republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-588.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation"
description: "An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "H 588"
citation: "Vermont H 588 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Birong"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 51
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8bad223-23a2-4a1f-9481-681518cad398"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1881"
source_hash: "bbe9f9ef50de65fe4a49372e2574cd74dfab1a413913e12120f558a1b429d9bd"
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 588 (2025-2026) — An act relating to professions and occupations regulated by the Office of Professional Regulation

## 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-0588/H-0588%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT119/ACT119%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/ACTS/ACT119/ACT119%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **As Passed By the House (Official)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0588/H-0588%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-0588/H-0588%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-0588/H-0588%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-0588/H-0588%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-0588/H-0588%20Senate%20proposal%20of%20amendment%20Official.pdf)
9. **Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/H-0588/H-0588%20Senate%20Proposal%20of%20Amendment%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Matthew Birong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-03-10** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-10** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2026-03-12** Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-13** Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- **2026-03-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13** Rep. Nugent of South Burlington reported for the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
- **2026-03-13** Rep. Branagan of Georgia recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- **2026-03-13** Rep. Mrowicki of Putney recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- **2026-03-13** Report of Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs amended as recommended by Committee on Ways and Means
- **2026-03-13** Report of the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs, as amended, amended as offered by Rep. Black of Essex, Berbeco of Winooski, Birong of Vergennes, Cina of Burlington, Critchlow of Colchester, Goldman of Rockingham, Lueders of Lincoln, and McFaun of Barre Town
- **2026-03-13** Third Reading ordered `reading-3`
- **2026-03-17** Action Calendar: Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-17** Read third time and passed `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Government Operations `introduction`
- **2026-04-24** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-04-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-24** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-24** Referred to Committee on Finance per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-05-05** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-05** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-05** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-05** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2026-05-08** Entered on Notice Calendar
- **2026-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-08** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-08** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-08** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-12** New Business/Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-12** Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-12** Favorable report by Committee on Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-12** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-12** Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Vyhovsky for Committee on Government Operations `amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2`
- **2026-05-12** Reported favorably by Senator Hardy for Committee on Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-12** Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-12** Proposal of amendment by Committee on Government Operations agreed to `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-12** 3rd reading ordered
- **2026-05-13** New Business/Third Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-05-13** Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction, reading-3`
- **2026-05-14** Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-15** Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-18** Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-19** Action Calendar: Unfinished Business
- **2026-05-19** Senate proposal of amendment concurred in `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-21** House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-05-29** Delivered to the Governor on June 2, 2026 `passage`
- **2026-05-29** Signed by Governor on June 8, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-29** House message: Governor approved bill on June 8, 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8bad223-23a2-4a1f-9481-681518cad398`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).