republic-os/legislation/us/states/vt/2025-2026/h-639.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	An act relating to genetic data privacy	An act relating to genetic data privacy	us/states/vt	Vermont General Assembly	2025-2026	H 639	Vermont H 639 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Robin Scheu	8	54	0	2026-01-13	2026-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/f3e54c8f-6bf7-4af5-b323-37b7053b9d66	http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2026/1773	10e8c10b3f5f418ea89fd1cb13a0dd7c54c2b918170e87e1f6a13d54a129fed6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-vt

Vermont H 639 (2025-2026) — An act relating to genetic data privacy

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Enacted (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed By the House (Official) (committee substitute) — source
4. As Passed By the House (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
5. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Official) (committee substitute) — source
6. As Passed by Both House and Senate (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Proposal of Amendment (Official) (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial) (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Robin Scheu — primary (person)
• Angela Arsenault — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Rachelson — cosponsor (person)
• Bram Kleppner — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Cina — cosponsor (person)
• Carol Ode — cosponsor (person)
• Chloe Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Morrow — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel Noyes — cosponsor (person)
• Doug Bishop — cosponsor (person)
• James Gregoire — cosponsor (person)
• James Masland — cosponsor (person)
• Jubilee McGill — cosponsor (person)
• Kate McCann — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen James — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence Satcowitz — cosponsor (person)
• Leonora Dodge — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Howard — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew Birong — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Mrowicki — cosponsor (person)
• Monique Priestley — cosponsor (person)
• Phil Pouech — cosponsor (person)
• Rebecca Holcombe — cosponsor (person)
• Shawn Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Stevens — cosponsor (person)
• Tiffany Bluemle — cosponsor (person)
• William Greer — cosponsor (person)
• Woodman Page — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development introduction
• 2026-02-20 Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-02-24 Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
• 2026-02-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-24 Rep. Olson of Starksboro reported for the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
• 2026-02-24 Report of Committee on Commerce and Economic Development agreed to
• 2026-02-24 Third Reading ordered reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Action Calendar: Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Read third time and passed reading-3
• 2026-02-27 Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs introduction
• 2026-05-01 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-01 Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-01 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-05 New Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-05 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-06 Unfinished Business/Second Reading reading-2
• 2026-05-06 Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-06 Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Clarkson for Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs amendment-introduction, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2
• 2026-05-06 Proposal of amendment by Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs agreed to amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-06 3rd reading ordered
• 2026-05-07 New Business/Third Reading reading-3
• 2026-05-07 Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction, reading-3
• 2026-05-08 Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-12 Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-13 Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-13 Rep. Olson of Starksboro moved to postpone action until May 14, 2026, which was agreed to
• 2026-05-14 Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 14, 2026
• 2026-05-14 Rep. Olson of Starksboro moved to postpone action until May 15, 2026, which was agreed to
• 2026-05-15 Action Calendar: Action postponed until May 15, 2026
• 2026-05-15 Senate proposal of amendment concurred in with further amendment thereto, as offered by Rep. Olson of Starksboro amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-19 House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-20 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-20 House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-21 House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-21 House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment, text amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-21 House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Clarkson amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-21 Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Clarkson, Brock, and Chittenden
• 2026-05-21 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth passage
• 2026-05-21 Senate Message: House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment not concurred in and Committee of Conference appointed amendment-introduction
• 2026-05-21 Speaker appointed Reps. Graning of Jericho, Marcotte of Coventry, and White of Bethel as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
• 2026-05-22 House message: House appointed Conference Committee members
• 2026-05-28 Entered on Notice Calendar
• 2026-05-28 Committee of Conference report
• 2026-05-28 Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
• 2026-05-28 Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Clarkson for Committee, text
• 2026-05-28 Committee of Conference report adopted
• 2026-05-28 Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth passage
• 2026-05-28 Senate Message: Report of Committee of Conference adopted
• 2026-05-28 Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration, pending entry on Notice Calendar, as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
• 2026-05-28 Committee of Conference report adopted (House bill) passage
• 2026-05-29 House message: House adopted Conference Committee report
• 2026-05-29 Delivered to the Governor on June 9, 2026 passage
• 2026-05-29 Signed by Governor on June 15, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-05-29 House message: Governor approved bill on June 15, 2026

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3e54c8f-6bf7-4af5-b323-37b7053b9d66. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).