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type: "Bill"
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title: "An act relating to miscellaneous changes to election law"
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description: "An act relating to miscellaneous changes to election law"
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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 474"
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citation: "Vermont H 474 (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: ["House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-03-14"
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last_action: "2025-06-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6982586c-c672-4ff1-9166-5ea1d03ed48d"
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source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/255"
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source_hash: "4664f714887bd8a799070b73ac68a484cd37370e2c599e7d4ff903cbec84ff8e"
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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 474 (2025-2026) — An act relating to miscellaneous changes to election law
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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-0474/H-0474%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
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2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT070/ACT070%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
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3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT070/ACT070%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-0474/H-0474%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-0474/H-0474%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-0474/H-0474%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-0474/H-0474%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
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8. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0474/H-0474%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
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9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0474/H-0474%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 72 of 143 to Pass -- Yeas = 36, Nays = 107 — **36–107** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- House Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-14** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar of 3/18/2025
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- **2025-03-18** Notice Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-19** Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-19** Rep. Birong of Vergennes moved to postpone action until 3/20/2025, which was agreed to
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- **2025-03-20** Action Calendar: Action postponed until 3/20/2025
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- **2025-03-20** Rep. Birong of Vergennes moved to postpone action until 3/25/2025, which was agreed to
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- **2025-03-21** Action Calendar: Action postponed until 3/25/2025
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- **2025-03-25** Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-25** Rep. Waters Evans of Charlotte spoke for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
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- **2025-03-25** Rep. Sibilia of Dover, Donahue of Northfield, Headrick of Burlington, and Lipsky of Stowe moved to amend the bill
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- **2025-03-25** Division demanded
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- **2025-03-25** Rep. Houghton of Essex Junction demanded yeas and nays
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- **2025-03-25** Which was disagreed to on a Roll Call Failed -- Needed 72 of 143 to Pass -- Yeas = 36, Nays = 107
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- **2025-03-25** Rep. McCoy of Poultney, Toof of St. Albans Town, and Higley of Lowell moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
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- **2025-03-25** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-26** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-26** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-28** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
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- **2025-06-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
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- **2025-06-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-06-13** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-06-16** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-16** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Collamore for Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-16** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations amended as moved by Senator(s) Collamore `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-16** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations, as amended, agreed to `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-16** 3rd reading ordered
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- **2025-06-16** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Collamore
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- **2025-06-16** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-16** Rules suspended & action messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Collamore
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- **2025-06-16** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-16** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
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- **2025-06-16** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-16** Rep. McCoy of Poultney moved to deliver the bill to the Governor forthwith, which was agreed to
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- **2025-06-16** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-06-16** Delivered to the Governor on June 19, 2025 `passage`
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- **2025-06-16** Signed by Governor on June 25, 2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-16** House message: Governor approved bill on June 25, 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/6982586c-c672-4ff1-9166-5ea1d03ed48d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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