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type: "Bill"
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title: "An act relating to setting the homestead property tax yields and the nonhomestead property tax rate"
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description: "An act relating to setting the homestead property tax yields and the nonhomestead property tax rate"
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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 491"
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citation: "Vermont H 491 (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 Ways and Means"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-03-25"
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last_action: "2025-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fd8705a-c39c-4eec-a5dc-f58e25f51531"
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source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1098"
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source_hash: "ffd3e2fb78c525ebf679641d92fa42604bf506fb5b367581de4e459c43c00334"
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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 491 (2025-2026) — An act relating to setting the homestead property tax yields and the nonhomestead property tax rate
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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-0491/H-0491%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
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2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT024/ACT024%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
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3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT024/ACT024%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-0491/H-0491%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-0491/H-0491%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-0491/H-0491%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-0491/H-0491%20As%20Passed%20by%20Both%20House%20and%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence on roll call, requested by Senator Baruth, Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 2 — **26–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-25** Committee bill read the first time and placed on Notice Calendar of 3/26/2025
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- **2025-03-26** Notice Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-27** Action Calendar: Committee bill for second reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-27** Rep. Kimbell of Woodstock spoke for the Committee on Ways and Means
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- **2025-03-27** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-28** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-28** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
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- **2025-05-02** Entered on Notice Calendar
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- **2025-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-02** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
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- **2025-05-06** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-06** Reported favorably by Senator Beck for Committee on Finance, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-07** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-07** Pending third reading, Senator Vyhovsky proposal of amendment, disagreed to `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-07** Roll Call, Requested by Sen. Baruth
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- **2025-05-07** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence on roll call, requested by Senator Baruth, Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 26, Nays = 2 `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-08** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-05-13** Delivered to the Governor on May 13, 2025 `passage`
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- **2025-05-20** Signed by Governor on May 19, 2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-20** House message: Governor approved bill on May 19, 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/6fd8705a-c39c-4eec-a5dc-f58e25f51531`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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