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type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to capital construction and State bonding"
description: "An act relating to capital construction and State bonding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 494"
citation: "Vermont H 494 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Corrections and Institutions"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 61
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-26"
last_action: "2025-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11e79700-3b3e-4350-b51f-75d7321e8f83"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/997"
source_hash: "906e73b6af2c99cd3b8130bb7ccda3e6407e8cb23e57299694f582d5cb10e5f0"
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 494 (2025-2026) — An act relating to capital construction and State bonding
## 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-0494/H-0494%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT033/ACT033%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT033/ACT033%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0494/H-0494%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-0494/H-0494%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-0494/H-0494%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-0494/H-0494%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-0494/H-0494%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0494/H-0494%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)
## Sponsors
- House Committee on Corrections and Institutions — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-26** Committee bill read first time and referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a) `introduction`
- **2025-03-27** Notice Calendar: Favorable
- **2025-03-28** Action Calendar: Favorable
- **2025-03-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** Rep. Emmons of Springfield spoke for the Committee on Corrections and Institutions
- **2025-03-28** Rep. Laroche of Franklin recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2025-03-28** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Institutions `introduction`
- **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 Institutions `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2025-04-30** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-30** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-01** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-01** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-02** Unfinished Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-02** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-02** Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) White and Perchlik `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Harrison for Committee on Institutions `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2025-05-02** Reported favorably by Senator Watson for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-02** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions amended as moved by Senator(s) Norris and Perchlik `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Institutions, as amended, agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Proposal of amendment by Senator(s) White, Clarkson, and Major; text `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Question on proposal amendment offered by Senator(s) White et al divided on request of Senator White
- **2025-05-02** First division of amendmentnot agreed to.
- **2025-05-02** Second division of amendmentnotagreed to.
- **2025-05-02** 3rd reading ordered
- **2025-05-06** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-06** Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2025-05-06** Senate proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference requested upon motion of Rep. Emmons of Springfield `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-06** Speaker appointed Reps. Emmons of Springfield, Gregoire of Fairfield, and Headrick of Burlington as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2025-05-06** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2025-05-06** House message: House refused to concur in Senate proposal of amendment & requested Conference Committee; House Conference Committee members appointed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Harrison, Plunkett, and Ingalls
- **2025-05-07** Senate Message: Committee of Conference members appointed
- **2025-05-09** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2025-05-09** Committee of Conference report
- **2025-05-13** Committee of Conference report
- **2025-05-14** Unfinished Business: Committee of Conference Report
- **2025-05-14** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Harrison 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** Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Bill ordered delivered to the Governor forthwith per Joint Rule 15 as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2025-05-16** House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2025-05-16** Delivered to the Governor on May 16, 2025 `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Signed by Governor on May 22, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-22** House message: Governor approved bill on May 22, 2025
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11e79700-3b3e-4350-b51f-75d7321e8f83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).