republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-472.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation"
description: "An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 472"
citation: "Vermont H 472 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 55
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-12"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fc4025d-6efb-49f8-978a-e3bd3774a0c1"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/257"
source_hash: "73ef92cb06c4d8c01210313e716ab4b667c3281a3fb9e9db827165d3e236fae7"
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 472 (2025-2026) — An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation

## 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-0472/H-0472%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT058/ACT058%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT058/ACT058%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0472/H-0472%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-0472/H-0472%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-0472/H-0472%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-0472/H-0472%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-0472/H-0472%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0472/H-0472%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** Committee bill read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a) `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Pending entry on Notice Calendar, referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-03-25** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2025-03-26** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2025-03-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Rep. Nugent of South Burlington spoke for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2025-03-26** Rep. Branagan of Georgia recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-03-26** Rep. Mrowicki of Putney recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **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 Government Operations `introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-02** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-05-21** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-21** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-05-22** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-22** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Appropriations `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator White for Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably by Senator Hardy for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as recommended by Committee on Appropriations `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations, as amended, agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-22** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-05-23** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-28** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-29** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-29** Rep. Birong of Vergennes, Coffin of Cavendish, Hango of Berkshire, Hooper of Burlington, Morgan, M. of Milton, Nugent of South Burlington, Pinsonault of Dorset, and Stone of Burlington moved to concur in the Senate proposal of amendment with a further amendment thereto `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-29** Rep. James of Manchester and Sibilia of Dover moved to amend the amendment
- **2025-05-29** Which was agreed to
- **2025-05-29** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as amended `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2025-05-29** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-30** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-30** House proposal of amendment to Senate 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/3fc4025d-6efb-49f8-978a-e3bd3774a0c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).