republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-488.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the fiscal year 2026 Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to laws related to transportation"
description: "An act relating to the fiscal year 2026 Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to laws related to transportation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 488"
citation: "Vermont H 488 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Transportation"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 70
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-19"
last_action: "2025-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8b5d6e7-48f8-4266-b48b-4952c887c0b9"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/657"
source_hash: "b3f9a596d2136f106613c4d59f4d944e998ff2518ca8d70e8b289d13c98a37e2"
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 488 (2025-2026) — An act relating to the fiscal year 2026 Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to laws related to transportation

## 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-0488/H-0488%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT043/ACT043%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT043/ACT043%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0488/H-0488%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-0488/H-0488%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-0488/H-0488%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-0488/H-0488%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-0488/H-0488%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0488/H-0488%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Transportation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19** Committee bill read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a) `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2025-03-20** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2025-03-25** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-26** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2025-03-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Rep. Walker of Swanton spoke for the Committee on Transportation
- **2025-03-26** Rep. Canfield of Fair Haven recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2025-03-26** Rep. Kascenska of Burke recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2025-03-26** Report of Committee on Appropriations agreed to
- **2025-03-26** Rep. Donahue of Northfield moved to amend the bill
- **2025-03-26** Rep. Donahue of Northfield asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **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 Transportation `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Transportation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-04-23** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Transportation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-23** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-04-25** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-25** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Transportation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-25** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-29** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Transportation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Westman, Brennan, Harrison, Perchlik, and White `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Westman for Committee on Transportation `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably by Senator Chittenden for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Reported favorably by Senator Perchlik for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Transportation amended as moved by Senator(s) Westman, Brennan, Harrison, Perchlik, and White `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Transportation, as amended, agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-29** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-04-30** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. Toof of St. Albans Town
- **2025-05-02** Senate proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Walker of Swanton `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Speaker appointed Reps. Walker of Swanton, Corcoran of Bennington, and Burke of Brattleboro as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2025-05-02** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Toof of St. Albans Town
- **2025-05-02** House message: House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Westman, Perchlik, and White
- **2025-05-02** Senate Message: Committee of Conference members appointed
- **2025-05-13** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-13** Committee of Conference report
- **2025-05-14** New Business/Committee of Conference Report
- **2025-05-14** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Westman for Committee, text
- **2025-05-14** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2025-05-14** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted
- **2025-05-15** Notice Calendar: Report of Committee of Conference
- **2025-05-16** Action Calendar: Report of Committee of Conference
- **2025-05-16** Rep. Corcoran of Bennington moved to postpone action until 5/21/2025, which was agreed to
- **2025-05-19** Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 21, 2025
- **2025-05-20** Action Calendar: Action postponed until 5/21/2025
- **2025-05-21** Action Calendar: Action postponed until 5/21/2025
- **2025-05-21** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
- **2025-05-22** House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2025-05-27** Delivered to the Governor on May 27, 2025 `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed by Governor on June 2, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-03** House message: Governor approved bill on June 2, 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8b5d6e7-48f8-4266-b48b-4952c887c0b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).