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