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type: "Bill"
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title: "An act relating to toxic heavy metals in baby food products"
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description: "An act relating to toxic heavy metals in baby food products"
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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 536"
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citation: "Vermont H 536 (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: ["Mary-Katherine Stone"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-01-06"
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last_action: "2026-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eb67509-5503-4af1-8234-57cf5262b605"
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source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1552"
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source_hash: "234247f101f09dceeabdb3c0ebd42c2537d306e868d850f8ea7c38f3319d6f55"
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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 536 (2025-2026) — An act relating to toxic heavy metals in baby food products
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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-0536/H-0536%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
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2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT110/ACT110%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
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3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT110/ACT110%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-0536/H-0536%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-0536/H-0536%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-0536/H-0536%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-0536/H-0536%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-0536/H-0536%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-0536/H-0536%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)
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## Votes
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- 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mary-Katherine Stone — primary (person)
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- Angela Arsenault — cosponsor (person)
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- Edye Graning — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-06** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Human Services `introduction`
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- **2026-02-03** Rep. Wood of Waterbury moved that the Committee on Human Services be relieved of the bill and that the same be committed to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry, which was agreed to
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- **2026-03-17** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
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- **2026-03-18** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
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- **2026-03-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-18** Rep. Nelson of Derby reported for the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
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- **2026-03-18** Rep. Bartholomew of Hartland, Bos-Lun of Westminster, Brigham of St. Albans Town, Burtt of Cabot, Durfee of Shaftsbury, Lipsky of Stowe, Nelson of Derby, and O'Brien of Tunbridge moved to amend the bill, which was agreed to
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- **2026-03-18** Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry, as amended, agreed to
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- **2026-03-18** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-19** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-19** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-24** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare `introduction`
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- **2026-05-01** Entered on Notice Calendar
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- **2026-05-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-05-01** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-05-05** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-05-05** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-05-05** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Gulick for Committee on Health and Welfare `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
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- **2026-05-05** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-05-05** 3rd reading ordered on roll call Passed -- Needed 14 of 28 to Pass -- Yeas = 28, Nays = 0
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- **2026-05-06** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
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- **2026-05-06** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
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- **2026-05-07** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-05-08** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-05-12** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-05-12** Rep. Nelson of Derby moved to postpone action until May 13, 2026, which was agreed to
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- **2026-05-13** Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 13, 2026
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- **2026-05-13** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-05-15** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-05-20** Delivered to the Governor on May 20, 2026 `passage`
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- **2026-05-26** Signed by Governor on May 26, 2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-26** House message: Governor approved bill on May 26, 2026
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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/3eb67509-5503-4af1-8234-57cf5262b605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).
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