** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. Marcotte of Coventry and Graning of Jericho `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-30** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-01** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-06** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-06** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-06** House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment as moved by Senator Chittenden, Beck, Brock, Cummings, Gulick, Hardy, and Mattos `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Senate Message: House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment thereto `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-08** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment to House Proposal of Amendment to Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-09** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment to House Proposal of Amendment to Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-09** Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-13** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-15** Delivered to the Governor on May 15, 2025 `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor on May 21, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-22** House message: Governor approved bill on May 21, 2025
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/538f0e50-9c70-4ea3-9ef2-172ae891a0c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).